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Katie Stanton

Founder & General Partner, Moxxie Ventures · 1 appearance on the record.

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Katie Jacobs Stanton is the founder of seed-stage venture firm Moxxie Ventures and a founding partner of #ANGELS. She previously held executive operating roles at Twitter, Google, Yahoo, and Color Genomics.

15statements → 5claims → 4claims resolved → 75%fully supported → 4.2/5average certainty → 2.33/5average debate potential → ≈4.5/5argument clarity, estimated → 4said about them ↓

3 supported 1 partly supported 0 contradicted 1 not checkable as stated how the 5 claims stand · each chip opens the sources

1 prediction · 4 assertions · 3 opinions · 3 insights · 4 disclosures · every statement was checked. The prediction and assertions are the 5 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 4 are resolved, and 1 names no date, number or outcome precise enough to check. Everything else (opinions, insights, what ifs, disclosures) can never be settled by the record, so it carries no assessment.

The record, in short

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

Their most notable supported claim

Assertion Supported
Stanton: Seed valuations reaching $10M–$30M pre-product are unjustifiably high
“As you know, too, valuations in venture right now are just unjustifiably high. And it's so difficult to invest in a company that is pre-product, pre-revenue, basically zero data, valued between 10 and twenty million dollars. I've seen some seeds in the thirty …”
Katie Stanton Jan 27, 2020 ▶ 21:10 20VC: Moxxie Ventures' Katie Stanton on What It Takes To Raise A First Time Fund As A Solo GP, The Entrance of Multi-Stage Funds Into Seed Rounds and The Inverse Relationship of Those That Fund Diverse Managers and Those That Say They Do

Expressed certainty vs assessment result

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75% certainty 4
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weighted support: a fully supported claim counts one, a partly supported claim counts half. Each filled bar is clickable and opens exactly those claims; "none yet" means nothing said at that certainty level has resolved yet

How they sound: speaking style how? →

225 words/min while actually speaking · 5.7 um and uh per 1k words

No argument clarity score for Katie Stanton: no 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. Their coarse estimate from 24 exchanges on the produced feed is ≈4.5/5, shown at half point precision because the sample is small and produced tape scores higher.

Measured by listening to 4,890 words across 1 episode, but every recording we have of Katie Stanton is the aired feed, and an editor cleaned that audio before release. Some of the hesitation was cut before we ever heard it, so read these as floors: the true rates are at least this high. These are measurements of speaking style, not scores. How it's measured →

How the interview went all their pushback → series average →

Across 1 rated episode:

