Billion Dollar Funds
topic on 2 shows · 4 statements across 4 episodes
4 statements about Billion Dollar Funds, every show
Coogan: Deploying $100M into seed rounds offers better returns than hiring associates
“If you raise a billion dollar fund and you put a hundred million aside for million dollar seed rounds, that's a hundred companies. You're not going to hire a hundred associates with a billion dollar fund. And so the math just plays out much better. You get all…”
Early seed investing is challenging out of a billion-dollar fund
“The challenge of doing really early stage seed investing out of a billion dollar fund. And a very large platform.”
Elad Gil: Mega funds will drive preemptive rounds and VC defensiveness
“I do think these billion dollar funds will effectively lead to an ongoing trend of preemption. And it also means that certain VCs will double down much more aggressively on companies that are working and potentially shut out others from participating in their …”
Billion-Dollar VC Funds Have Abandoned $3M-$4M Checks for $10M-$15M+
“A lot of the venture firms that used to be early stage focused venture firms have gone from, you know, having 304 hundred million dollar funds to billion dollar funds. And these billion dollar funds are not likely investing three to four million dollars at a t…”