Arteen Arabshahi

Everything Arteen Arabshahi said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.

20VC Opinion

Arabshahi: Most horizontal marketplace opportunities have already been captured

“Most horizontal infrastructure that is going to be disrupted by big marketplaces has probably already been done so, right? So like Uber Airbnb, like the, you know, I think taxis are pretty much taken care of at this point.”

Arteen Arabshahi Aug 3, 2015 ▶ 17:00 20 VC 059: How To Approach VCs with Arteen Arabshahi, VC @ Karlin Ventures

20VC Insight

Arabshahi: VCs pass if founders must convince them the market is big

“If you have to convince an investor how, like, that the market is big enough, they're probably not going to do it is kind of my notion.”

Arteen Arabshahi Aug 3, 2015 ▶ 19:00 20 VC 059: How To Approach VCs with Arteen Arabshahi, VC @ Karlin Ventures

20VC Insight

Arabshahi: Karlin Ventures passes if founders know less than the investors

“If I feel like I know more about the sector than the entrepreneur does, there's no way we'll invest, because I probably have a 60 to 70% understanding of a lot of things, but if you're starting a company in that space, you should know a 120% of it.”

Arteen Arabshahi Aug 3, 2015 ▶ 26:30 20 VC 059: How To Approach VCs with Arteen Arabshahi, VC @ Karlin Ventures

20VC Insight

Arabshahi: Industry expertise and customer acquisition are insurance marketplaces' hardest challenges

“One of the founders has, like, incredibly relevant industry expertise, and the other one has amazing expertise in customer acquisition, and I think those are probably the Two hardest things that a marketplace for insurance will face.”

Arteen Arabshahi Aug 3, 2015 ▶ 28:14 20 VC 059: How To Approach VCs with Arteen Arabshahi, VC @ Karlin Ventures

20VC Disclosure

Karlin Ventures has a $60 million allocation for a five-year fund

“We have sixty million an allocation and it's a five year fund.”

Arteen Arabshahi Aug 3, 2015 ▶ 8:55 20 VC 059: How To Approach VCs with Arteen Arabshahi, VC @ Karlin Ventures

20VC Opinion

Arabshahi: Brad Feld has exceptional email response etiquette and speed

“Brad, Brad is like, I mean, the guy, his email response etiquette and ratio is just like tremendous.”

Arteen Arabshahi Aug 3, 2015 ▶ 12:29 20 VC 059: How To Approach VCs with Arteen Arabshahi, VC @ Karlin Ventures

20VC Disclosure

Karlin Ventures invests $250K to $1.5M in enterprise software and marketplaces

“Our focus is mostly enterprise software and marketplaces. We, we've done a few other things, some ad tech, some commerce platforms and things like that. But really enterprise and marketplaces are the core focus and typically investing between two 50 K up to ab…”

Arteen Arabshahi Aug 3, 2015 ▶ 15:27 20 VC 059: How To Approach VCs with Arteen Arabshahi, VC @ Karlin Ventures

20VC Disclosure

Karlin Ventures invested in the Series A for insurance marketplace Policygenius

“We did an investment out of New York called Policy Genius. We did a Series A, and it's a marketplace for life, rent, pet, and disability insurance.”

Arteen Arabshahi Aug 3, 2015 ▶ 27:56 20 VC 059: How To Approach VCs with Arteen Arabshahi, VC @ Karlin Ventures

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Every mention by year

One line per show, most statements first. The link opens Arteen's full record on that show: the calibration, argument clarity, speaking style and every statement made there.

Show	Role there	Eps	Statements	Record
20VCLEDGER	General Partner, Fika Ventures	1	8	—	full record on 20VC →