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Mark Suster: Why Private Equity Will Replace IPOs and M&A as the Exit Path | E1147 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 3:30 Mark Suster So I contacted my VC firm 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 35:43 Mark Suster We don't write right now upfront is not doing a lot of generative AI.
Michael Eisenberg and Adi Levanon: Israeli Resilience in Crisis | E1072 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 30:38 Adi Levanon There is now, um, a wonderful, uh, supportive, um, letter being posted, being, you know, signed by, I think now there's a 150 different venture capital funds globally that have signed on from, you know, eight VC to upfront to Bain to all…
Logan Bartlett: WTF is Happening at Growth Stage Investing? | 20VC #920 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 21:35 Harry Stebbings Which is like your Mark Suster at, um, up front.
Mike Chalfen: How to Build Anti-Fragile Venture Portfolios Today | 20VC #904 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 47:05 Mike Chalfen And these two entrepreneurs were Mark Schuster from upfront now, and a guy called Matthew Negrin, who I respected a lot.
20VC: Optimising Investment Decision-Making in Compressed Fundraising Timelines & A Deep Dive on Portfolio Construction, Price Sensitivity and The Importance of Ownership with Mark Mullen, Co-Founder @ Bonfire Ventures
- ▶ 0:27 Harry Stebbings Scopely, Goat, Chow Now, Niantic, and Pendo, to name a few, and prior to co-founding Bonfire, Mark was a solo GP with Double M, and then through Mull Capital, Mark's also an LP in other funds, investing in 15, including in the likes of… 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 2:38 Harry Stebbings Heard so many great things from Greg at Upfront, Fred at USV, Howard Lindzen.
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
- ▶ 0:11 Harry Stebbings But to our episode today, and I always remember reading this guest's writing very early in my venture career, and it was so formative to my thinking, and I'm thrilled to welcome back to the hot seat Mark Souster, managing partner at…
- ▶ 2:28 Harry Stebbings But that's enough from me, so now I can't wait to hand over to Mark Suster, managing partner at Upfront Ventures.
- ▶ 3:12 Harry Stebbings And for those that maybe missed our first episode, how did you make your entrance into the wonderful world of venture and come to be a GP at Upfront today? 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 15:30 Mark Suster All I can tell you is from a data source of one, which is us. 10 times in the scene
- ▶ 36:53 Mark Suster But the third thing we talk about is founder upfront fit.
- ▶ 40:16 Harry Stebbings Tell me, what's the hardest element of your role with Upfront today? 2 times in the scene
20VC: Notion's Fundraise with Index: The Most Anticipated Deal in The Valley: How It Came To Be | The Future of Remote Work |How Notion Approach The Balance of Growth and Profitability
- ▶ 37:57 Harry Stebbings As always, I so appreciate all your support, and I can't wait to bring you a fantastic episode on Monday with Mark Sustard, Upfront Ventures.
20VC: The Mindset The Best Investors Assume When Assessing Opportunities, Why So Many Hardware Startups Fail Today & The Right Way To Think About Employee Retention with Andrew Farah, Founder & CEO @ Density
- ▶ 0:26 Harry Stebbings The startup that measures real-time occupancy of every room in your office, and to date, they've raised over sixteen million dollars in funding from some great friends of the show in the form of Founders Fund, Mark Suster at Upfront,…
20VC: GOAT's Eddy Lu on Pivoting From Failing Social Dining App To The World's Largest Sneaker Marketplace, How The Best Founders Pick Their Investors & Why It Is Better To Be Hated than Unknown
- ▶ 0:21 Harry Stebbings To date, Goat have raised over ninety-seven million dollars in VC funding from some of the very best in the business, including Excel, Index, Up 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 9:45 Eddy Lu I mentioned this previously, but the very fortunate thing for us is that since Greg was on our board from upfront who used to work at eBay, he was the only member on the board at that time. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 27:38 Harry Stebbings Again, a big hand to the wonderful Greg Bettinelli at Upfront for the intro to Eddie today.
