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Series A

also referred to as: series a's

5 statements across 4 episodes · 0 bullish · 0 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement Mar 15, 2022 by Brad Gerstner · across every show →

Everything said about Series A, oldest first

Mar 15, 2022 neutral
Assertion Supported
Gerstner: Tiger Global did 70 to 80 early-stage rounds in H2 2021
“Tiger did, I don't know, 70 or 80 series A's, and You know, seeds in series A in the back half of last year.”
Brad Gerstner Mar 15, 2022 ▶ 1:16:02 Altimeter (with Brad Gerstner) · Acquired
Jun 6, 2022 neutral
Insight
Boyle: Physical-world startups have a deeper J-curve and struggle at Series A
“And I think these companies are just harder to build. As we like to say, like these companies go deeper down the J curve. They often don't look that good at series A.”
Katherine Boyle Jun 6, 2022 ▶ 11:54 American Dynamism (with Katherine Boyle) · Acquired
Sep 28, 2022 neutral
Insight
Most modern Series A funding rounds occur before achieving product-market fit
“Most series A's are not done post product market fit anymore. Now seed and A and B are often pre-product market fit.”
David Rosenthal Sep 28, 2022 ▶ 2:48:35 Benchmark Part I · Acquired
Sep 28, 2022 neutral
Assertion Supported
Benchmark originally branded as a seed and startup firm, not Series A
“Which is really interesting because Benchmark mostly markets themselves at this point as a Series A firm. That is not how they marketed themselves then. They said, we do seed and startup investments. Seed being pre-business plan and startup being post-business…”
Ben Gilbert Sep 28, 2022 ▶ 2:10:39 Benchmark Part I · Acquired
Apr 26, 2023 neutral
Assertion Contradicted
Lasky: Rocket Science Games was valued based on its Silicon Graphics workstations
“When I started, companies were being valued on the basis, on the number of silicon graphics workstations that they had available to them. In fact, When I started, companies were being valued on the basis, on the number of silicon graphics workstations that the…”
Mitch Lasky Apr 26, 2023 ▶ 2:09:17 Benchmark’s Mitch Lasky and Blake Robbins on The Art of Business in Gaming · Acquired
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