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Jake Saper

9 statements across 1 episodes · 3 bullish · 3 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Mar 10, 2025 by Jake Saper · said 9 times in 3 episodes since 2020 · across every show →

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Everything said about Jake Saper, oldest first

Mar 10, 2025
Disclosure
Jake Saper lost the Ironclad deal to Jess Lee at Sequoia
“The first deal I lost, I think I've lost two or three deals in my career so far. The first deal I lost was Ironclad. And I lost it to Jess Lee at Sequoia.”
Jake Saper Mar 10, 2025 ▶ 1:22:48 Jake Saper, GP @ Emergence Capital: "We Sold Salesforce Early and Lost Out on Billions" · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 10, 2025
Insight
Saper: True market pull requires buyers having tried hacking DIY solutions
“It's not a desperate problem if someone hasn't, if your buyer hasn't tried to hack together something on their own to solve it, or if they haven't bought an inferior product to solve it, or if they're not spending countless hours themselves dealing with it. Ot…”
Jake Saper Mar 10, 2025 ▶ 19:12 Jake Saper, GP @ Emergence Capital: "We Sold Salesforce Early and Lost Out on Billions" · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 10, 2025 positive
Disclosure
Saper: Emergence Capital targets double-digit ownership on partner-led seed bets
“So when we make a seed investment, we treat it like a core bet. It's a partner that's doing the deal. We're generally owning double digit percentages so that we really care.”
Jake Saper Mar 10, 2025 ▶ 1:08:00 Jake Saper, GP @ Emergence Capital: "We Sold Salesforce Early and Lost Out on Billions" · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 10, 2025 negative
Opinion
Saper: Multi-stage VC seed programs create signaling risk for founders
“Most multi-stage firms treat their seed programs as an option program, right? They write small checks. Often it's their junior people writing these small checks and they use it as a way to track the company to see if it breaks out. If it does, then they try to…”
Jake Saper Mar 10, 2025 ▶ 1:07:34 Jake Saper, GP @ Emergence Capital: "We Sold Salesforce Early and Lost Out on Billions" · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 10, 2025 positive
Insight
Saper: Market pull is more important than founder quality in startup investments
“The first one is market pull. Like that is the most important thing, I think, when you're evaluating a potential investment or starting a company. The second is the founder, because it's the founder's job to figure out how do you build something defensible in …”
Jake Saper Mar 10, 2025 ▶ 20:22 Jake Saper, GP @ Emergence Capital: "We Sold Salesforce Early and Lost Out on Billions" · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 10, 2025 neutral
Prediction Held up
The Tech IPO Market Will Not Reopen Until Early 2026
“I tend to think next year. Like, I think there's enough uncertainty in the market right now, particularly in the macro and the political situation that there's a lot of people that are nervous. So my best guess would be like the beginning of next year.”
Jake Saper Mar 10, 2025 ▶ 1:20:01 Jake Saper, GP @ Emergence Capital: "We Sold Salesforce Early and Lost Out on Billions" · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 10, 2025 negative
Opinion
Saper: No VC Firm Makes All Its Money from 'Prepared Minds'
“The reality is, I don't think any venture firm makes all their money on prepared minds. I just think that that is bullshit.”
Jake Saper Mar 10, 2025 ▶ 8:15 Jake Saper, GP @ Emergence Capital: "We Sold Salesforce Early and Lost Out on Billions" · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 10, 2025 bearish
Opinion
If Jake Saper Were to Short a Public Stock, It Would Be IBM
“If I were to short a stock publicly, it'd be IBM.”
Jake Saper Mar 10, 2025 ▶ 1:01:34 Jake Saper, GP @ Emergence Capital: "We Sold Salesforce Early and Lost Out on Billions" · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 10, 2025 positive
Assertion Supported
Jake Saper Has Never Had a VC Investment Go to Zero
“No, what you mean is I've never none of my deals have ever gone to zero.”
Jake Saper Mar 10, 2025 ▶ 29:28 Jake Saper, GP @ Emergence Capital: "We Sold Salesforce Early and Lost Out on Billions" · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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