hedge funds

also referred to as: hedge fund

9 statements across 9 episodes · 1 bullish · 3 bearish · 8 people on the record · first statement Nov 11, 2015 by Jeppe Zink · across every show →

Everything said about hedge funds, oldest first

Nov 11, 2015 bearish
Prediction Held up
Zink: Tourist investors like hedge funds will exit VC during downcycles
“I see a lot of valuation bubbles in certain subsectors or in late stage VC investments, and that's really because you have a lot of tourists coming in, like hedge funds and other, other non-consistent players putting money into the VC game, and I think as you …”
Jeppe Zink Nov 11, 2015 ▶ 6:59 20 VC 087: From The Investors Of Spotify, TrustPilot and Klarna with Jeppe Zink, General Partner @ Northzone
Aug 28, 2017 bullish
Assertion Supported
Jones: 65 registered hedge funds are raising for crypto allocations in 2017
“In fact, I believe this week there was an article released that showed there were 65 pending registered hedge funds that were in the process of completing their raises to move dollars into the crypto market,”
Mike Jones Aug 28, 2017 ▶ 11:33 20VC: The First ICO Blockchain Incubator Ever, Why ICO's Will Change The World of Venture As We Know It & How The M&A Market Will Respond To ICO's with Mike, Jones, Co-Founder @ Science Inc
May 26, 2020 bearish
Assertion Contradicted
Elad Gil: Hedge funds and family offices are exiting late-stage VC
“And so where I've seen real capital shifts is hedge funds and family offices temporarily exiting late stage private investing so that they can focus on these public market opportunities.”
Elad Gil May 26, 2020 ▶ 14:57 20VC: Elad Gil on Startup Offense and Defence in a Recession, How The Venture Landscape Has Shifted & All Things Valuations, Secondaries and Layoffs
Mar 4, 2021 negative
Assertion Supported
Tenev denies Robinhood colluded with hedge funds to restrict meme stock trading
“The idea that somehow the most wrong thing was this allegation of collusion that we're somehow colluding with hedge funds that we have no business relationship with to somehow restrict buying of these stocks. Yeah, I think that was just wrong.”
Vlad Tenev Mar 4, 2021 ▶ 9:15 20VC: Robinhood Founder Vlad Tenev on His Biggest Lessons Managing Through A Crisis, The Events of The Congressional Committee, Raising $2.4Bn Fast and Why It Was Necessary & Why It Is Ludicrous To Suggest Robinhood Put The Business Ahead of it's Customer
Dec 6, 2021 neutral
Assertion Supported
Gurley: Late-stage hedge funds transitioned to closed-end venture structures
“A lot of these hedge funds used to run, you know, a two-in-twenty book that marked every year, and they've all switched to this venture model where they raise capital, invest it, and then return it.”
Bill Gurley Dec 6, 2021 ▶ 13:43 20VC: Bill Gurley and Michael Eisenberg on The First Signs of an Impending Bust, What Happens with a Market Crash, How Do Public Markets Impact Private Valuations & The Biggest Lessons from 20 Years Investing in Venture
Feb 23, 2022
Assertion Supported
Bill Gurley: Crossover hedge funds have shifted to closed-end venture structures
“A lot of these hedge funds used to run a two-in-twenty book that marked every year, and they've all switched to this venture model where they raise capital, invest it, and then return it.”
Bill Gurley Feb 23, 2022 ▶ 5:33 The Tiger Global Memo: From Sequoia Capital to Benchmark and Thrive: The World's Best on the Rise of Tiger Global
Jan 29, 2025
Assertion Supported
Ross: DeepSeek was created by a hedge fund, not the state directly
“Remember deep seek is a real, I mean, it's a hedge fund. They're doing this themselves and they're just influenced by the CCP”
Jonathan Ross Jan 29, 2025 ▶ 16:51 Jonathan Ross: DeepSeek Special - How Should OpenAI and the US Government Respond | E1253 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Nov 21, 2025 neutral
Opinion
Altman: VC today resembles hedge funds and PE more than traditional VC
“We look much more like a hedge fund or PE world than we do VC from 10 years ago.”
Max Altman Nov 21, 2025 ▶ 1:10:37 20VC: Max Altman on The New Seed War: Can Anyone Compete with Sequoia and a16z | Leaving $2BN on the Table with Reddit | Lessons from Backing Rippling at $25M Post | Why Climate Tech is a Mirage and Disaster
Jul 31, 2026 neutral
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Park: Simile may own a small hedge fund down the line
“Maybe similarly, we'll actually own a small hedge fund down the line.”
Joon Sung Park Jul 31, 2026 ▶ 56:33 The AI Company Simulating the Entire Economy | Simile Co-founder & CEO, Joon Sung Park
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