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Goldman Sachs

also referred to as: goldman

includes Goldman Sachs Asset Management

21 statements across 19 episodes · 8 bullish · 6 bearish · 19 people on the record · first statement Feb 22, 2016 by Tim Draper · said 199 times in 122 episodes since 2015 · across every show →

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brought up most by Harry Stebbings (63), Jackie Reses (7), Nick Beim (6), Nicholas Chirls (4), Mark Suster (4), Mark Carney (4), Brendan Foody (4), William Hockey (3)

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Everything said about Goldman Sachs, oldest first

Feb 22, 2016 bullish
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Tim Draper: Bitcoin is more secure than money at Goldman Sachs
“And Bitcoin now is, you know, my Bitcoin is more secure than money at Wells Fargo or Goldman Sachs.”
Tim Draper Feb 22, 2016 ▶ 17:27 20VC: Tim Draper on Investing In Tesla, The Best Pitch He Has Ever Seen & The Evolution of Venture and Startups
Jan 28, 2019
Insight
Kopelman: Platform shifts favor college rookies over Wall Street veterans
“We're seeing it now in crypto, for example, where I'd argue that there are seniors in college who have just more experience in crypto than derivative traders at Goldman Sachs. It's this dislocation in the experience curve. That creates real opportunities for r…”
Josh Kopelman Jan 28, 2019 ▶ 37:59 20VC: First Round's Josh Kopelman on Why Price Is Both An Art and A Science, Why Ownership Must Be Built on First Check and The Negative Consequences of Attribution in Venture
Apr 8, 2020
Assertion Not publicly verifiable
Destin: I worked at Goldman Sachs hiding the Greek deficit
“One day I was actually working at Goldman Sachs on hiding the Greek deficit through long dated swaps, and I decided I had enough of it, and I jumped into the world of entrepreneurship”
Fred Destin Apr 8, 2020 ▶ 1:35 20VC: Are VCs Still "Open For Business", How VCs Attitude To Risk Has Changed & The 2 Most Valuable Assets To Founders Today with Fred Destin, Founding Partner @ Stride VC
May 15, 2020
Insight
Kunst: Elite graduates increasingly view startup founding as a resume box check
“Entrepreneurship used to be perceived as a massive risk, and now I think for a certain segment of people, they see it as just another box you check, and if you happen to be really good at it, great, but it's just something you have to do the same way that you …”
Sarah Kunst May 15, 2020 ▶ 17:19 20VC: Sarah Kunst on Why There Is Plenty Of Investor Money Still Available, The Megan Markle Effect and How It Impacts Hiring and Talent & Whether GP Commits Prevent Diversity and Inclusion
Jul 26, 2021 bullish
Assertion Supported
PayPal and Square surpassed Bank of America and Goldman Sachs in 2020
“Last year, you probably know this, but you know, you've heard some of these stats, like PayPal became more valuable than Bank of America and Square became more valuable than Goldman.”
Nick Shalek Jul 26, 2021 ▶ 23:38 20VC: Ribbit Capital's Nick Shalek on How To Think Through Ownership and Price Sensitivity, When More Money and Pre-Emptive Rounds are Good vs Bad & Investing Lessons from Yale's David Swensen
Oct 1, 2022 negative
Assertion Not publicly verifiable
Mansour: Goldman sold indirect Brexit option bundles at 40% premiums
“We did these things in 2016 where people wanted to hedge themselves against Brexit or get exposure to Brexit. And what we would do is like, we would take a bunch of option swaps, put them in one bundle and then sell it to investors and sell it as a good proxy …”
Tarek Mansour Oct 1, 2022 ▶ 2:22 Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour: How to Build Moats Against Incumbents; How to Hire Engineers | 20VC #931 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Sep 11, 2023 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Velez: AI private bankers will disrupt ultra-wealthy management within 10 years
“I think then AI and this vision around AI really private banker could become the catalyst for accelerating the immigration towards a fully digitalized private banker. And at that point, then you really start attacking the one percent. You really start offering…”
David Vélez Sep 11, 2023 ▶ 41:15 David Velez: How AI Changes The Future of Finance | E1059 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Dec 18, 2023 negative
Opinion
Lacaillade: Top PE funds never list on investment bank platforms
“But if you think of like, if you're a Goldman Sachs or Morgan Stanley or whatever, like the funds they put on their platform are large cap funds that are having trouble distributing They need, like, we invest in ADVENT in the large cap bio. We invest in ADVENT…”
Peter Lacaillade Dec 18, 2023 ▶ 47:03 Peter Lacaillade: Why Now is the Best Time to Invest in Emerging Managers | E1096 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 29, 2024 positive
Assertion Supported
Hult: Tradeweb is the electronic interface connecting Citadel and Goldman
“Like we're the, you know, we're the electronic interface that connects like Citadel and Goldman.”
Billy Hult Mar 29, 2024 ▶ 22:40 Billy Hult: 27 Years of Compounding Growth Leading to the Market Leader with $1.4BN in Revenue|E1134 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Apr 10, 2024
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Kevin Ryan's Gilt Groupe Paper Stake Fell From $165M to $10M
“We were a year and a half, a year away from going public at Gilt, where Goldman Sachs said, Kevin, you've got about one hundred and sixty five million dollars. We're feeling really good about this. And that ended up being ten million.”
