Katie Stanton

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

20VC Opinion

Stanton: LP diversity statements inversely correlate with actual diverse manager investments

“And in my experience and several other people I know, we found an inverse relationship between the LPs who are very public about funding diverse managers and those who do so”

Katie Stanton Jan 27, 2020 ▶ 16:31 20VC: Moxxie Ventures' Katie Stanton on What It Takes To Raise A First Time Fund As A Solo GP, The Entrance of Multi-Stage Funds Into Seed Rounds and The Inverse Relationship of Those That Fund Diverse Managers and Those That Say They Do

20VC Disclosure

Stanton turned down Juul CMO role, calling the company ridiculous

“So Jewel is a ridiculous company. They had approached me while I was working at Color, and Color, as you know, is a health tech company trying to help people stay healthy by understanding their genetics and predispositions to things like cancer, and a recruite…”

Katie Stanton Jan 27, 2020 ▶ 33:51 20VC: Moxxie Ventures' Katie Stanton on What It Takes To Raise A First Time Fund As A Solo GP, The Entrance of Multi-Stage Funds Into Seed Rounds and The Inverse Relationship of Those That Fund Diverse Managers and Those That Say They Do

20VC Assertion Supported

Stanton: Seed valuations reaching $10M–$30M pre-product are unjustifiably high

“As you know, too, valuations in venture right now are just unjustifiably high. And it's so difficult to invest in a company that is pre-product, pre-revenue, basically zero data, valued between 10 and twenty million dollars. I've seen some seeds in the thirty …”

Katie Stanton Jan 27, 2020 ▶ 21:10 20VC: Moxxie Ventures' Katie Stanton on What It Takes To Raise A First Time Fund As A Solo GP, The Entrance of Multi-Stage Funds Into Seed Rounds and The Inverse Relationship of Those That Fund Diverse Managers and Those That Say They Do

20VC Disclosure

Stanton: Female-led YC startups valued under $15M, male-led up to $37M

“What I found was that the female-led companies at YC that I met with were valued less than fifteen million. The male-led companies were valued much higher, as high as thirty-seven million.”

Katie Stanton Jan 27, 2020 ▶ 25:57 20VC: Moxxie Ventures' Katie Stanton on What It Takes To Raise A First Time Fund As A Solo GP, The Entrance of Multi-Stage Funds Into Seed Rounds and The Inverse Relationship of Those That Fund Diverse Managers and Those That Say They Do

20VC Opinion

Stanton: Early-stage founders should include specialized micro-funds over mega funds

“I do think it's better for a lot of founders at the earliest stages to have at least one or two of these micro funds who specialize in this stage or in a particular sector and who truly care that can roll up their sleeves and add value to the teams and be part…”

Katie Stanton Jan 27, 2020 ▶ 19:45 20VC: Moxxie Ventures' Katie Stanton on What It Takes To Raise A First Time Fund As A Solo GP, The Entrance of Multi-Stage Funds Into Seed Rounds and The Inverse Relationship of Those That Fund Diverse Managers and Those That Say They Do

20VC Insight

Stanton: Venture check sizes should fit fund size, not ownership targets

“Bottom line, like, if you have conviction on the team, you should write the check, and you should right-size it for your fund, not necessarily your ownership target.”

Katie Stanton Jan 27, 2020 ▶ 22:36 20VC: Moxxie Ventures' Katie Stanton on What It Takes To Raise A First Time Fund As A Solo GP, The Entrance of Multi-Stage Funds Into Seed Rounds and The Inverse Relationship of Those That Fund Diverse Managers and Those That Say They Do

20VC Assertion Supported

Hashtag Angels and Carta study finds women hold only 9% of equity

“When we partnered with Carta to measure the gap on the cap table, aka the gap table, we found that only nine percent of equity value goes towards women, and that's looking at over 6000 companies, 15,000 founders, 180,000 employees”

Katie Stanton Jan 27, 2020 ▶ 24:50 20VC: Moxxie Ventures' Katie Stanton on What It Takes To Raise A First Time Fund As A Solo GP, The Entrance of Multi-Stage Funds Into Seed Rounds and The Inverse Relationship of Those That Fund Diverse Managers and Those That Say They Do

20VC Assertion Supported

Stanton: Less than 3% of VC funding goes to all-female founder teams

“Less than three percent of funding goes to all female founding teams.”

