growth stage investing

6 statements across 6 episodes · 1 bullish · 0 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement Jan 22, 2015 by Ifty Ahmed · across every show →

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Jan 22, 2015 neutral
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Ifty Ahmed: Early-stage VC relies on evaluating passion, not financial analysis
“The truth of venture capital is that it's really all about the people. Unlike growth stage investing or private equity investing where there is a business, there are financial analysis to be done, there are stuff to be looked at. When it comes to startups and …”
Ifty Ahmed Jan 22, 2015 ▶ 2:45 20 VC 006: Google Glass & Founding Teams
Apr 24, 2017 neutral
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CapitalG defines growth investing by proof of customer love and unit economics
“The way that we choose to define growth investing is to define it as the point where the, we have some data that gives us strong conviction. It doesn't have to be a lot of data, but some data that gives us strong conviction that there is both a product that cu…”
Laela Sturdy Apr 24, 2017 ▶ 16:32 20VC: Inside Google's Growth Fund & The 3 Criteria They Look For With Potential Investments with Laela Sturdy, General Partner @ CapitalG
Jul 8, 2021
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CapitalG targets a minimum 3x to 5x return on growth investments
“In general, we look For growth stage investing to have a sort of three to five X return as a minimum threshold for, you know, money on money return on investments with an eye toward investments that have a 10 X opportunity.”
Laela Sturdy Jul 8, 2021 ▶ 19:50 20VC: CapitalG's Laela Sturdy on The Current State of Growth with Crossover, PE and Hedge Funds All Entering, How To Think Through Upside and Downside Scenario Planning at Growth & The Biggest Challenges Startups Face Post Product-Market-Fit but Pre-Scale
Jul 19, 2021
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George: Outsized growth returns come from unexpected volume, not unit economics
“The unit economics end up being sort of table stakes, right? Like you could get it wrong to the downside. It's very rare that the company ends up with, you know, unit economics that are much greater than what you expected. It's much more common that, Hey, the …”
David George Jul 19, 2021 ▶ 9:14 20VC: a16z's David George on Leading a16z's Growth Fund Today, The Biggest Misconceptions of Growth Investing, How a16z Think Through Portfolio Construction, Investment Decision-Making and Scenario Planning & How The Entrance of New Players Has Changed Th
Mar 21, 2022
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Lixandru: Growth-stage investors have less flexibility on valuation than early-stage investors
“With growth, I really think you need to stay sober. By definition, given the upside in venture versus growth, I think you have less room to play with pricing on the growth side.”
Luciana Lixandru Mar 21, 2022 ▶ 19:08 20VC Exclusive: Sequoia's Luciana Lixandru Unveils Sequoia's New 8 Week Accelerator, Arc | Biggest Takeaways from Working with Doug Leone and Roelof Botha | The Journey From a Small Town In Romania to Partner @ Sequoia
Mar 19, 2025 positive
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Singlehurst: Understanding business models over tech suits growth over venture
“There are people on my team who are much more interested in technology itself, and also love investing, love businesses, but my focus, and I think this is a focus that perhaps makes me better at, say, growth stage investing than I would be at venture stage inv…”
Peter Singlehurst Mar 19, 2025 ▶ 45:46 Peter Singlehurst: Lessons from Turning Down Stripe, Coinbase and Losing Money on Northvalt · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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