Lemkin: Every venture capital firm has a fraudulent company in its portfolio
Jason Lemkin · Jason Lemkin: Every VC has a FRAUD in their portfolio; The IPO market is about to EXPLODE | E1046 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings · Aug 9, 2023 · at 52:06
Jason Lemkin, founder of SaaStr, discusses diligence failures and hidden fraud across venture capital portfolios following high-profile startup collapses like FTX.
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“And every VC has a fraud in their portfolio. Every single VC has a fraud in their portfolio.”
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