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Prediction Held up
Maples: Floodgate Will Never Scale to a Multi-Hundred-Million-Dollar Fund
“No, we'd never be that big. I don't think we'll ever be as big of a fund as like the Series A guys.”
Mike Maples Oct 10, 2016 ▶ 26:32 20VC: Floodgate's Mike Maples on What Makes Category Kings, What Most Venture Funds Do Wrong When Hiring & 'The Dance Of Product Market Fit'
Prediction Held up
Maples: Floodgate will not write seed checks under $500,000
“Probably about as low as I would go as half a million bucks.”
Mike Maples Jan 6, 2025 ▶ 16:41 Mike Maples: Three Frameworks to Evaluate Startups and Founders | E1242 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Assertion Supported
Maples: Floodgate funded Lyft at a $5.5M post-money valuation
“Ann funded Lyft at five and a half million post money.”
Mike Maples Jan 6, 2025 ▶ 21:23 Mike Maples: Three Frameworks to Evaluate Startups and Founders | E1242 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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