Alessandra Sollberger

Founder & CEO, Top Tier Impact · 1 appearance on the record.

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Alessandra Sollberger is an investor and entrepreneur who founded Top Tier Impact, a network for impact investors and corporate sustainability leaders. Earlier in her career, she was an investor at Mosaic Ventures and Blackstone, and founded Evermore Health and the non-profit Bright Mentors.

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The record, in short

What the tape says about how Alessandra argues and how the claims held up. Everything they said, and everything said about them, is in the tabs below.

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215 words/min while actually speaking · 30.9 um and uh per 1k words

No argument clarity score for Alessandra Sollberger: only 2 usable question→answer exchanges on raw tape (a fair score needs 8+). We do not score a sample that small. Roundtable and news formats yield far fewer direct exchanges than interviews.

Measured by listening to the audio itself: 2,297 words across 1 episode of raw-level tape, transcribed verbatim with every um and uh kept, each one attributed only where the alignment onto our timed stream is unambiguous. These are measurements of speaking style. We do not rank them: across this corpus, fluency and argument quality are nearly uncorrelated (ρ≈0.2), and smooth talking does not signal clear thinking. How it's measured →

How the interview went all their pushback → series average →

Across 1 rated episode:

host pushback ▾ 2/10

pushed back at the host ▾ 1/10

setup questions received 70%

host pushback: the hardest questions Harry asked, tap to play ▶ 7:51“And how would you prove that as an individual, other than just saying, you know, I've got a deep interest in startups, which I'm sure everyone says. Sure. How you prove, like, kind…” ▶ 12:49“And does the, does the secrecy behind it ever worry? You know, obviously it was used for Silk Road, the, the kind of online crime.”

when Alessandra pushed back ▶ 6:37“Um, I, look, I don't think that you necessarily have only one or the other.” ▶ 12:57“The funny thing is that, actually, you can see every transaction on the blockchain. So it's incredibly transparent.”

What they said5 Episodes1

Everything Alessandra Sollberger said on 20VC that made the record, most notable first. Filter by type, assessment or year in the ledger →

Insight

Sollberger: VC candidates must argue well, regardless of their stance

“It doesn't matter if, you know, it's A yes or a no, like I like or I don't like the startup, it matters more that you can argue for or against it.”

Alessandra Sollberger Jul 6, 2015 ▶ 8:20 20 VC 051: The New Silicon Valley Style VC in London with Alessandra Sollberger @ Mosaic Ventures

Opinion

Sollberger: Vertical managed marketplaces are highly compelling investments

“I would say that definitely, as I was telling you before vertical ones that can also provide the service are very interesting.”

Alessandra Sollberger Jul 6, 2015 ▶ 11:02 20 VC 051: The New Silicon Valley Style VC in London with Alessandra Sollberger @ Mosaic Ventures

Opinion

Sollberger: Bringing Silicon Valley-style venture capital to Europe

“It's a great moment right now to be investing in Europe but there's definitely an opportunity to bring a bit of, like, that style and expertise to Europe, right?”

Alessandra Sollberger Jul 6, 2015 ▶ 4:21 20 VC 051: The New Silicon Valley Style VC in London with Alessandra Sollberger @ Mosaic Ventures

Disclosure

Mosaic Ventures invested early in Blockchain.com and Blockstream

“I would say that if you see our portfolio we are investors in blockchain and block stream which are kind of like blockchain related businesses.”

Alessandra Sollberger Jul 6, 2015 ▶ 11:34 20 VC 051: The New Silicon Valley Style VC in London with Alessandra Sollberger @ Mosaic Ventures

Assertion Not checkable as stated

Mosaic Ventures rejects 99% of startup pitches

“Ah, 99% of the time.”

Alessandra Sollberger Jul 6, 2015 ▶ 5:18 20 VC 051: The New Silicon Valley Style VC in London with Alessandra Sollberger @ Mosaic Ventures

Appearances (1)

Episode	Date	Speaking time
20 VC 051: The New Silicon Valley Style VC in London with Alessandra Sollberger @ Mosaic V	Jul 6, 2015	12m

Alessandra Sollberger

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