Fund Returner

topic on 2 shows · 3 statements across 3 episodes

Founder's Journal 20VC

3 statements about Fund Returner, every show

20VC Opinion
Lemkin: Fund-returning investments are overrated and insufficient for venture capitalists
“A fund return is not enough, man. We don't get out of bed for a fund returner. A fund returner just returns the fund. Like, everyone talks in venture about fund returners like they're so great. I don't think they're so great.”
Jason Lemkin May 22, 2025 ▶ 0:16 Rippling vs. Deel Lawsuit: WTF Happens Now? The Future of the Late Stage Private Market · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
20VC Assertion Supported
Clark: 45 Venture Investments Have Returned $1B+ to a Single Fund
“So we had a look at our data and we found 45 investments that have returned a billion dollars to the single fund that invested and were also fund returners.”
David Clark Mar 25, 2024 ▶ 0:05 David Clark: Lessons from 32 Years of Fund Investing - Why Exits Will Be Larger | E1131 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Crabtree: Pitching 'what if I'm right' shifts investors to upside thinking
“And if you get an investor thinking through the lens of what if I'm right, that's how you get them thinking about, oh, this is the fund returner. This is the outlier inside of the fund, because now they're just thinking about the biggest upside case instead of…”
Robbie Crabtree Oct 23, 2023 ▶ 17:20 Why Storytelling is the Key to Your Pitch

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