FundersClub
also referred to as: funders club
6 statements across 2 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Sep 16, 2015 by Fabrice Grinda · said 14 times in 5 episodes since 2015 · across every show →
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brought up most by Harry Stebbings (12), Fabrice Grinda (2)
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2019 1 mention in 1 episode
2017 11 mentions in 3 episodes 4 per episode
- 20VC: How Every VC Firm Is A Marketplace, Why A Large Amount of Promise in AI Today Is Impossible & Entrepreneurs 3 Main Pain Points of Fundraising with Alex Mittal, Founder & CEO @ Funders Club
- 20VC: Coinbase's Brian Armstrong on The Rise & Short Term Correction in ICOs, The Regulatory Framework Required For Blockchain To Succeed & How The Rise of Blockchain Disrupts The VC Industry
- 20VC: SaaStr's Jason Lemkin on The 3 Things You Want From Your LPs, Why Most VCs Do Not Add Value & Why The Best VCs Know How To Package Startups For The Next Round
- every mention in 2017, scene by scene →
2015 2 mentions in 1 episode
Everything said about FundersClub, oldest first
Sep 16, 2015 neutral
Sep 16, 2015 bullish
Fabrice Grinda raised nearly $20M via AngelList and FundersClub
“That said, we've been very happy and successful with this model. I mean, we've raised over ten million dollars through Funders Club and Angel List across different companies. Might even be close to twenty million at this point between the various multi-company…”
Mar 22, 2017
Mar 22, 2017 neutral
Mittal: Every VC firm functions fundamentally as a marketplace
“Every VC firm is actually, to some extent, a marketplace. You've got limited partners. Those are typically institutional or very well-to-do investors. You've almost like the market makers in the middle. And then of course you have the founders, the entrepreneu…”
Mar 22, 2017
Mittal: Repetitive fundraising pitch shows distract founders from building their businesses
“The repetitiveness of the process. You're literally going through the same, I guess, pony show over and over again. And sometimes like as an entrepreneur, like you can get addicted to this. Like sometimes it's cause it's exciting to tell your vision and story …”
Mar 22, 2017 negative
Alex Mittal: Many AI startups promise what is fundamentally impossible
“The bad news is that I believe we're in a point in time where, and this is, you know, I think I mentioned that this is like blasphemy for me to say as a VC, given, you know, AI is sort of hot right now, but we're in an era where what is being promised by a lot…”