special purpose vehicle

also referred to as: spv · spvs

7 statements across 7 episodes · 0 bullish · 6 bearish · 7 people on the record · first statement Apr 20, 2020 by Mark Suster · across every show →

Everything said about special purpose vehicle, oldest first

Apr 20, 2020 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Special Purpose Vehicles are much harder to raise during economic downturns
“SPVs are much harder to raise now, and so your ability to protect not just your winners, But also your companies that are struggling and need to get from point A to point B to maybe someday be a winner, it's going to be much harder.”
Mark Suster Apr 20, 2020 ▶ 23:34 20VC: Upfront's Mark Suster on COVID Redefining What A Great Company Looks Like and What Valuations Look Like, Why Pay-To-Play Is Back On The Table & Why We Will See The Death of Party Rounds
Mar 4, 2023 negative
Insight
Somerville: LPs Face Rampant Adverse Selection in SPV Direct Investments
“That they get rampant adverse selection and oftentimes pushed into fee bearing SPVs that even further dilute their end of day return.”
Hunter Somerville Mar 4, 2023 ▶ 30:28 Hunter Somerville: Biggest Mistake LPs Make; Deep Dive into Secondary Markets | 20VC #985 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Apr 25, 2023 negative
Insight
Kohli: Fund managers should never select 10-year back-office administration on price
“Hey, these are complex financial instruments that need to be managed for 10 years. And it's not the place you actually want to be optimizing on costs at all, because it's one of those things where when it's just working in the background, you have someone, you…”
Avlok Kohli Apr 25, 2023 ▶ 41:24 AngelList CEO Avlok Kohli: The Funding Market Today; Last-Mile Delivery; Competing w/ Carta | E1005 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Feb 19, 2024 negative
Disclosure
Ehrenberg: IA Ventures Refuses to Use SPVs to Fund Recycling
“Which is why a lot of firms try and solve the problem with SPBs. We never would do that. So we forced ourselves into finding solutions for recycling.”
Roger Ehrenberg Feb 19, 2024 ▶ 42:37 Roger Ehrenberg: Why VC Returns Will Get Worse & Why LP Incentive Structures are so Broken | E1117 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Apr 23, 2026 negative
Assertion Supported
Stebbings: Anthropic SPVs are charging up to 8% in upfront fees
“Some of the package pricing on these SPVs for Anthropic has just been the most egregious face ripping I've ever seen. I mean it's like, it's just, oh, I mean like eight percent up front.”
Harry Stebbings Apr 23, 2026 ▶ 1:09:32 Cursor Acquired for $60BN | Anthropic Hits $1TRN in Secondary Markets & Figma, Adobe, Canva Dead? · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Jun 27, 2026
Assertion Supported
Perpetual Contracts Bypass the Need for SPVs
“Yeah, you don't need an SPV for a perp.”
Paul Erlang Jun 27, 2026 ▶ 52:29 How We Got Fred Wilson, Benchmark and Index to Invest $94M | Why Robinhood's Strategy is Wrong · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Jul 27, 2026 negative
Opinion
Bad actors harm secondary markets by marketing fake startup access
“I think the problem is, you know, it's secondary markets, SPVs, they've just become, Too annoying and aggravating in the market to founders. And someone else is basically like, I don't want you marketing my stock. My, and I want to be the one who's figuring ou…”
Matt Murphy Jul 27, 2026 ▶ 17:42 Will Open-Source Threaten Anthropic's Business & Do Margins Matter in a World of AI | Matt Murphy
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