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20VC: Max Altman on The New Seed War: Can Anyone Compete with Sequoia and a16z | Leaving $2BN on the Table with Reddit | Lessons from Backing Rippling at $25M Post | Why Climate Tech is a Mirage and Disaster
- ▶ 1:02:20 Harry Stebbings Do you think like a first round, or a Floodgate, or a Uncork, or a boutique seed firm that stayed boutique, you know, Felicis I would actually put differently, because I think they cleverly scaled AUM into a multi-stage very efficiently,… 2 times in the scene
BVP Partner, Byron Deeter: The Future of Venture - Why Chanel vs Walmart is BS · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 1:16:26 Byron Deeter I'm forgetting Uncork's new name. 4 times in the scene
Mark Goldberg: Why Politics is Rife & Decision-Making is Broken in Large VCs | E1219 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 54:26 Mark Goldberg We worked out of the Uncork office to start the fund and, and they're a fantastic institution. 2 times in the scene
Logan Bartlett: WTF is Happening at Growth Stage Investing? | 20VC #920 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 43:43 Logan Bartlett Andy McLaughlin from Uncork led the Seed, and then we have a fun group from Andreessen Horowitz as well involved.
20VC: Moxxie Ventures' Katie Stanton on What It Takes To Raise A First Time Fund As A Solo GP, The Entrance of Multi-Stage Funds Into Seed Rounds and The Inverse Relationship of Those That Fund Diverse Managers and Those That Say They Do
- ▶ 8:34 Harry Stebbings Soft tech and uncork,
- ▶ 16:11 Katie Stanton Katie Reister at Felicis and Jen Ka at Andreessen and Jeff Clavier on Quark.
- ▶ 18:42 Katie Stanton And that's where we saw lowercase and uncork and felices start to emerge.
20VC: How To Think Through Portfolio Construction and The Business Model of VC, Why You Cannot Grow Ownership In Your Best Companies Over Time & How To Make The Space for Serendipity To Strike in VC with Adam D'Augelli, Partner @ True Ventures
- ▶ 11:49 Adam D'Augelli And often what's interesting about the market today is if you go back to oh seven, many of the groups we worked with back then, soft tech first round have grown fund size and now compete more directly with us.
20VC: BoxGroup's David Tisch on Whether Concentrated Investing At Seed Works, Do Founders Really Want Direct Feedback and Is It Good For Them & Why Consumer Social Is Interesting Again
- ▶ 6:34 Harry Stebbings The other element, though, that I do want to touch on is, you know, we had Andy at Uncork on the show before, and he said that actually when he took on external capital in an institutional role, his mindset became more conservative.
20VC: Ash Fontana on The 5 Core Characteristics That Make Data Valuable, What VCs Can Learn From Italian Craftsmen and Howard Marks & The Importance of Vertical Integration In Scaling Today
- ▶ 32:29 Harry Stebbings You have an incredible six pack question from Andy at Uncork with that in mind.
20VC: Hiten Shah on The Right Way To Think About Depression, Control and Burnout, Why Nobody Really Knows What They Are Doing and How One Should Receive Advice As A Result & How To Gain Self-Awareness As A Leader
- ▶ 0:37 Harry Stebbings Before Quicksprout, Hitten was the co-founder and CEO of Kissmetrics, raising over nineteen million dollars in the process for the company, from the likes of our friends at True Ventures, Uncaught Capital, and Felicis Ventures, just to…
20VC: Why Portfolio Construction Is Inefficient, Why The Only Thing That Matters In Venture Is Pricing & The Future of Venture; Bundled or Unbundled with Zach Coelius
- ▶ 7:04 Harry Stebbings I do have to ask on another element before we dive into the meat, and it was, I had Andy at Uncork on the show, who discussed the transition for him from angel to institutional investing, and he said that he became a lot more conservative…
20VC: Front's Mathilde Collin on Why Discipline Is More Important Than Vision, The Right Way To Approach Investor Updates and Director Reports & How To Effectively Structure 1-1s
- ▶ 0:33 Harry Stebbings To date, Mathilde's raised over seventy-nine million dollars in VC funding with Front from some of the best in the business, including Brian Schreier at Sequoia, Initialized, Uncork, Bold Start, and individuals including Andrew Chen, Elad…
20VC: Softbank Managing Partner, Jeff Housenbold on How Softbank Approach Portfolio Construction, Their Optimal Investment Decision-Making Process and What Excites Softbank Most In Opportunities Today
- ▶ 8:16 Harry Stebbings It was Andy McLaughlin at Uncork who said that from the transition from Angel to VC, he actually became a lot more conservative in his investing mentality.