Katie Stanton Jan 27, 2020 ▶ 25:12 20VC: Moxxie Ventures' Katie Stanton on What It Takes To Raise A First Time Fund As A Solo GP, The Entrance of Multi-Stage Funds Into Seed Rounds and The Inverse Relationship of Those That Fund Diverse Managers and Those That Say They Do

20VC Opinion

Stanton: Lowercase Capital Is One of the Top-Performing Funds Ever

“Lowercase Capital became one of the, if not the top-performing fund of all time”

Katie Stanton Jan 27, 2020 ▶ 6:11 20VC: Moxxie Ventures' Katie Stanton on What It Takes To Raise A First Time Fund As A Solo GP, The Entrance of Multi-Stage Funds Into Seed Rounds and The Inverse Relationship of Those That Fund Diverse Managers and Those That Say They Do

20VC Insight

Stanton: Small angel checks are easy, but seed funds get squeezed

“I think almost anyone can come in for a friendly 25 to 50,000 dollar check, but in the most competitive deals, you often get squeezed as a fund manager.”

Katie Stanton Jan 27, 2020 ▶ 10:29 20VC: Moxxie Ventures' Katie Stanton on What It Takes To Raise A First Time Fund As A Solo GP, The Entrance of Multi-Stage Funds Into Seed Rounds and The Inverse Relationship of Those That Fund Diverse Managers and Those That Say They Do

20VC Insight

Stanton: Large Institutional LPs Rarely Commit Early to First-Time Funds

“Most institutions that have AUMs exceeding, say, two billion dollars are probably unlikely to invest in you early on, but they take a long time to get to know you, so start that clock early.”

Katie Stanton Jan 27, 2020 ▶ 14:11 20VC: Moxxie Ventures' Katie Stanton on What It Takes To Raise A First Time Fund As A Solo GP, The Entrance of Multi-Stage Funds Into Seed Rounds and The Inverse Relationship of Those That Fund Diverse Managers and Those That Say They Do

20VC Prediction Partly held up

Stanton outlines $25M Moxxie fund strategy and target deployment criteria

“It's a twenty-five million dollar fund. I'm looking to invest half of the capital and reserve the second half for follow-ons. Only investing in seed, so pre-seed, seed, seed plus, what have you, basically anything before the A. Open-minded with respect to sect…”

Katie Stanton Jan 27, 2020 ▶ 29:38 20VC: Moxxie Ventures' Katie Stanton on What It Takes To Raise A First Time Fund As A Solo GP, The Entrance of Multi-Stage Funds Into Seed Rounds and The Inverse Relationship of Those That Fund Diverse Managers and Those That Say They Do

20VC Disclosure

Stanton: Hashtag Angels Backed 120 Startups, 40 Personally

“Over the course of about five years, we collectively had invested in about a 120 companies. I had personally invested in 40”

Katie Stanton Jan 27, 2020 ▶ 7:21 20VC: Moxxie Ventures' Katie Stanton on What It Takes To Raise A First Time Fund As A Solo GP, The Entrance of Multi-Stage Funds Into Seed Rounds and The Inverse Relationship of Those That Fund Diverse Managers and Those That Say They Do

20VC Disclosure

Katie Stanton limits Moxxie Ventures to seed deals under $15M cap

“For example, I'm only investing in seed stage deals. I'm looking for valuation caps of less than 10 to fifteen million. I'm requiring a certain allocation level to make sure that it's, you know, time and money well spent.”

Katie Stanton Jan 27, 2020 ▶ 9:41 20VC: Moxxie Ventures' Katie Stanton on What It Takes To Raise A First Time Fund As A Solo GP, The Entrance of Multi-Stage Funds Into Seed Rounds and The Inverse Relationship of Those That Fund Diverse Managers and Those That Say They Do

20VC Assertion Not checkable as stated

Katie Stanton Contacted 279 Potential LPs for Moxxie Fund One

“In terms of stats, I ended up meeting with or contacting 279 potential LPs.”

Katie Stanton Jan 27, 2020 ▶ 11:32 20VC: Moxxie Ventures' Katie Stanton on What It Takes To Raise A First Time Fund As A Solo GP, The Entrance of Multi-Stage Funds Into Seed Rounds and The Inverse Relationship of Those That Fund Diverse Managers and Those That Say They Do

The other half of the tape: Katie Stanton's own voice is left out of every number here. Other people bring the name up 3 times in 2 episodes across the shows. 1 statement on the record names them. every mention, with the transcript →

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Statements about Katie Stanton, by other people (1)

20VC Disclosure

Todd Jackson is an LP in funds by Stanton, Ling, and Kimmel

“I've gotten to see a lot of my friends who are great investors. Katie Stanton, like you mentioned, love, love the episode with her, by the way, Ben Ling, Brianne Kimmel start their own funds as solo GPs. And I'm actually an LP in those funds.”

Todd Jackson Feb 4, 2020 ▶ 25:32 Breaking News: Meet First Round Capital's Newest Partner, How To Approach Generational Transition as a Venture Firm & The Dangers of Attribution In Venture

Every mention by year

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

Show	Role there	Eps	Statements	Record
20VCLEDGER	Founder & General Partner, Moxxie Ventures	1	15	75% 3/4	full record on 20VC →