multi-stage venture funds

4 statements across 4 episodes · 0 bullish · 4 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Oct 1, 2020 by Harry Stebbings · across every show →

Everything said about multi-stage venture funds, oldest first

Oct 1, 2020 bearish
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Stebbings: Multi-Stage Funds Pay $40M Seed Valuations Versus Standard $15M
“Bluntly, if multi-stage funds right now is the way that I see it, it's like completely price insensitive. I'm doing deals now where I end up not doing them because bluntly, they'll pay forty million pre when everyone else is paying 15, because they just don't …”
Harry Stebbings Oct 1, 2020 ▶ 25:01 20VC: What Is Founder Narrative Fit and How to Detect and Invest In It, How To Avoid Consensus Thinking When Investing, Price Sensititivity; When To Pay Up vs Stay Disciplined & From New York Times To General Catalyst; Why Venture and Journalism are Not S
Nov 21, 2022 negative
Opinion
Shah: Large VCs are too slow for seed deals despite Twitter claims
“And also like these funds are really big and slow. So they're not going to be able to like move and prosecute the things in the same way that they say on Twitter.”
Semil Shah Nov 21, 2022 ▶ 21:30 Semil Shah: Lessons Learned Scaling from a $1M to a $50M Fund | 20VC #951 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Jan 20, 2025 negative
Opinion
Kanji: Multi-Stage VC Funds Treat Early Checks as Simple Call Options
“But these days, with the growth of those guys, it's all call options for them, right? They will invest into something and see how it plays out, so they can write the 30, fifty million dollar check, where it starts to get meaningful.”
Hussein Kanji Jan 20, 2025 ▶ 25:48 Hussein Kanji, Founder @Hoxton Ventures: Why AI Means London Can Compete with the US | E1248 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
May 8, 2025 negative
Insight
O'Driscoll: Mega-funds treat Seed and Series A deals as loss leaders
“And the seed and even the series A is a loss leading product. It's like milk at the grocery store. Come on in, buy your cheap milk, but we're going to upsell you all the strawberries you can buy, baby, right? You know, wait till you see the series C and D, rig…”
Rory O'Driscoll May 8, 2025 ▶ 18:16 Benchmark vs a16z: Why Stage Specific Firms Win · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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