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Venmo

4 statements across 4 episodes · 4 bullish · 0 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement May 25, 2016 by Sam Lessin · said 29 times in 18 episodes since 2016 · across every show →

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brought up most by Matan Bar (6), Sam Lessin (4), Jason Calacanis (3), Harry Stebbings (3), Jason Lemkin (2), David Hsu (2), Zach Perret (1), William Hockey (1)

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Everything said about Venmo, oldest first

May 25, 2016 positive
Disclosure
Lessin was the first investor in Birchbox and Venmo
“And so I was, you know, one of the first investors in MakerBot and the first investor in Birchbox and, you know, the first investor in Venmo and a bunch of awesome companies.”
Sam Lessin May 25, 2016 ▶ 2:51 20VC: Sam Lessin on Why Bots Will Change Business & The Internet Has Mostly Failed
Jan 29, 2018 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Venmo's success was enabled by its founders' naivety regarding financial regulations
“It was actually the naivety that helped these founders build a really big company, or at least in terms of consumer impact, which was called Venmo”
Andrew Parker Jan 29, 2018 ▶ 9:33 20VC: Investing Lessons From Fred Wilson and Brad Burnham @ USV, How CEO's Can Operationally Utilise Their Board & The Single Most Important Quality of A CEO with Andrew Parker, General Partner @ Spark Capital
Feb 11, 2021 positive
Insight
Bar: Ubiquity drives winner-takes-all dynamics in payment networks
“And ubiquity wins. Like Venmo, PayPal, Zelle, Square Cash, all these payment networks, they became ubiquitous around the US, As more and more people started using them, and that's how its winner takes all, or winner takes most, I guess, with these types of pay…”
Matan Bar Feb 11, 2021 ▶ 6:28 20VC: Scaling to a $1.3Bn Valuation While in Stealth, The Power of Different Network Effects Within Payment Platforms & How To Leverage Your Board and Investor Base for the Most Value with Matan Bar, Founder & CEO @ Melio
Feb 13, 2023 bullish
Disclosure
Loverro: RRE Ventures executed a rare successful bridge round for Venmo
“At RRE, there was a bridge round we did for what is now a very famous fintech company that got the company to a sale. Ironically, though, in retrospect, that was just a good company. And they should have just raised more money and kept calling. That company wa…”
Tom Loverro Feb 13, 2023 ▶ 12:42 Tom Loverro: The Ultimate Startup Survival Guide for 2023 | 20VC #977 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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