Freestyle Capital
also referred to as: freestyle
3 statements across 2 episodes · 2 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement May 18, 2016 by Jenny Lefcourt · said 40 times in 16 episodes since 2016 · across every show →
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brought up most by Harry Stebbings (31), Jenny Lefcourt (4), Josh Felser (2), Rick Marini (1), Emily Melton (1), Charles Hudson (1)
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2026 2 mentions in 1 episode
2021 1 mention in 1 episode
2020 2 mentions in 1 episode
2018 1 mention in 1 episode
2017 22 mentions in 7 episodes 3 per episode
- 20VC: Can Founders Really Trust Their VC & How To Navigate The Acquisition Process Successfully with Josh Felser, Co-Founder @ Freestyle.vc
- 20VC: Inside Google's Growth Fund & The 3 Criteria They Look For With Potential Investments with Laela Sturdy, General Partner @ CapitalG
- 20VC: The Blurring of Early & Late Stage, Why Your Go To Market Strategy Is More Important Now Than Ever & Why Venture Is The Academia Of Tech with Roseanne Wincek @ IVP
- 20VC: Why Every Founder Should Bootstrap Their Startup, How To Solve Information Asymmetry Between Founders and VCs & Living In A Cupboard For Two Years To Fund StyleSeat with Melody McCloskey, Founder & CEO @ StyleSeat
- 20VC: Why You Should Not Invest From Patterns, Why No Good Business Was Built As An Analogy Of Another & Why The Rise Of The 'Celebrity Investor' Is Concerning with Emily Melton, Partner @ DFJ
- 20VC: Jason Calacanis on The 4 Questions Investors Must Ask Founders, Whether YC Have Scaled Their Process Successfully & Why Early Founder Liquidity Is Good Not Bad
- 20VC: VC of The Year: Forerunner's Kirsten Green on 2 $Bn+ Exits in 1 Year, Why We Are In The Very Early Innings For Commerce & How Brand Has Fundamentally Changed Over The Last Decade
- every mention in 2017, scene by scene →
2016 12 mentions in 5 episodes 2 per episode
- 20VC: How Startups Should React To Today's Funding Environment & Why Big Markets Are More Forgiving with Jenny Lefcourt, Partner @ Freestyle.vc
- 20VC: How To Assess Founder Psychology, Why Talking About Financial Returns In The First Meeting Is Always Wrong & How To Allocate Time Amongst A VC Portfolio with Kara Nortman, Partner @ Upfront Ventures
- 20VC: Rick Marini on Lessons Leant From Naval Ravikant, Why You Need To Make 30 Investments Before You Know What You Are Doing & Why You Have To Earn The Right To Good Dealflow
- 20VC: What It Takes To Raise A VC Fund & Investing in First Time Fund Managers with Michael Kim @ Cendana Capital
- 20VC: Raising A Solo GP Fund & Why They Are So Prominent Today with Charles Hudson, Managing Partner @ Precursor Ventures
- every mention in 2016, scene by scene →
Everything said about Freestyle Capital, oldest first
May 18, 2016 positive
May 18, 2016 negative
Lefcourt: 2014 venture dealmaking pace was irrational and unsustainable
“When I joined Freestyle, deals were going so fast and furious, and I would also say, Argue that I saw a lot of stupid stuff happening, things that I could recognize because I was here in 2001 and I was here in 2008. Right. And so I've seen the downturns and I …”