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Assertion Supported
Lowercase Capital's first fund is the most successful venture fund ever
“I think he's got the most successful fund ever with Lowercase's first fund.”
Harry Stebbings Jan 27, 2016 ▶ 4:38 20VC: Lessons From Working with Chris Sacca, The Rise Of Mobile Commerce and Improving Push Notifications with Ellie Wheeler, Partner @ Greycroft Partners
Assertion Supported
Lowercase Capital managed $6 billion in assets with only three employees
“At the height of lowercase, we were managing six billion dollars, and we were three people.”
Chris Sacca Jan 20, 2022 ▶ 36:13 Chris Sacca's True Unfiltered Opinion on Facebook and Softbank | Full Interview · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Assertion Supported
Chris Sacca hosted three-day founder deep-dive offsites at his Truckee home
“Chris Saka Had his famous offsite over in Truckee, north of San Francisco, in ski country, where he would sequester these entrepreneurs for like three days, living in his home, and all they would do was these deep dives.”
Ron Bouganim Oct 29, 2018 ▶ 34:01 20VC: The 2 Core Roles Played By The Best Seed Investors Today, What To Look For In Potential Co-Investors & Why Seed Funds Can Grow Ownership in Their Best Companies Across Rounds with Ron Bouganim, Founder @ Govtech Fund
Prediction Partly held up
Mazzeo: Lowercase will build software to source portfolio beta testers
“What you're going to see us try to do over the next few years is build out scalable versions of that, that help, help portfolio companies from like, how do we get a first few thousand beta testers on our platform playing with a product prior to release?”
Matt Mazzeo Mar 14, 2016 ▶ 25:38 20VC: Lowercase's Matt Mazzeo on Being Chris Sacca's Partner and The 3 KPIs to Successful Investing
Assertion Supported
Besvinick broke into VC by persistently cold-emailing Chris Sacca at Lowercase
“Ended up working for Chris Saka and lowercase capital while I was in business school off of a cold email to Chris and then diligently annoying and following up with him until he caved and gave me some work to do basically.”
Adam Besvinick May 29, 2023 ▶ 0:54 Adam Besnivick: How to Invest in Pre-Seed & Seed Stage Companies; Looking Glass Capital | E1020 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Assertion Supported
Matt Mazzeo manages over 40 investments at Lowercase Capital
“At Lowercase, Matt manages a portfolio of over 40 investments.”
Harry Stebbings Mar 14, 2016 ▶ 0:35 20VC: Lowercase's Matt Mazzeo on Being Chris Sacca's Partner and The 3 KPIs to Successful Investing
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