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
20VC: VC of The Year: Forerunner's Kirsten Green on 2 $Bn+ Exits in 1 Year, Why We Are In The Very Early Innings For Commerce & How Brand Has Fundamentally Changed Over The Last Decade
- ▶ 1:01 Harry Stebbings I do also want to say a massive thank you to Michael Kim at Sendana, Cara Nortman at Upfront Ventures, and Layla at Capital G, and many more incredible individuals for suggesting to have Kirsten on the show.
- ▶ 2:57 Harry Stebbings I'm incredibly sorry for my persistent emails and stalking of you, but a huge thanks to Cara at Upfront, Jenny at Freestyle for the intro, and thank you so much for, for joining me today.
20VC: Explosion of First Time Funds, Only 1 Mega Fund Raised: What The Heck Happened in Q1 Venture Markets with Beezer Clarkson, Managing Director @ Sapphire Ventures
- ▶ 7:13 Harry Stebbings The upfront survey suggested that a lot of LPs were concerned at the rate of which people were returning to market to fundraise.
20VC: Why You Should Not Invest From Patterns, Why No Good Business Was Built As An Analogy Of Another & Why The Rise Of The 'Celebrity Investor' Is Concerning with Emily Melton, Partner @ DFJ
- ▶ 0:50 Harry Stebbings I also want to say a huge thank you to previous guest, Cara Nortman, at Upfront Ventures.
- ▶ 33:07 Harry Stebbings What a fantastic episode that was with Emily, and so appreciate all she's done for me and the show, and I want to say again a huge thank you to Cara Nortman at Upfront Ventures in LA for the intro, without which the show would not have…
20VC: How To Assess Founder Psychology, Why Talking About Financial Returns In The First Meeting Is Always Wrong & How To Allocate Time Amongst A VC Portfolio with Kara Nortman, Partner @ Upfront Ventures
- ▶ 0:24 Harry Stebbings Now, Cara is a partner at Upfront Ventures, one of LA's leading venture funds, and Cara is also a co-founder of Seedlings,
- ▶ 2:40 Harry Stebbings However, it's now time for me to shut up, and to hand over to Cara Nortman, partner at Upfront Ventures. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 31:28 Harry Stebbings And I'd like to say a huge thank you to Mark Sooster and Greg Bettinelli at Upfront Ventures for the intro to Carous Day, without which the show would not have been possible, and if you love the show today and would like to hear more from…
20VC: Lessons Learnt From Marc Benioff & Selling To Salesforce For $2.7bn, What Product Market Fit Really Looks Like & Why Pricing Is Startup's Biggest Problem with Scott Dorsey, Managing Partner @ HighAlpha
- ▶ 32:26 Harry Stebbings As always, we so appreciate all your support, and cannot wait to bring you Wednesday's episode with Cara Nortman at Upfront Ventures.
20VC: Rick Marini on Lessons Leant From Naval Ravikant, Why You Need To Make 30 Investments Before You Know What You Are Doing & Why You Have To Earn The Right To Good Dealflow
- ▶ 29:11 Rick Marini I love Mark, Mark Suster from Upfront Ventures.
20VC: Upfront Ventures' Greg Bettinelli on Testing For Founder 'Grit' & What It Takes To Build A Successful Consumer Brand Today
- ▶ 0:16 Harry Stebbings Now, Greg is a partner at one of LA's leading funds, Upfront Ventures, and at Upfront, Greg specializes in businesses at the intersection of retail and technology. 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 2:41 Harry Stebbings Now, I'd love to get started today with a bit about you and how you came to be a partner and upfront. 3 times in the scene
20 VC 085: Mark Suster @ Upfront Ventures on Being A Super Entrepreneur Driven VC
- ▶ 0:12 Harry Stebbings Mark is managing partner at Upfront Ventures, which he joined in 2007, having previously worked with Upfront for nearly eight years as a two-time entrepreneur. 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 11:30 Harry Stebbings And for upfront, what are your kind of metrics?
FF 013: 'Make Bets And Believe In What You Are Doing' with James Borow @ Shift & Brand Networks
- ▶ 18:43 James Borow Uh, you know, fast forward to today, I think that's a non-issue with people like, you know, Mark Suster and Upfront Ventures and Snapchat in LA.