20VC: The 2 Core Roles Played By The Best Seed Investors Today, What To Look For In Potential Co-Investors & Why Seed Funds Can Grow Ownership in Their Best Companies Across Rounds with Ron Bouganim, Founder @ Govtech Fund
- ▶ 9:16 Harry Stebbings I had Andy at Uncork on the show recently, and he said that he's become increasingly more conservative with kind of the institutionalization that he's endured over the last
20VC: Lessons Learned Scaling PillPack from Seed to Amazon Acquisition, Why Investors Should Spend More Time Assessing Human Capital Risk Taken by Founders & The Right Way To Think About Capital Efficiency in Scaling with David Frankel, Managing Partner @
- ▶ 5:02 Harry Stebbings From Uncork on the show, and he said that he's actually struggled with the transition from investing his own capital to institutional capital, and he was much more, uh, risk, uh, proactive and to being risk averse now with institutional…
20VC: Andy McLoughlin on The Benefits of Backing Unsexy Businesses with Non-Obvious Founders, How To Distinguish Between A Good Bridge Round and A Bridge To Nowhere & Whether VCs Really Do Add Value?
- ▶ 0:20 Harry Stebbings If you haven't listened to round one, then that really is a must, but I'm so thrilled to welcome back to the hot seat today Andy McLaughlin, partner at Uncork Capital, formerly Soft 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 3:05 Harry Stebbings But enough from me, and I'm now thrilled to welcome back friend and phenomenal investor Andy McLaughlin, partner at Uncork Capital.
- ▶ 5:13 Andy McLoughlin I got introduced to the SoftTech team because of the connection through Postmates, so, you know, I'd invested in 2011. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 5:59 Harry Stebbings And what a successful fit it has been, but you mentioned soft tech there, and so I want to really kickstart with that today, because you recently rebranded to Uncork, so walk me through the thinking around that, and why 3 times in the scene
20VC: Why Virtually All Companies Hire The Wrong Way, Why EdTech Is The Most Brutal Market & How To Scale Your Sales Team for Engineering Founders with Mike Sliagadze, Founder & CEO @ Top Hat
- ▶ 0:27 Harry Stebbings They've raised over forty-seven million dollars in VC funding from many friends and former guests on the show, including Albert Wenger at USV, Boris Wurz at Version One, Uncaught Capital, Felicis, and Emergence, just to name a few.
20VC: Eventbrite Founder, Julia Hartz on The Lessons Learned Scaling Eventbrite to Unicorn Valuation & $3Bn in Gross Ticket Sales
- ▶ 0:25 Harry Stebbings The largest event technology platform, powering over two million events around the world each year, and they've raised over three hundred and thirty million in funding from some of the greats of the industry, including Roloff at Sequoia…
20VC: Nuzzel's Jonathan Abrams on Why The Top VCs Do Not Have A PlayBook For Startup Success, Why Most Boards Are Not Successful & Why He Is Bored Of Hearing "I Fell Into VC"
- ▶ 0:20 Harry Stebbings And they have backing from some of the investing greats of the day, including Marc Andreessen, Naval Ravikant, Homebrew, Soft
- ▶ 17:54 Jonathan Abrams I mean, we have Andreessen Horwitz and CRV and Lowercase and SoftTech and Homebrew, and they're fantastic, fantastic investors, and of course, we brag about it, but the reality is almost everybody can brag about their investors because… 2 times in the scene
20VC: Investing; A Game Of Access Or Picking, Why Technical DD At Seed Is Irrelevant & Why A Contrarian Mindset Does Not Always Lead To Optimal Returns with Leo Polovets, Co-Founder & General Partner @ Susa Ventures
- ▶ 12:10 Harry Stebbings Uh, you know, Jeff Clavier at SoftTech often advocates for longer.
