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Deena Shakir

General Partner, Lux Capital. On 1 show, 1 appearance, plus 1 compilation re-air not counted. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.

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Deena Shakir is a General Partner at Lux Capital, where she focuses on digital health, health equity, and fintech investments. She was previously a partner at GV, led product partnerships at Google, and served in the U.S. Department of State.

What they said13 Shows1

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

20VC Insight

Shakir: Multi-stage funds writing small checks won't prioritize early-stage founders

“If they're just barely giving you a couple 100,000 dollars, they're not going to have time. They're just not going to give a shit. It's not going to be a priority for them.”

Deena Shakir Apr 25, 2022 ▶ 11:42 20VC: Why You Should Think Twice Before Taking Multi-Stage Money at Seed, Why Venture Has Never Been Less Collaborative, How Becoming a Parent Made Me a Better Investor and Why We Should Be Optimistic About the Future of Diversity in Venture with Deena Sh

20VC Insight

Shakir: Multi-stage investors skipping follow-on rounds creates major signaling risks

“It's going to look badly if they were in your prior round and don't do the next round. That ends up being a flag in a lot of cases.”

Deena Shakir Apr 25, 2022 ▶ 12:01 20VC: Why You Should Think Twice Before Taking Multi-Stage Money at Seed, Why Venture Has Never Been Less Collaborative, How Becoming a Parent Made Me a Better Investor and Why We Should Be Optimistic About the Future of Diversity in Venture with Deena Sh

20VC Disclosure

Shakir: Building a public VC brand led to severe online harassment

“I've gotten, like, rape threats. I've gotten some weirdo DMing me that he's gonna come eat my pets. I don't even have pets.”

Deena Shakir Apr 25, 2022 ▶ 19:05 20VC: Why You Should Think Twice Before Taking Multi-Stage Money at Seed, Why Venture Has Never Been Less Collaborative, How Becoming a Parent Made Me a Better Investor and Why We Should Be Optimistic About the Future of Diversity in Venture with Deena Sh

20VC Opinion

Shakir: Fast VC investment decisions prevent founders from understanding investor dynamics

“The fact that these decisions can be made so quickly without any real insight into what that dynamic is like with the investor, I think is really problematic.”

Deena Shakir Apr 25, 2022 ▶ 8:36 20VC: Why You Should Think Twice Before Taking Multi-Stage Money at Seed, Why Venture Has Never Been Less Collaborative, How Becoming a Parent Made Me a Better Investor and Why We Should Be Optimistic About the Future of Diversity in Venture with Deena Sh

20VC Assertion Supported

Shakir: VC funding for all-female founding teams dropped to 2%

“In terms of the percentage of dollars deployed to solo female founders or women-only founding teams, it's dropped down to two percent, the lowest number since 2016.”

Deena Shakir Apr 25, 2022 ▶ 25:54 20VC: Why You Should Think Twice Before Taking Multi-Stage Money at Seed, Why Venture Has Never Been Less Collaborative, How Becoming a Parent Made Me a Better Investor and Why We Should Be Optimistic About the Future of Diversity in Venture with Deena Sh

20VC Insight

Shakir: A parenting book is the best leadership reading for startup founders

“One of the best books I love to have founders read about leadership is not a business book, but a book called How to Talk So Your Kids Will Listen and Listen So Your Kids Will Talk.”