Kevin Ryan Apr 10, 2024 ▶ 47:50 Kevin Ryan: Are the Best CEOs the Best Fundraisers & Why Ownership Should Not Be a Focus in VC|E1138 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Apr 10, 2024 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Kevin Ryan: 24-year-olds rarely succeed in starting enterprise database companies
“You don't, 24 year olds have trouble starting a database company and building up an enterprise sales force Meeting with the CEO of, or the CTO of Goldman Sachs to close that deal. It really doesn't happen that often.”
Kevin Ryan Apr 10, 2024 ▶ 28:00 Kevin Ryan: Are the Best CEOs the Best Fundraisers & Why Ownership Should Not Be a Focus in VC|E1138 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
May 13, 2024
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Blomfield: Top UK CS students prefer finance and consulting over startups
“I've been talking to students for the last few days at our top universities, and the high status thing to do as a university CS undergrad is to go and work at Jane Street or Goldman Sachs or McKinsey.”
Tom Blomfield May 13, 2024 ▶ 15:25 Tom Blomfield: Do the Best All Raise Pre-Demo Day & YC's Fundraising Advice to Startups | E 1152 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Sep 6, 2024 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Chirls: Junior partners at big VCs are compensated on deployment speed
“Your junior partner at these big firms, sort of like a VP at Goldman, they are compensated and promoted based on money velocity, not money returns.”
Nicholas Chirls Sep 6, 2024 ▶ 0:00 Nicholas Chirls: Why Big VCs Ruin Startups, VC is a Ponzi Scheme Today & Most VCs are Bankers |E1198 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Sep 6, 2024 negative
Opinion
Chirls: Large VC firms operate like transactional Wall Street banks
“Basically all the same people from Lehman showed up. Highly transactional, all about the money. There was no real art or creativity to it. It was very private equity, like finding the company, dressing it up a little bit, handing it off to the next guy. And I …”
Nicholas Chirls Sep 6, 2024 ▶ 3:04 Nicholas Chirls: Why Big VCs Ruin Startups, VC is a Ponzi Scheme Today & Most VCs are Bankers |E1198 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Oct 14, 2024 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Frankel: Strong post-election IPOs will trigger a broader public market reopening
“I think pre-election in the US, IPOs are pretty much closed for now. I think post-election, one or two or three great IPOs, every single, you're going to have like this swarm of JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs bankers coming to tell you, like, it is open.”
David Frankel Oct 14, 2024 ▶ 27:25 David Frankel, MP @Founder Collective: Investing Lessons from Seeding Coupang, Pillpack & Suno|E1214 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Jul 7, 2025 neutral
Disclosure
Galloway: Goldman Sachs Manages Wealth; Excess Over Baseline Is Spent or Donated
“Goldman manages my money. They give me a number every year. And anything above my number, I either spend it or I give it away.”
Scott Galloway Jul 7, 2025 ▶ 32:43 Scott Galloway on Billionaire Happiness, Money & Self-Worth | Why We Should Drink More & Not WFH · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Oct 16, 2025 neutral
Assertion Supported
O'Driscoll: Industry Ventures Sold at Roughly 10% of AUM
“This thing traded at roughly 10% of AUM, right?”
Rory O'Driscoll Oct 16, 2025 ▶ 6:34 Thinking Machines Co-Founder Joins Meta for $3.5BN, Industry Venture's $665M Acquisition · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Nov 20, 2025 bullish
Assertion Not publicly verifiable
Tunguz: Goldman Paid Record Asset Manager Multiple for Industry Ventures
“Goldman bought Industry Ventures, right? Leading secondary fund. Paid, paid the highest multiple, I think, ever for an asset manager.”
Tomasz Tunguz Nov 20, 2025 ▶ 1:14:52 Peter Thiel and Softbank Sell NVIDIA - Why? & Why VC Will Hit $1TRN and The Opening of Retail · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Dec 4, 2025 negative
Opinion
Lemkin: Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley Offer the World's Worst Products
“There's the world's crappiest product, which are Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, which take one percent of your assets and do nothing.”
Jason Lemkin Dec 4, 2025 ▶ 52:33 Eventbrite Sold for $500M, Databricks $5B Raise at $134B Valuation & Why SaaS is Like Japan · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Feb 16, 2026 positive
Opinion
Siemiatkowski: Marcus is the best thing Goldman Sachs ever did
“Marcus is the best thing that Goldman ever did.”
Sebastian Siemiatkowski Feb 16, 2026 ▶ 39:29 Klarna CEO: SaaS is Dead: Why Systems of Record Will Die in an Agentic World · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Sep 5, 2026 positive
Assertion Partly supported
Weitzman: NVIDIA guarantees 25% GPU buybacks with Wall Street lenders
“So I believe earlier this month, NVIDIA did a huge deal with Blackstone, BlackRock, Apollo, and Goldman Sachs. And they said, listen, we want more people to buy more GPUs. We're going to underwrite for you up to 25% the value of a GPU. That if you lend money t…”
Cliff Weitzman Sep 5, 2026 ▶ 11:19 How to Build Your Own Data Center & Why Every Startup Should Do It
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