Mike Volpe

4 statements across 4 episodes · 0 bullish · 0 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Feb 26, 2021 by Harry Stebbings · said 9 times in 5 episodes since 2020 · across every show →

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Feb 26, 2021
Assertion Supported
Sonos raised over $450 million prior to its IPO
“Prior to their IPO, they raised over four hundred and fifty million from the likes of Mike Volpe at Index, Satish at Redpoint, and eVentures to name a few.”
Harry Stebbings Feb 26, 2021 ▶ 0:32 20VC: Sonos CEO Patrick Spence on His Biggest Lessons Building and Growing Blackberry, The Right Way to View Competition and Innovation Cycles & How To Make The Transition From COO To CEO Most Effectively
Aug 23, 2021
Insight
Choi: Acquirers Should Focus on Target Quality Over Deal Price
“Mike Volpe, who was famously that head of Corp Dev at Cisco during the heyday of Cisco M&A, he once said something to me, which I never forget. He said, never get the right deal, get the right company. And I think that that really holds true today.”
Emilie Choi Aug 23, 2021 ▶ 17:56 20VC: Coinbase President & COO Emilie Choi on Building Coinbase Ventures into One of the Best Performing Funds with 0 Employees, How Coinbase Thinks Through Internal Resource Allocation and Prioritisation & Why, When and How To Hire Your COO and Head of C
Oct 25, 2024
Insight
Goldberg: Investors should pay up for category winners over #2 or #3 players
“Yeah, so I think one of the lessons I learned from Index Ventures, and certainly two of my mentors, Mike Volpe, Ilya Fushman, was you want to be in the category winner, and when you need to pay up to be in a category winner, that's something that I think a lot…”
Mark Goldberg Oct 25, 2024 ▶ 16:58 Mark Goldberg: Why Politics is Rife & Decision-Making is Broken in Large VCs | E1219 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Jan 22, 2025
Disclosure
Hebbia raised pre-seed from Peter Thiel and Floodgate before Index seed
“We raised a pre-seed from Peter Thiel, and Floodgate, and then our seed from Mike Volpe at Index”
George Sivulka Jan 22, 2025 ▶ 15:01 George Sivulka, Co-Founder & CEO @Hebbia: The Future of Foundation Models | E1250 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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