Kayak

2 statements across 2 episodes · 1 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jun 8, 2018 by Paul English · said 31 times in 10 episodes since 2016 · across every show →

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brought up most by Harry Stebbings (14), Neeraj Agrawal (5), Rishi Garg (3), Hemant Taneja (2), David Frankel (2), Paul English (1), Emad Mostaque (1)

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2025 2 mentions in 2 episodes 1 per episode

General Catalyst CEO, Hemant Taneja: Lessons Scaling GC to $40BN in AUM · 20VC with Harry Stebbings Sep 22, 2025 · 1 mention · from 8:17
What Does it Take to Be Good at Series A and B Today? · 20VC with Harry Stebbings May 1, 2025 · 1 mention · from 41:50
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2024 1 mention in 1 episode

David Frankel, MP @Founder Collective: Investing Lessons from Seeding Coupang, Pillpack & Suno|E1214 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings Oct 14, 2024 · 1 mention · from 16:18
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2023 3 mentions in 2 episodes 2 per episode

Emad Mostaque: These 5 Companies Will Win the AI War; Why We Need National Data Sets | E1015 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings May 17, 2023 · 2 mentions · from 45:03
20VC: The Biggest AI Leaders on What Matters More; Model Size or Data Size & Where Does The Value in AI Accrue; to Startups or to Incumbents Sep 15, 2023 · 1 mention · from 27:02
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2022 1 mention in 1 episode

2018 16 mentions in 2 episodes 8 per episode

20VC: From Sequoia To Accel To General Catalyst: What Makes The Best Board Member & The Hiring Methodology To Attract World Class Talent with KAYAK & Lola Founder, Paul English Jun 8, 2018 · 15 mentions · from 0:16
20VC: General Catalyst's Hemant Taneja on Why We Are In A Golden Age For VC, Why Pro-Rata Is A Lazy Posture and Why He Does Not Focus On Price Jun 18, 2018 · 1 mention · from 5:27
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2017 3 mentions in 1 episode

20VC: How To Test The Strength Of Co-Founder Relations, The Dangers Of Raising A Large Series A & Why The Biggest Challenge For Consumer Companies Is Finding The Second Big Hit with Rishi Garg, Partner @ Mayfield Fund Jan 18, 2017 · 3 mentions · from 5:50
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2016 5 mentions in 1 episode

20VC: The Best Determinant Of Product Market Fit & Why Prior Experience Is Not Required For Founder Success with Neeraj Agrawal, General Partner @ Battery Ventures Apr 18, 2016 · 5 mentions · from 21:14
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Jun 8, 2018

Assertion Partly supported

Kayak raised $200M at an $800M valuation with only 39 employees

“So we had to raise like two hundred million dollars. I remember we had 39 employees. They had 130 employees. But we were able to raise an eight hundred million dollar valuation, which was crazy given that we're only 39 employees.”

Paul English Jun 8, 2018 ▶ 22:36 20VC: From Sequoia To Accel To General Catalyst: What Makes The Best Board Member & The Hiring Methodology To Attract World Class Talent with KAYAK & Lola Founder, Paul English

Sep 22, 2025 bullish

Assertion Supported

Taneja: General Catalyst's best returns come from seeding and creating companies

“I mean, look, our best returns have come from seeding companies like Stripe and Andurl or Creating companies like Kayak and Livongo and Camille and others, and so.”

Hemant Taneja Sep 22, 2025 ▶ 8:08 General Catalyst CEO, Hemant Taneja: Lessons Scaling GC to $40BN in AUM · 20VC with Harry Stebbings

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