Deena Shakir May 4, 2022 ▶ 27:27 20VC: The Memo: Chris Sacca on Why We Are Breeding a Generation of Entitled Assholes, Harley Finkelstein on What Great Fatherhood Really Means, Deena Shakir on How Kids Make You a Better Investor and Anne Wojcicki on How Children Change Your Approach to R

20VC Insight

Shakir: Having children boosts hourly productivity via ruthless prioritization

“The reality of what happened to me, which is that time means something different after you have kids. The amount that you can produce in an hour changes, and I don't know if it's magical superpower or some hormonal thing. It's probably not, but I think it is t…”

Deena Shakir May 4, 2022 ▶ 29:51 20VC: The Memo: Chris Sacca on Why We Are Breeding a Generation of Entitled Assholes, Harley Finkelstein on What Great Fatherhood Really Means, Deena Shakir on How Kids Make You a Better Investor and Anne Wojcicki on How Children Change Your Approach to R

20VC Insight

Shakir recommends a popular parenting book as an essential founder leadership guide

“And one of the best books I love to have founders read about leadership is not a business book, but a book called How to Talk So Your Kids Will Listen and Listen So Your Kids Will Talk.”

Deena Shakir Apr 25, 2022 ▶ 22:19 20VC: Why You Should Think Twice Before Taking Multi-Stage Money at Seed, Why Venture Has Never Been Less Collaborative, How Becoming a Parent Made Me a Better Investor and Why We Should Be Optimistic About the Future of Diversity in Venture with Deena Sh

20VC Insight

Shakir: Resolve high-stakes business conflicts using parenting de-escalation tactics

“What it takes is to get them into a small space, a quiet room, literally put yourself, sit down, put your face at their level, hear them. So instead of trying to convince them, stop crying. Why are you crying? This is irrational. I hear you. I know that really…”

Deena Shakir Apr 25, 2022 ▶ 23:09 20VC: Why You Should Think Twice Before Taking Multi-Stage Money at Seed, Why Venture Has Never Been Less Collaborative, How Becoming a Parent Made Me a Better Investor and Why We Should Be Optimistic About the Future of Diversity in Venture with Deena Sh

20VC Insight

Shakir: Aspiring VCs should pitch specific deals instead of asking to network

“So rather than asking for someone's time, for the love of God, please don't ask me to freaking pick my brain, which reminds me of the COVID test stick going up. I mean, that is like the worst words you can hear. Tell me something interesting. Tell me is a comp…”

Deena Shakir Apr 25, 2022 ▶ 27:58 20VC: Why You Should Think Twice Before Taking Multi-Stage Money at Seed, Why Venture Has Never Been Less Collaborative, How Becoming a Parent Made Me a Better Investor and Why We Should Be Optimistic About the Future of Diversity in Venture with Deena Sh

20VC Opinion

Shakir advises against attending graduate school immediately after undergrad

“Straight to grad school, which I really do not recommend, by the way”

Deena Shakir Apr 25, 2022 ▶ 5:36 20VC: Why You Should Think Twice Before Taking Multi-Stage Money at Seed, Why Venture Has Never Been Less Collaborative, How Becoming a Parent Made Me a Better Investor and Why We Should Be Optimistic About the Future of Diversity in Venture with Deena Sh

20VC Assertion Supported

Shakir: Mixed-gender co-founding teams received 15.6% of 2021 venture funding

“I think 15.6% in 2021. They're founding teams that had a woman, but also a male co-founder.”

Deena Shakir Apr 25, 2022 ▶ 26:12 20VC: Why You Should Think Twice Before Taking Multi-Stage Money at Seed, Why Venture Has Never Been Less Collaborative, How Becoming a Parent Made Me a Better Investor and Why We Should Be Optimistic About the Future of Diversity in Venture with Deena Sh

20VC Assertion Partly supported

Shakir: 47% of Harvard's 2007 class entered banking or consulting

“At the time, literally 47% of the class before mine went into investment banking or consulting.”

Deena Shakir Apr 25, 2022 ▶ 5:53 20VC: Why You Should Think Twice Before Taking Multi-Stage Money at Seed, Why Venture Has Never Been Less Collaborative, How Becoming a Parent Made Me a Better Investor and Why We Should Be Optimistic About the Future of Diversity in Venture with Deena Sh

One line per show, most statements first. The link opens Deena'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, Lux Capital	1 +1	13	67% 2/3	full record on 20VC →