Sydney

3 statements across 1 episodes · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jun 10, 2016 by Melanie Perkins · said 32 times in 21 episodes since 2015 · across every show →

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brought up most by Harry Stebbings (8), Melanie Perkins (3), Wesley Chan (2), Scott Farquhar (2), Nikhil Basu Trivedi (2), Jeetu Mahtani (2), Jason Lemkin (2), Cameron Adams (2)

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2026 5 mentions in 5 episodes 1 per episode

NVIDIA Crushes Quarter | OpenAI Cuts Off Cursor | Instinct Hits $2.5B Valuation Sep 3, 2026 · 1 mention · from 24:55
ClickHouse CEO: AI Margins Need to Improve | Revenue Concentration Should be a Concern Aug 31, 2026 · 1 mention · from 42:34
Canva Slashes Growth | Talent Exodus at Google | Revolut's $50B CEO Package | Musk's $55B Terrafab Aug 12, 2026 · 1 mention · from 12:00
Inside Legora: Jude Law Generated $50M Pipeline | Are They Undervalued at $5.5BN? | Patrick Forquer · 20VC with Harry Stebbings May 11, 2026 · 1 mention · from 54:18
Groq’s $20BN NVIDIA Deal | Why Sam Altman Doesn’t Care About Dilution & Invisible Unemployment 2026 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings Jan 8, 2026 · 1 mention · from 7:37
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2024 8 mentions in 4 episodes 2 per episode

Matt Grimm, Co-Founder @Anduril: How a Trump Administration Changes the Defence Industry | E1224 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings Nov 11, 2024 · 3 mentions · from 1:07:52
Jeetu Mahtani, Sales Leader @Hubspot: How and When to Go International and Crush It | E1207 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings Sep 27, 2024 · 2 mentions · from 11:03
Cameron Adams: How Canva Builds Products: Lessons Learned, What Works? What Flopped? | E1179 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings Jul 19, 2024 · 2 mentions · from 1:35
Matt Plank, Rippling's CRO: How to Build an Enterprise Sales Machine | E1241 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings Dec 20, 2024 · 1 mention · from 49:00
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2023 7 mentions in 4 episodes 2 per episode

Michael Eisenberg and Adi Levanon: Israeli Resilience in Crisis | E1072 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings Oct 12, 2023 · 2 mentions · from 27:48
Scott Farquhar: Founding Atlassian; How We Scaled to a $50B Valuation; The 4 Jobs of a CEO | E1070 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings Oct 9, 2023 · 2 mentions · from 41:35
Nikhil Basu Trivedi: Why 99% of AI Investments Will Go Bust | E1057 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings Sep 6, 2023 · 2 mentions · from 4:36
Vince Hankes: Why We Put $300M into OpenAI; Sam Altman's Pitch; Lessons from Josh Kushner | E1009 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings May 3, 2023 · 1 mention · from 46:05
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2022 2 mentions in 2 episodes 1 per episode

Oana Olteanu: Why Founders Should Expect More From Their VCs | 20VC #950 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings Nov 19, 2022 · 1 mention · from 17:49
Wesley Chan: How I Created Google Analytics; The Founding Story of Gmail & Canva | 20VC #919 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings Aug 22, 2022 · 1 mention · from 39:59
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2017 1 mention in 1 episode

20VC: Accel GP, Rich Wong on When Is The Right Time To Scale A Startup, Optimising Initial vs Follow-On Investment Decision-Making & The Globalisation of VC In Recent Years Dec 4, 2017 · 1 mention · from 6:17
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2016 4 mentions in 2 episodes 2 per episode

20VC: Start Niche, Move Broader & Become Profitable Quickly with Melanie Perkins, Founder & CEO @ Canva Jun 10, 2016 · 3 mentions · from 8:07
20VC: Felicis' Wesley Chan on The Rise of IoT, Getting Recruited by Larry Page & Creating Google's Biggest Success Disaster Jun 29, 2016 · 1 mention · from 29:23
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2015 5 mentions in 3 episodes 2 per episode

20 VC 045: From Idea to Pitch with Alan Jones, Founding Investor @ Startmate Jun 15, 2015 · 3 mentions · from 0:06
20 VC FF 20: Shaking Up The Food Industry With Willie Biggart @ Spoonfed Nov 6, 2015 · 1 mention · from 3:52
20 VC 044: Dominating AngelList Syndicates with Doug Scott Jun 11, 2015 · 1 mention · from 1:56
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Jun 10, 2016 positive

Opinion

Hiring elite engineering talent in Sydney is easier than in San Francisco

“So we've been very fortunate that it's a lot easier here, I think, to find incredible engineers than it is perhaps in San Francisco.”

Melanie Perkins Jun 10, 2016 ▶ 9:09 20VC: Start Niche, Move Broader & Become Profitable Quickly with Melanie Perkins, Founder & CEO @ Canva

Jun 10, 2016

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Five venture capital firms flew to Sydney to pitch Canva for investment

“When we raised our most recent round, we had five firms fly here to Sydney, which was a lot of fun to see how the tables had finally turned after so much effort in the initial stages.”

Melanie Perkins Jun 10, 2016 ▶ 16:15 20VC: Start Niche, Move Broader & Become Profitable Quickly with Melanie Perkins, Founder & CEO @ Canva

Jun 10, 2016 positive

Disclosure

Canva grew to over 100 employees across Sydney and Manila by 2016

“We now have over a hundred staff across our two offices here in Sydney and our other offices in Manila.”

Melanie Perkins Jun 10, 2016 ▶ 8:07 20VC: Start Niche, Move Broader & Become Profitable Quickly with Melanie Perkins, Founder & CEO @ Canva

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