20VC: Why Valuation Is Of Critical Importance At Seed, How To Understand Innovation Cycles & Having 3 CEOs and Burning $10m a Month with Lee Hower, Co-Founder @ NextView Ventures
20VC: Investing In Sectors That Were Cool 2 Years Ago, What Accel's Facebook Fund Taught a Generation of LPs & Why LPs Need A New Discovery Process with Paul Martino, Founding Partner @ Bullpen Capital
- ▶ 4:47 Paul Martino And just Jeff Clavier is doing this thing over at soft tech.
20VC: Why Hardware Is Actually Software Wrapped In Plastic & "Of Course Hardware Is Hard, Everything Is Hard" with Ben Einstein, Founder & General Partner @ Bolt VC
- ▶ 0:28 Harry Stebbings Now Bolt is a fund designed to address the unique needs of early stage startups at the intersection of hardware and software, investing up to 500,000 dollars in pre-seed pre-product companies, and they've created some world-class…
20VC: What It Takes To Raise A VC Fund & Investing in First Time Fund Managers with Michael Kim @ Cendana Capital
- ▶ 0:32 Harry Stebbings Michael is the founder and managing partner of Sendana Capital, a fund of funds which invests in seed funds, and it seems we've stalked his portfolio with our previous VC guests, who include SoftTech, Freestyle, Founder Collective,…
- ▶ 23:24 Michael Kim You know, I think, um, I would say it's, uh, Jeff Clavier and the SoftTech team. 4 times in the scene
20VC: Will LPs Replace GPs with Chris Douvos, Managing Director @ VIA
- ▶ 20:57 Chris Douvos And I'm thinking of Felicis and SoftTech and others, you know, they've all done, done really well.
20VC: Raising A Solo GP Fund & Why They Are So Prominent Today with Charles Hudson, Managing Partner @ Precursor Ventures
- ▶ 0:18 Harry Stebbings The guest today was recommended by some stellar names in the business, including the likes of Jeff Clavier and Andy McLaughlin of SoftTech, and he was actually introduced by the main man Brad Feld at Foundry Group, 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 3:35 Charles Hudson And then I was fortunate enough to reconnect with Jeff in late 2009, and we started talking about sort of his future vision for soft tech and taking it from 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 5:54 Harry Stebbings We said, obviously, Jeff was a, was a solo GP fund with SoftTech before it obviously enjoyed massive success.
20 VC 092: The Repeatable Playbook of SaaS with Ed Sim, Founding Partner @ BoldStart Ventures
20 VC 069: Jeff Clavier, King of Seed Funding @ SoftTech VC on Brad Feld, Fitbit and Standout Startups
- ▶ 2:37 Jeff Clavier And then after four years, I started Softech, my current firm, which was, um, sort of slightly different, actually quite different. 4 times in the scene
20 VC 065: FOUNDRY GROUP WEEK 1: Brad Feld: Founders Should Be Obsessed, Passion Belongs In The Bedroom
- ▶ 8:58 Brad Feld Uh, two, two other investors who I'm good friends with, Jeff Clavier at SoftTech and John Callahan at True, and, and they both encouraged me to spend time with James and take a meeting, and, uh, I did, but I didn't do it in a way that was…
- ▶ 23:16 Brad Feld SoftTech, I mentioned Jeff Clavier earlier.