venture capital fundraising
5 statements across 5 episodes · 0 bullish · 4 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement May 1, 2017 by Beezer Clarkson · across every show →
Everything said about venture capital fundraising, oldest first
May 1, 2017 bearish
Sep 14, 2018 negative
Lerman: Treating Venture Fundraising as an End Goal Is a Mistake
“In fact, the gamemanship of entrepreneurship, I would argue, that is raising a C round, raising an A round. A lot of entrepreneurs buck up and think that raising a round is the end of itself, and it's the human desire for that conclusion, for that feeling of, …”
Apr 20, 2020 bearish
Founders will need four times more VC meetings to raise capital
“It might take four times more VC meetings to get one check than it did only three months ago, but prepare for probably the hardest economic environment of any of our lifetimes, not just yours if you're a younger founder, but of anyone alive today.”
May 29, 2023 negative
Besvinick: Presenting pitch decks on LP calls is unnecessary for VCs
“I don't think I've never walked through a deck on a call. I just, I don't think that's really necessary as an investor in the same way that it is as a founder who has like screenshots and competitors to show and revenue charts. Like I just don't think that tha…”