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Ophelia Brown

9 statements across 2 episodes · 2 bullish · 3 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Mar 17, 2023 by Ophelia Brown · said 11 times in 8 episodes since 2021 · across every show →

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Mar 17, 2023
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Blossom Capital tracks founders for six to eight months before investing
“So, I did the analysis, now we're a few years in. I think we normally know founders for six to eight months pre-investment, sometimes a bit longer.”
Ophelia Brown Mar 17, 2023 ▶ 4:15 Ophelia Brown: How We Raised $432M in a Pandemic; What's New in European Venture Capital | E990 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 17, 2023 negative
Insight
Brown: Theoretical investment theses fail when investors ignore execution risk
“I think investors can get fooled into thinking something is a great investment thesis, and ignore the practicalities of the execution and execution risk, et cetera. So I think a lot about that, like, you can build a beautiful investment thesis around why a pie…”
Ophelia Brown Mar 17, 2023 ▶ 21:09 Ophelia Brown: How We Raised $432M in a Pandemic; What's New in European Venture Capital | E990 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 17, 2023 negative
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BPI asked Ophelia Brown where her older male partner was
“The French, what's the French equivalent of EIF? BPI. BPI. They asked me where my older male partner was.”
Ophelia Brown Mar 17, 2023 ▶ 48:03 Ophelia Brown: How We Raised $432M in a Pandemic; What's New in European Venture Capital | E990 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 17, 2023 positive
Insight
Brown: Leading deals in venture capital inevitably requires being sharp-elbowed
“Venture is a competitive sport. If you want to lead deals and you want to be a great partner to your founders, then you are going to inevitably be a bit sharp elbow.”
Ophelia Brown Mar 17, 2023 ▶ 54:45 Ophelia Brown: How We Raised $432M in a Pandemic; What's New in European Venture Capital | E990 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 17, 2023
Disclosure
Blossom Capital faced no competing term sheets on its last five deals
“The last five deals that we've done, there has been, like, no competitor. No single competing term sheet.”
Ophelia Brown Mar 17, 2023 ▶ 31:06 Ophelia Brown: How We Raised $432M in a Pandemic; What's New in European Venture Capital | E990 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 17, 2023
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Brown decides to invest or pass after the first founder meeting
“I would say within, you know, the first meeting, for sure, I come out with a decision of go, no go.”
Ophelia Brown Mar 17, 2023 ▶ 3:37 Ophelia Brown: How We Raised $432M in a Pandemic; What's New in European Venture Capital | E990 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 17, 2023 negative
Opinion
Brown: Labels like 'aggressive' are gendered double standards in venture capital
“I don't think people would say that if I was a man. I think that's a comment that people level up a woman all the time.”
Ophelia Brown Mar 17, 2023 ▶ 54:27 Ophelia Brown: How We Raised $432M in a Pandemic; What's New in European Venture Capital | E990 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 17, 2023 positive
Disclosure
Blossom Capital shuns Series A board seats and caps annual deals
“Not at the A stage. So, our model, because we only make five investments a year, coming back to the concentrated approach, we have three partners, and we say, all of us support you at that stage.”
Ophelia Brown Mar 17, 2023 ▶ 26:58 Ophelia Brown: How We Raised $432M in a Pandemic; What's New in European Venture Capital | E990 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
May 22, 2023
Assertion Partly supported
Stebbings: Ophelia Brown Demands Minimum 20 Percent Ownership Target
“Ophelia, say, who I had on the show recently, won't go less than 20.”
Harry Stebbings May 22, 2023 ▶ 36:36 Nico Wittenborn: Consumer Subscription Apps; Using Evolutionary Biology to Invest; Solo GP's | E1017 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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