Elizabeth Yin
Co-Founder and General Partner, Hustle Fund. On 2 shows, 61 appearances, plus 1 compilation re-air not counted. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.
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Elizabeth Yin co-founded Hustle Fund, a pre-seed venture capital firm backing early-stage software companies such as Webflow and NerdWallet. She previously co-founded the adtech platform LaunchBit and served as a partner at 500 Startups.
2shows
61appearances
140statements
6resolved
5supported
0contradicted
83%fully supported
36said about them ↓ Everything Elizabeth Yin said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.
Startup fundraising will shift to crypto tokens within 10 years
“I actually think in 10 years, some of the craziness will level out. And maybe it's not on Bitcoin, but maybe it's on another token or so, that you will see fundraisers done differently in 10 years.”
Yin: AI will benefit end users, but who will actually make money?
“Because I think AI technologies in the long run are going to be great for consumers and end users, but I don't know who makes money.”
Yin: Startups Die From Overeating, Never Starvation
“Startups never really die of starvation. They always die from overeating.”
Elizabeth Yin: Founders should set terms individually and raise valuations progressively
“I also think you should not wait for a lead. And you should just set terms and pull people in like one-on-one. Increase the valuation as you go along. Because as you need money less, you can increase that valuation.”
Yin: Social shopping apps cannot straddle private sharing and broad discovery
“I think it's hard to actually be both of those. I think you are either one or the other, so if you're in the small group, it's all about small groups... Or you're more in the Pinterest category... But I feel like trying to message both is going to be very chal…”
Yin: Performance marketers outperform food experts in F&B startups
“The entrepreneurs in this space who are really good at food and beverage tend not to do as well as the entrepreneurs who come into it as, like, performance marketers.”
Yin: Multi-product cross-selling rarely succeeds, even for major banks like Chase
“But when you actually look at the data, even like Chase, a big behemoth, most people don't have a bank and a credit card and a mortgage and all the other products with Chase. Most people have maybe one thing with Chase and then other things with other banks, r…”
Yin: Christy's Chips is easily a billion-dollar business
“If she continues, it's easily a billion dollar business. Easily.”
Elizabeth Yin: VC-backed lending startups struggle with growth-quality trade-offs
“Lending companies have a hard time getting to scale as a VC backed business, because you don't want to obviously force bad loans, right? But there's always sort of this pressure to grow.”
Yin: Startup Founders Need at Least 20% Equity to Avoid Demotivation
“I think you have to be at least at 20%. A lot of things are psychological and maybe you're okay with things now, but as you go along and everybody gets diluted down, like you're gonna feel less excited about the company as things go on, right?”
VCs assess founders on pitch skill and pedigree, not execution
“And very often VCs assess people based on those meetings, just basically by how well you talk. And also based on your resume, especially at the early stage, when you don't have a whole lot to show, Do you have pedigree or do you not have pedigree? VCs don't ac…”
Hustle Fund decides on initial $25k checks after one conversation
“Then we'll be really fast to write a first check, a 25 K check. I think that since I'm a GP of hustle fund, we have to move fast ourselves. So within a conversation, pretty much like unless there's something jarring where we absolutely need a second conversati…”
Venture capital has failed to tap underrepresented minority founders
“Arlen Hamilton is going after underrepresented minorities and doing a lot of outreach around communities there. I think that's really innovative. No one has really tapped those communities.”
Hustle Fund bases follow-on checks on speed, not absolute traction
“And really what we're looking for, if we decide to write a follow on check, that criteria in part is based on the speed at which that priority metric is moving. It's not so much about where that number stands today.”
SAFEs and convertible notes are the new wave of investing
“I like them a lot. I think actually this is the new wave of investing.”
Yin: Levee is not a true AI company and lacks unique technology
“Because I think this is not an AI company, and, like, the technology is not unique.”
Yin: Stress wearables struggle with retention by not solving the root problem
“It was actually pretty good at, like, vibrating whenever I was stressed, but aside from someone to take a deep breath, like, I think one of the shortcomings is what is that final step, and that's something that a device cannot solve. So, I think there's this q…”
Elizabeth Yin: Every startup founder should pitch with multiple plans
“I think every founder should come in with multiple plans.”
Yin offers Sundae $150K at a $7M post-money valuation cap
“I unfortunately can't get behind the 10, but I would put out my offer at one 50 at seven post on a save.”
Elizabeth Yin: Founders must have contingency plans if they cannot raise full target
“I don't think you necessarily present all, you know, several plans, but you should have like a plan in mind for if you cannot raise X, you should be able to do something with Y. I a hundred percent agree with that. If the company is down in the water because y…”
Yin Passes on Capital-Intensive $10M Retail Expansion Plan
“At sort of this ten million plan, it feels too much. Because I do think actually in this day and age, having other companies who have done it, you can Open these stores in a less dilutive way. So for that reason, I'm out.”
Yin: Uncovered Lacks Venture Returns and Is Pivoting to an Undefined Model
“He wants to fund the media company, which doesn't have that venture return, to be able to pivot into one of these other things that doesn't yet have clear direction.”
Yin: The core idea and tailored messaging matter more than pitch execution
“Well, I think my challenge is I fund so many companies with terrible pitches that it's actually only partly the pitch, but also the actual idea and the messaging again catered towards the right investor is what matters more.”
