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Rob Lacher

8 statements across 1 episodes · 0 bullish · 3 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Apr 7, 2023 by Rob Lacher · across every show →

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Apr 7, 2023
Disclosure
Lacher: Visionaries targets 10–15% ownership in 80% of seed investments
“We say 80% of our seed portfolio is 10 to 15% ownership and 20% will leave room if they're exceptional teams”
Rob Lacher Apr 7, 2023 ▶ 18:03 Rob Lacher: How I Scaled to $600M AUM; Hiring Tips for VCs; Venture Capital in Europe vs USA | E999 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Apr 7, 2023
Prediction Didn’t hold up
Lacher: Visionaries aims for 5 to 10 seed deals per year
“We want to rather have maybe five to 10 investments a year in a seed fund, spending time with the founders and then just having maybe 40 deals and just knowing maybe the name of one or two founders.”
Rob Lacher Apr 7, 2023 ▶ 18:54 Rob Lacher: How I Scaled to $600M AUM; Hiring Tips for VCs; Venture Capital in Europe vs USA | E999 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Apr 7, 2023
Assertion Partly supported
Lacher: BioNTech raised $130 million seed round led by Strüngmanns
“It was a hundred thirty million seed round led by the Strugmann brothers, who were basically farmer entrepreneurs.”
Rob Lacher Apr 7, 2023 ▶ 55:36 Rob Lacher: How I Scaled to $600M AUM; Hiring Tips for VCs; Venture Capital in Europe vs USA | E999 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Apr 7, 2023
Insight
Lacher: Multi-stage funds always preempt Series A for top seed investments
“Everyone knows if the deal is amazing, they bloody preempt it.”
Rob Lacher Apr 7, 2023 ▶ 35:53 Rob Lacher: How I Scaled to $600M AUM; Hiring Tips for VCs; Venture Capital in Europe vs USA | E999 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Apr 7, 2023 bearish
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Lacher: Two-thirds of European founders reject US multi-stage seed term sheets
“I see, to be honest, two thirds of the founders at seed stage that have those term sheets, rather going for European seed fund setup, because they want to keep the A-Round open to choose from those funds.”
Rob Lacher Apr 7, 2023 ▶ 33:24 Rob Lacher: How I Scaled to $600M AUM; Hiring Tips for VCs; Venture Capital in Europe vs USA | E999 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Apr 7, 2023 negative
Insight
Lacher: VC candidates demanding high salaries lack entrepreneurial risk tolerance
“So if someone is asking for a high salary, that person is not willing to take risks. It's not willing to, it's not believing enough in the entrepreneurial spirit to really kind of build something essential”
Rob Lacher Apr 7, 2023 ▶ 12:40 Rob Lacher: How I Scaled to $600M AUM; Hiring Tips for VCs; Venture Capital in Europe vs USA | E999 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Apr 7, 2023 negative
Insight
Lacher: Poaching experienced VCs creates an average index fund
“If, you can do it super easy and say, look, I just poach from other funds. I hire people who have been three years in VC. They have the networks. They know how to look at deals. You just get An average index of all the other funds.”
Rob Lacher Apr 7, 2023 ▶ 13:34 Rob Lacher: How I Scaled to $600M AUM; Hiring Tips for VCs; Venture Capital in Europe vs USA | E999 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Apr 7, 2023 neutral
Disclosure
Lacher: Visionaries Club Co-Invests With Multi-Stage Funds in 20% of Deals
“We team up a lot with multi-stage funds at seed. I'd say 20% of our deals.”
Rob Lacher Apr 7, 2023 ▶ 34:33 Rob Lacher: How I Scaled to $600M AUM; Hiring Tips for VCs; Venture Capital in Europe vs USA | E999 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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