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Every partner at Felicis Ventures has at least one billion-dollar exit

Judith Elsea · 20VC: The 3 Things LPs Want To See From VCs & Why The Table Stakes For VCs Is Higher Than Ever with Judith Elsea, Co-Founder @ Weathergage Capital · Sep 26, 2016 · at 28:39

Judith Elsea is co-founder of Weathergage Capital, an LP backer of Felicis Ventures. She cites the recent acquisition of Dollar Shave Club as completing this milestone for the firm.

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“Now, each one of the Felicis partners has at least one billion dollar exit under his or her belt.”

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Judith Elsea asserts that every partner at Felicis Ventures has at least one billion-dollar exit.

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Assessment

As of September 2016, Felicis Ventures had four investing partners: Aydin Senkut, Sundeep Peechu, Renata Quintini, and Wesley Chan. Between May 2015 and July 2016, Felicis achieved four distinct exits valued at $1 billion or more (Shopify IPO, Fitbit IPO, Cruise Automation acquisition, and Dollar Shave Club acquisition). Because all four partners were active General Partners/Managing Directors at Felicis during these exit events, every partner was part of the firm's leadership during at least one $1 billion+ exit. However, when evaluating individual deal leadership, Senkut, Peechu, and Quintini personally led or co-managed deals resulting in pre-September 2016 $1B+ exits, whereas Wesley Chan (who joined Felicis in January 2015) had not individually led a deal that achieved a realized $1B+ exit prior to September 26, 2016.

Felicis Ventures had four partners in September 2016: Aydin Senkut, Sundeep Peechu, Renata Quintini, and Wesley Chan.
Prior to September 26, 2016, Felicis experienced four $1B+ exits: Shopify (May 2015, $1.2B+ IPO), Fitbit (June 2015, $4.1B IPO), Cruise Automation (May 2016, $1B+ acquisition), and Dollar Shave Club (July 2016, $1B acquisition).
All four partners held partner-level positions at Felicis during these 2015-2016 exits (Wesley Chan joined in January 2015).
Individually, Senkut, Peechu, and Quintini directly led or managed $1B+ exit deals prior to September 2016, whereas Wesley Chan's individual lead exits prior to that date (e.g., Parse at ~$85M-$100M) had not reached $1 billion.

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[1] podcastrepublic.net [2] forbes.com [3] inc.com [4] wikipedia.org [5] venturecapitaljournal.com [6] crunchbase.com [7] pitchbook.com [8] siliconrepublic.com

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