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Unusual Ventures

6 statements across 1 episodes · 2 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Dec 9, 2019 by John Vrionis · said 19 times in 3 episodes since 2019 · across every show →

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Dec 9, 2019 positive
Disclosure
Vrionis: Unusual Ventures models its fund strategy and structure after Benchmark
“We model ourselves very much after Benchmark, partly through Andy's influence.”
John Vrionis Dec 9, 2019 ▶ 17:34 20VC: Unusual Ventures' John Vrionis on Why We Need To Raise The Bar In Venture, Why Taking Multi-Stage Money At Seed Is Not In The Best Interest of Founders & Why To Be The Best, You Have To Specialise To Be The Best
Dec 9, 2019 neutral
Disclosure
Vrionis: HBCUs and foundations lack specialized staff to evaluate VC managers
“Some of the LPs that we went to, some of the historically black colleges or foundations, they don't employ highly paid chief investment officers, so therefore they don't have a staff that's very sophisticated when it comes to knowing which managers to get into…”
John Vrionis Dec 9, 2019 ▶ 10:35 20VC: Unusual Ventures' John Vrionis on Why We Need To Raise The Bar In Venture, Why Taking Multi-Stage Money At Seed Is Not In The Best Interest of Founders & Why To Be The Best, You Have To Specialise To Be The Best
Dec 9, 2019 neutral
Insight
Vrionis: VC firms must specialize to achieve best-in-class performance
“To be best in class, to be truly the best you can be. You have to specialize and it's not just sports. It's medicine. It's music. It's art, right? To do things very, very well here, which is what venture capital and entrepreneurship is. It's such a competitive…”
John Vrionis Dec 9, 2019 ▶ 14:58 20VC: Unusual Ventures' John Vrionis on Why We Need To Raise The Bar In Venture, Why Taking Multi-Stage Money At Seed Is Not In The Best Interest of Founders & Why To Be The Best, You Have To Specialise To Be The Best
Dec 9, 2019 negative
Opinion
Vrionis: Sequoia's global, multi-stage success is an anomaly others cannot replicate
“Look, I think Sequoia is an anomaly. Operating a VC firm the way they have on a global basis, it's unbelievable. I think a lot of firms are trying to emulate that, and I'm not so sure others can pull it off.”
John Vrionis Dec 9, 2019 ▶ 18:35 20VC: Unusual Ventures' John Vrionis on Why We Need To Raise The Bar In Venture, Why Taking Multi-Stage Money At Seed Is Not In The Best Interest of Founders & Why To Be The Best, You Have To Specialise To Be The Best
Dec 9, 2019 positive
Disclosure
Vrionis: Most of Unusual Ventures' capital comes from non-profit institutions
“Most of our money comes from nonprofits.”
John Vrionis Dec 9, 2019 ▶ 8:32 20VC: Unusual Ventures' John Vrionis on Why We Need To Raise The Bar In Venture, Why Taking Multi-Stage Money At Seed Is Not In The Best Interest of Founders & Why To Be The Best, You Have To Specialise To Be The Best
Dec 9, 2019
Assertion Supported
Vrionis: Half of the Unusual Ventures team is women
“The team is very diverse. It's half women, no compromises.”
John Vrionis Dec 9, 2019 ▶ 8:41 20VC: Unusual Ventures' John Vrionis on Why We Need To Raise The Bar In Venture, Why Taking Multi-Stage Money At Seed Is Not In The Best Interest of Founders & Why To Be The Best, You Have To Specialise To Be The Best
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