US VCs
4 statements across 3 episodes · 0 bullish · 3 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Mar 11, 2016 by Niccolo De Masi · across every show →
Everything said about US VCs, oldest first
Mar 11, 2016 negative
De Masi: US VCs Overinflate Portfolio Holdings Compared to European Peers
“In the US, VCs hold everything at these tremendously optimistic valuations as if everything's liquid and it's all getting sold at the highest comp they've found out there with the one sale in the sector, and every entrepreneur is convinced that they're sitting…”
Jan 8, 2021 negative
UK VCs are excessively risk-averse compared to US investors
“I do feel in general, there's kind of a self-fulfilling prophecy happening there where VCs don't really want to take that much of a risk. And so contrary to what it's like in the States, I feel like they often will offer something like a hundred or 200,000 in …”
Mar 17, 2023
Stebbings: US multi-stage VCs recently won three hot European seed deals
“Over the last three months, I've seen three deals now where US VCs multistage have come in and won against seed VCs in Europe and multistage VCs competing at seed, and I haven't seen that before. Three in three months where they're like supremely hot deals. An…”
Mar 17, 2023 negative
Stebbings: European VCs suck at telling inspiring stories compared to US VCs
“European VCs suck at telling stories. I know, often people are like, oh, why, why didn't you have more European VCs? Honestly, they really do not articulate stories well, and they're not inspiring, exciting, they don't resonate in a way that US VCs absolutely …”