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Opinion
Lemkin: Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley Offer the World's Worst Products
“There's the world's crappiest product, which are Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, which take one percent of your assets and do nothing.”
Jason Lemkin Dec 4, 2025 ▶ 52:33 Eventbrite Sold for $500M, Databricks $5B Raise at $134B Valuation & Why SaaS is Like Japan · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Assertion Supported
Halligan: Morgan Stanley and Fidelity aligned to lower HubSpot's IPO price
“I don't think there was collusion going on, but definitely Morgan Stanley and Fidelity were on the same side of the table trying to get us to sell at a lower price.”
Brian Halligan Aug 7, 2025 ▶ 4:26 Figma's 250% Pop - The Greatest IPO Mispricing Ever? Meta & Microsoft Blowout Quarters: Broken Down · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Opinion
Lacaillade: Top PE funds never list on investment bank platforms
“But if you think of like, if you're a Goldman Sachs or Morgan Stanley or whatever, like the funds they put on their platform are large cap funds that are having trouble distributing They need, like, we invest in ADVENT in the large cap bio. We invest in ADVENT…”
Peter Lacaillade Dec 18, 2023 ▶ 47:03 Peter Lacaillade: Why Now is the Best Time to Invest in Emerging Managers | E1096 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Halligan: HubSpot rejected Morgan Stanley's $24 IPO pricing advice
“We wanted to go out at 25. Morgan Stanley said we should go out at 24. And the reason we should go out at 24 is Fidelity has told us That they're in at 24, they're out at 25. Ok, and you really want Fidelity, because Fidelity has trillions of dollars, and they…”
Brian Halligan Aug 7, 2025 ▶ 3:45 Figma's 250% Pop - The Greatest IPO Mispricing Ever? Meta & Microsoft Blowout Quarters: Broken Down · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Opinion
Randle: Mary Meeker is the most qualitative investor I've worked with
“Everyone thinks of her as this quantitative investor. You know, she had the, her time as an equity researcher at Morgan Stanley during the.com. Bubble. And then she came to Kleiner Perkins, obviously, and everyone talks about these DCF models she creates and a…”
Everett Randle Nov 10, 2025 ▶ 2:36 Benchmark's GP, Everett Randle on Why Mega Funds Will Not Produce Good Returns · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Assertion Supported
Quattrone: Netscape's 1995 IPO was Morgan Stanley's biggest since Apple in 1980
“And there were a couple of phases to this, you know, Netscape, Netscape came public in 1995. And it was literally the most popular IPO at Morgan Stanley since Apple in 1980.”
Frank Quattrone Mar 1, 2024 ▶ 12:19 Frank Quattrone: Lessons from 650 M&A Deals Worth Over $1TRN & Taking Amazon and Cisco Public| E1121 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Assertion Partly supported
Pure Software's IPO was the second most successful ever at the time
“Now he had been very successful building company called pure software, which ended up selling and been taken public by Morgan Stanley. And I think was maybe the second most successful IPO of all time. If I'm recalling correctly, a little bit out of my depth th…”
Barry McCarthy Dec 20, 2022 ▶ 2:47 Barry McCarthy: From Netflix CFO to Peloton CEO; How Netflix Beat Blockbuster | 20VC #962 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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