Theory Ventures

8 statements across 3 episodes · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Apr 21, 2023 by Tomasz Tunguz · said 10 times in 3 episodes since 2023 · across every show →

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Apr 21, 2023
Prediction Partly held up
Tunguz: Theory Ventures will write $8M-$12M initial checks
“Yeah, it's about eight to 12 initially.”
Tomasz Tunguz Apr 21, 2023 ▶ 17:38 Tomasz Tunguz: How I Raised $230M; ChatGPT vs. Google; How LLMs Work; Trump vs DeSantis | E1004 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Apr 21, 2023
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Tunguz: Theory Ventures will back 12-15 companies, concentrating 40-50% in top 3
“It's about 12 to 15 portfolio companies. You have significant concentrations, so you probably have like 40 to 50% of the fund in the top three holdings, maybe more.”
Tomasz Tunguz Apr 21, 2023 ▶ 16:12 Tomasz Tunguz: How I Raised $230M; ChatGPT vs. Google; How LLMs Work; Trump vs DeSantis | E1004 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Apr 21, 2023
Disclosure
Half of Theory Ventures' $230M fund came from new LP relationships
“So about 50% of the capital was for new relationships, about half of the capital.”
Tomasz Tunguz Apr 21, 2023 ▶ 4:04 Tomasz Tunguz: How I Raised $230M; ChatGPT vs. Google; How LLMs Work; Trump vs DeSantis | E1004 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Apr 21, 2023
Disclosure
Tunguz ran 150 LP meetings to raise $230M Theory Ventures fund
“It took about a 150 LP meetings. So the fundraising market was a very challenging one over the last couple of months, I'd say, but it took about a 150 meeting about a 150 LPs. And the way I thought about it was, I mean, you know me, I thought about it just lik…”
Tomasz Tunguz Apr 21, 2023 ▶ 3:01 Tomasz Tunguz: How I Raised $230M; ChatGPT vs. Google; How LLMs Work; Trump vs DeSantis | E1004 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Apr 21, 2023
Disclosure
Up to a third of Theory Ventures LPs committed before meeting in person
“Maybe I want to say like a quarter to a third of the LPs I only met after they committed in person. And that's probably an overhang from COVID where a lot of funds were raised entirely virtually and people are comfortable.”
Tomasz Tunguz Apr 21, 2023 ▶ 13:19 Tomasz Tunguz: How I Raised $230M; ChatGPT vs. Google; How LLMs Work; Trump vs DeSantis | E1004 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Apr 21, 2023
Disclosure
Tunguz capped Theory Ventures' largest LP check at 12% of fund
“I think the largest LP is no more than 12% of the fund.”
Tomasz Tunguz Apr 21, 2023 ▶ 5:48 Tomasz Tunguz: How I Raised $230M; ChatGPT vs. Google; How LLMs Work; Trump vs DeSantis | E1004 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Jun 2, 2023 positive
Insight
Tunguz: Execution, not data moats, determines startup success in AI
“I think the answer is the one that it's always been, which is better execution is the moat.”
Tomasz Tunguz Jun 2, 2023 ▶ 11:45 20VC: Who Wins the AI Race; Startups or Incumbents & Does Having Proprietary Data Really Matter For Startups Today?
Nov 20, 2025 positive
Disclosure
Tunguz: Theory Ventures distilled a 20B model to 1/50th size with 97% accuracy
“And then we've taken a twenty billion parameter model and said Claude Code teach this little model how to call tools. And we can get to 97, I mean, this is a venture capital firm. Yes, we have a great head of AI, but we're not a research lab, and we can get to…”
Tomasz Tunguz Nov 20, 2025 ▶ 13:52 Peter Thiel and Softbank Sell NVIDIA - Why? & Why VC Will Hit $1TRN and The Opening of Retail · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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