host pushback ▾ 1/10
pushed back at the host ▾ 1/10
setup questions received 70%

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

Opinion
Stanton: LP diversity statements inversely correlate with actual diverse manager investments
“And in my experience and several other people I know, we found an inverse relationship between the LPs who are very public about funding diverse managers and those who do so”
Katie Stanton Jan 27, 2020 ▶ 16:31 20VC: Moxxie Ventures' Katie Stanton on What It Takes To Raise A First Time Fund As A Solo GP, The Entrance of Multi-Stage Funds Into Seed Rounds and The Inverse Relationship of Those That Fund Diverse Managers and Those That Say They Do
Disclosure
Stanton turned down Juul CMO role, calling the company ridiculous
“So Jewel is a ridiculous company. They had approached me while I was working at Color, and Color, as you know, is a health tech company trying to help people stay healthy by understanding their genetics and predispositions to things like cancer, and a recruite…”
Katie Stanton Jan 27, 2020 ▶ 33:51 20VC: Moxxie Ventures' Katie Stanton on What It Takes To Raise A First Time Fund As A Solo GP, The Entrance of Multi-Stage Funds Into Seed Rounds and The Inverse Relationship of Those That Fund Diverse Managers and Those That Say They Do
Assertion Supported
Stanton: Seed valuations reaching $10M–$30M pre-product are unjustifiably high
“As you know, too, valuations in venture right now are just unjustifiably high. And it's so difficult to invest in a company that is pre-product, pre-revenue, basically zero data, valued between 10 and twenty million dollars. I've seen some seeds in the thirty …”
Katie Stanton Jan 27, 2020 ▶ 21:10 20VC: Moxxie Ventures' Katie Stanton on What It Takes To Raise A First Time Fund As A Solo GP, The Entrance of Multi-Stage Funds Into Seed Rounds and The Inverse Relationship of Those That Fund Diverse Managers and Those That Say They Do
Disclosure
Stanton: Female-led YC startups valued under $15M, male-led up to $37M
“What I found was that the female-led companies at YC that I met with were valued less than fifteen million. The male-led companies were valued much higher, as high as thirty-seven million.”
Katie Stanton Jan 27, 2020 ▶ 25:57 20VC: Moxxie Ventures' Katie Stanton on What It Takes To Raise A First Time Fund As A Solo GP, The Entrance of Multi-Stage Funds Into Seed Rounds and The Inverse Relationship of Those That Fund Diverse Managers and Those That Say They Do
Opinion
Stanton: Early-stage founders should include specialized micro-funds over mega funds
“I do think it's better for a lot of founders at the earliest stages to have at least one or two of these micro funds who specialize in this stage or in a particular sector and who truly care that can roll up their sleeves and add value to the teams and be part…”
Katie Stanton Jan 27, 2020 ▶ 19:45 20VC: Moxxie Ventures' Katie Stanton on What It Takes To Raise A First Time Fund As A Solo GP, The Entrance of Multi-Stage Funds Into Seed Rounds and The Inverse Relationship of Those That Fund Diverse Managers and Those That Say They Do
Insight
Stanton: Venture check sizes should fit fund size, not ownership targets
“Bottom line, like, if you have conviction on the team, you should write the check, and you should right-size it for your fund, not necessarily your ownership target.”
Katie Stanton Jan 27, 2020 ▶ 22:36 20VC: Moxxie Ventures' Katie Stanton on What It Takes To Raise A First Time Fund As A Solo GP, The Entrance of Multi-Stage Funds Into Seed Rounds and The Inverse Relationship of Those That Fund Diverse Managers and Those That Say They Do
Assertion Supported
Hashtag Angels and Carta study finds women hold only 9% of equity
“When we partnered with Carta to measure the gap on the cap table, aka the gap table, we found that only nine percent of equity value goes towards women, and that's looking at over 6000 companies, 15,000 founders, 180,000 employees”
Katie Stanton Jan 27, 2020 ▶ 24:50 20VC: Moxxie Ventures' Katie Stanton on What It Takes To Raise A First Time Fund As A Solo GP, The Entrance of Multi-Stage Funds Into Seed Rounds and The Inverse Relationship of Those That Fund Diverse Managers and Those That Say They Do
Assertion Supported
Stanton: Less than 3% of VC funding goes to all-female founder teams
“Less than three percent of funding goes to all female founding teams.”
Katie Stanton Jan 27, 2020 ▶ 25:12 20VC: Moxxie Ventures' Katie Stanton on What It Takes To Raise A First Time Fund As A Solo GP, The Entrance of Multi-Stage Funds Into Seed Rounds and The Inverse Relationship of Those That Fund Diverse Managers and Those That Say They Do
Opinion
