Sahil Lavingia

8 statements across 1 episodes · 1 bullish · 3 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Aug 24, 2020 by Harry Stebbings · said 1 times in 1 episodes since 2020 · across every show →

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20VC: Arlan Hamilton: "We Have Come For Cake, Not The Crumbs", Arlan's Plan To Return $1Bn in 10 Years, Why Arlan Plans To Giveaway or Invest 90% of Her Wealth & What The LP Class Can Do To Ensure More Under-Represented Managers Get Funded Oct 5, 2020 · 1 mention · from 17:58
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Aug 24, 2020

Assertion Supported

Sahil Lavingia raised a $6M per year AngelList rolling fund

“Sahil's made waves, raising one of the first rolling funds on AngelList, with his being six million dollars per year”

Harry Stebbings Aug 24, 2020 ▶ 0:32 20VC: Sahil Lavingia on Rolling Funds and Their Impact on The Future of Venture, How To Evaluate Market, Team and Product, The Value of Party Rounds & The Pros and Cons of Multi-Stage Funds Investing at Seed

Aug 24, 2020 neutral

Assertion Not checkable as stated

Sahil Lavingia worked on Gumroad just four hours weekly post-downsizing

“I just started writing and painting and really just not thinking about Gumroad more than the four hours a week I was doing support.”

Sahil Lavingia Aug 24, 2020 ▶ 26:13 20VC: Sahil Lavingia on Rolling Funds and Their Impact on The Future of Venture, How To Evaluate Market, Team and Product, The Value of Party Rounds & The Pros and Cons of Multi-Stage Funds Investing at Seed

Aug 24, 2020 neutral

Prediction Not checkable as stated

Lavingia: Only about a dozen rolling fund managers will build large portfolios

“I don't expect to see hundreds and hundreds of hundreds of emerging fund managers all managing these really big, large portfolios. I think you'll see probably a dozen or so.”

Sahil Lavingia Aug 24, 2020 ▶ 14:26 20VC: Sahil Lavingia on Rolling Funds and Their Impact on The Future of Venture, How To Evaluate Market, Team and Product, The Value of Party Rounds & The Pros and Cons of Multi-Stage Funds Investing at Seed

Aug 24, 2020 neutral

Disclosure

Lavingia: Accel Invested $400K in Gumroad's $1.1M Seed Round

“Our pre-seed round, or our seed round back then it was called, was 1.1 million. Excel put 400 K into that.”

Sahil Lavingia Aug 24, 2020 ▶ 30:21 20VC: Sahil Lavingia on Rolling Funds and Their Impact on The Future of Venture, How To Evaluate Market, Team and Product, The Value of Party Rounds & The Pros and Cons of Multi-Stage Funds Investing at Seed

Aug 24, 2020 negative

What-if

Sahil Lavingia regrets taking Accel's $400K seed check over super angels

“Frankly, if I could go back in time, I would have said no to them. I would have given that 400 K a hundred K to four different people, super angels or angels, or even split it further.”

Sahil Lavingia Aug 24, 2020 ▶ 30:28 20VC: Sahil Lavingia on Rolling Funds and Their Impact on The Future of Venture, How To Evaluate Market, Team and Product, The Value of Party Rounds & The Pros and Cons of Multi-Stage Funds Investing at Seed

Aug 24, 2020 negative

Opinion

Lavingia: Career VCs Are Less Valuable to Founders Than Operators

“I think career investors are just not as valuable because frankly, like that sort of on the ground experience of building distribution, building a product, That stuff is just so difficult to read about. You just have to do it to really grok it.”

Sahil Lavingia Aug 24, 2020 ▶ 30:49 20VC: Sahil Lavingia on Rolling Funds and Their Impact on The Future of Venture, How To Evaluate Market, Team and Product, The Value of Party Rounds & The Pros and Cons of Multi-Stage Funds Investing at Seed

Aug 24, 2020 bullish

Disclosure

Sahil Lavingia invested in audio app Clubhouse

“Yeah, Clubhouse is probably the most recently announced one. I did a small check into that company.”

Sahil Lavingia Aug 24, 2020 ▶ 41:23 20VC: Sahil Lavingia on Rolling Funds and Their Impact on The Future of Venture, How To Evaluate Market, Team and Product, The Value of Party Rounds & The Pros and Cons of Multi-Stage Funds Investing at Seed

Aug 24, 2020 negative

Disclosure

Sahil Lavingia: Unimpressive founders are the primary reason for passing

“Frankly, the number one reason I pass is the founders. I just, I'm not impressed by the founders.”

Sahil Lavingia Aug 24, 2020 ▶ 21:16 20VC: Sahil Lavingia on Rolling Funds and Their Impact on The Future of Venture, How To Evaluate Market, Team and Product, The Value of Party Rounds & The Pros and Cons of Multi-Stage Funds Investing at Seed

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