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Goldberg: LPs advised Chemistry to accept low-ownership brand deals
“We had some LPs say exactly the same advice, which was one of our more surprising moments from our fundraise where some of the LP said, you know, listen, it's that important that you're in some of these brand deals to be able to establish yourselves and don't …”
Mark Goldberg Oct 25, 2024 ▶ 50:31 Mark Goldberg: Why Politics is Rife & Decision-Making is Broken in Large VCs | E1219 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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Goldberg: Making over three investments a year in 2020-2021 was a mistake
“There were years that, you know, in 20, 21, I did far more and, you know, which was the wrong decision at that point.”
Mark Goldberg Oct 25, 2024 ▶ 12:51 Mark Goldberg: Why Politics is Rife & Decision-Making is Broken in Large VCs | E1219 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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Goldberg: LPs cited co-founder team risk as main rejection reason
“The biggest reason we heard was the three of you haven't worked together. And there's a lot of teamwork, team risk and a new fund at this size with three people.”
Mark Goldberg Oct 25, 2024 ▶ 29:49 Mark Goldberg: Why Politics is Rife & Decision-Making is Broken in Large VCs | E1219 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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Goldberg: Chemistry uses a single-trigger model for investments
“So we are a single trigger model, which means that any one of the three of us can make a decision on an investment and go with it.”
Mark Goldberg Oct 25, 2024 ▶ 41:45 Mark Goldberg: Why Politics is Rife & Decision-Making is Broken in Large VCs | E1219 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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Goldberg: Chime was my biggest venture capital missed opportunity
“Chime.”
Mark Goldberg Oct 25, 2024 ▶ 42:34 Mark Goldberg: Why Politics is Rife & Decision-Making is Broken in Large VCs | E1219 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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Goldberg: Chemistry capped individual LP stakes near 10%
“We wanted to keep enough diversity in the fund where we didn't get anybody, you know, kind of much over 10%. And that was kind of where we adhered to. So we wanted about 20 LPs and that's pretty close to where we landed.”
Mark Goldberg Oct 25, 2024 ▶ 25:09 Mark Goldberg: Why Politics is Rife & Decision-Making is Broken in Large VCs | E1219 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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