Stanton: Lowercase Capital Is One of the Top-Performing Funds Ever
“Lowercase Capital became one of the, if not the top-performing fund of all time”
Katie Stanton Jan 27, 2020 ▶ 6:11 20VC: Moxxie Ventures' Katie Stanton on What It Takes To Raise A First Time Fund As A Solo GP, The Entrance of Multi-Stage Funds Into Seed Rounds and The Inverse Relationship of Those That Fund Diverse Managers and Those That Say They Do
Insight
Stanton: Small angel checks are easy, but seed funds get squeezed
“I think almost anyone can come in for a friendly 25 to 50,000 dollar check, but in the most competitive deals, you often get squeezed as a fund manager.”
Katie Stanton Jan 27, 2020 ▶ 10:29 20VC: Moxxie Ventures' Katie Stanton on What It Takes To Raise A First Time Fund As A Solo GP, The Entrance of Multi-Stage Funds Into Seed Rounds and The Inverse Relationship of Those That Fund Diverse Managers and Those That Say They Do
Insight
Stanton: Large Institutional LPs Rarely Commit Early to First-Time Funds
“Most institutions that have AUMs exceeding, say, two billion dollars are probably unlikely to invest in you early on, but they take a long time to get to know you, so start that clock early.”
Katie Stanton Jan 27, 2020 ▶ 14:11 20VC: Moxxie Ventures' Katie Stanton on What It Takes To Raise A First Time Fund As A Solo GP, The Entrance of Multi-Stage Funds Into Seed Rounds and The Inverse Relationship of Those That Fund Diverse Managers and Those That Say They Do
Prediction Partly held up
Stanton outlines $25M Moxxie fund strategy and target deployment criteria
“It's a twenty-five million dollar fund. I'm looking to invest half of the capital and reserve the second half for follow-ons. Only investing in seed, so pre-seed, seed, seed plus, what have you, basically anything before the A. Open-minded with respect to sect…”
Katie Stanton Jan 27, 2020 ▶ 29:38 20VC: Moxxie Ventures' Katie Stanton on What It Takes To Raise A First Time Fund As A Solo GP, The Entrance of Multi-Stage Funds Into Seed Rounds and The Inverse Relationship of Those That Fund Diverse Managers and Those That Say They Do
Disclosure
Stanton: Hashtag Angels Backed 120 Startups, 40 Personally
“Over the course of about five years, we collectively had invested in about a 120 companies. I had personally invested in 40”
Katie Stanton Jan 27, 2020 ▶ 7:21 20VC: Moxxie Ventures' Katie Stanton on What It Takes To Raise A First Time Fund As A Solo GP, The Entrance of Multi-Stage Funds Into Seed Rounds and The Inverse Relationship of Those That Fund Diverse Managers and Those That Say They Do
Disclosure
Katie Stanton limits Moxxie Ventures to seed deals under $15M cap
“For example, I'm only investing in seed stage deals. I'm looking for valuation caps of less than 10 to fifteen million. I'm requiring a certain allocation level to make sure that it's, you know, time and money well spent.”
Katie Stanton Jan 27, 2020 ▶ 9:41 20VC: Moxxie Ventures' Katie Stanton on What It Takes To Raise A First Time Fund As A Solo GP, The Entrance of Multi-Stage Funds Into Seed Rounds and The Inverse Relationship of Those That Fund Diverse Managers and Those That Say They Do
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Katie Stanton Contacted 279 Potential LPs for Moxxie Fund One
“In terms of stats, I ended up meeting with or contacting 279 potential LPs.”
Katie Stanton Jan 27, 2020 ▶ 11:32 20VC: Moxxie Ventures' Katie Stanton on What It Takes To Raise A First Time Fund As A Solo GP, The Entrance of Multi-Stage Funds Into Seed Rounds and The Inverse Relationship of Those That Fund Diverse Managers and Those That Say They Do

The other half of the tape: Katie Stanton's own voice is left out of every number here. Other people bring the name up 3 times in 2 episodes on 20VC. 1 statement on the record names them. every mention, with the transcript →

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Statements about Katie Stanton, by other people (1)

Disclosure
Todd Jackson is an LP in funds by Stanton, Ling, and Kimmel
“I've gotten to see a lot of my friends who are great investors. Katie Stanton, like you mentioned, love, love the episode with her, by the way, Ben Ling, Brianne Kimmel start their own funds as solo GPs. And I'm actually an LP in those funds.”
Todd Jackson Feb 4, 2020 ▶ 25:32 Breaking News: Meet First Round Capital's Newest Partner, How To Approach Generational Transition as a Venture Firm & The Dangers of Attribution In Venture

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Appearances (1)

EpisodeDateSpeaking time
20VC: Moxxie Ventures' Katie Stanton on What It Takes To Raise A First Time Fund As A Solo Jan 27, 2020 23m
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