The other half of the tape: Elizabeth Yin's own voice is left out of every number here. Other people bring the name up 14 times in 9 episodes across the shows. 22 statements on the record name them. every mention, with the transcript →
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Statements about Elizabeth Yin, by other people (22)
Madeline Fraser: Passing on Gemist over cap table concerns is short-sighted
“You know, I think that that's a little bit short-sighted in my mind, right? Not really talking through that or having enough time to sit down with them and sort of say, hey, let's, let's think about what this could look like in the future.”
Trofimova predicts Sundae will close funding round above a $7M valuation
“Seven million is a little bit lower valuation than what we will probably close this round at.”
Aura Finance: Employer contracts cover departed employees for the full year
“In our contracts, we've also written in, if you sign up for the program in January and you leave the company in February, the company still pays for you the entire year, giving them the opportunity and us to win them over in the long term post leaving their em…”
Callegari Pitches $7.5M Valuation on $1.5M in US Revenue
“With 1.5 million dollar revenues, We are targeting a 7.5 pre money valuation.”
Muccio: The Pitch Fund dropped Wist after Elizabeth Yin passed
“And as you may know, the Pitch Fund typically invests alongside the VCs on her show. So in our minds, the deal was off for us too.”
Pepper will spend $1M of its $1.5M raise on paid acquisition
“Well, out of the 1.5 million, we're thinking about doing one million that goes towards paid acquisition.
[407] Elizabeth Yin: Oh, wow.
[407] Jacqueline Fu: Yeah, and the rest would go towards hiring and inventory.”
Pepper declined Yin's revenue-based financing offer because they didn't need it
“Jacqueline told us that she and her co-founder Leah Decided not to take the money, because they didn't need it.”
Muccio: Elizabeth Yin and The Pitch Fund invested $200k in Aware
“A week later, Elizabeth signed and wired, a 150 K. And the Pitch Fund signed and wired too. 50 K alongside Hustle Fund. Since the show, Antonio has raised an additional 100,000, and he's still looking to raise 400 more to close out the round.”
Robbins guarantees round allocation for Doherty and Yin within six months
“Paige and Elizabeth will a hundred percent have allegation when we raise this next round in the next like six months.”
Vigo: Hustle Fund Completed Its Investment in Bevz
“Elizabeth invested. Hustle Fund is part of the team, and we've been working with them a little bit.”
Brown: Uncovered Burns $20K Monthly While Generating $18K Year-to-Date
“Yeah, so we year to date we've made 18,000 dollars. We made 13,000 dollars all of last year. Burn rate is currently about 20,000 dollars a month.”
Conwell commits $50,000 to Tether, pending a Delaware C-Corp conversion
“Pending that Delaware C-Corp, because you're not a Delaware C-Corp, like, I'm not, like I do North America, South America, the UK, and even then that's time tough. So if you're a Delaware C-Corp, I'm in, dollar amount, I'll match her. I'll match Elizabeth. I'l…”
The Pitch raised $110K from Jillian Manus, Rob Chesnut, and Elizabeth Yin
“And we raised a 110,000 dollars almost immediately from Jillian Maness, her husband Rob Chestnut, and Elizabeth Yin.”
Laguerre: Elizabeth Yin invested $100K in Fleeting's second round
“The second round, she put a hundred K.”
Elizabeth Yin's viral tweet storm brought Fleeting an extra $80K-$90K
“From that tweet, I'll say probably another maybe, maybe 80, 90 K came from her tweet alone.”
Dufu: Hudson, Yin, and Fielding completed $85,000 in syndicate investments
“So Charles did come in at 10. Elizabeth came in at 25. Jenny came back to me and said, I want 50.”
Brown: The Black Travel Box achieved a $44 CAC on paid ads
“The best CAC that we got to on paid was about 44 bucks”
Elizabeth Yin Limited to $50K Allocation in Flock AI
“After that interview, we found out that indeed, Elizabeth Yin was limited to investing only 50 K due to the aforementioned round dynamics.”
Brown: Uncovered Made $18K Year-to-Date Against a $20K Monthly Burn
“Yeah, so we year to date we've made 18,000 dollars. We made 13,000 dollars all of last year. Burn rate is currently about 20,000 dollars a month.”
Fraser: Gemist home try-on product has 50% to 70% margins
“No, no, it has margins. It's like a wholesale. So it has at least 50 to 70% margins.”
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the Pitch 9
20VC 5
2025 8 mentions in 4 episodes 2 per episode
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2022 4 mentions in 3 episodes 1 per episode
- Mac the VC on the Journey from Homeless To Becoming A VC | Full Interview with Harry Stebbings · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- Kyle Harrison: Why 75% of Active Investors Will Disappear in the Next Few Years | 20VC #940 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- Des Traynor: How I Founded Intercom; Product Marketing Tips; Feature Creep | 20VC #907 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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One line per show, most statements first. The link opens Elizabeth's full record on that show: the calibration, argument clarity, speaking style and every statement made there.
| Show | Role there | Eps | Statements | Record | |
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| THE PITCHLEDGER | Co-Founder and General Partner, Hustle Fund | 60 +1 | 122 | 75% 3/4 | full record on the Pitch → |
| 20VCLEDGER | Co-Founder and General Partner, Hustle Fund | 1 | 18 | 100% 2/2 | full record on 20VC → |