Rebecca Lynn
Managing Director, Canvas Prime. On 2 shows, 2 appearances. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.
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Rebecca Lynn is a Silicon Valley early-stage venture capitalist focusing on fintech, digital health, and SaaS. She co-founded Canvas Prime and previously led early investments in Lending Club, Doximity, and Luminar.
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Rebecca Lynn: AI will probably outperform all but the top 10% of doctors
“You could imagine a case where, you know, maybe the top five percent of physicians, you know, you're not going to get better then, right? Maybe not the top 10%. But as you get down that stack, you know, AI's probably going to do a better job, right?”
Lynn: Optimal venture capital fund size is $300M to $400M
“No, I think it's a 300 to four hundred million dollar fund, and the reason is, A, you know, when I look at the people I really respect and admire, the Sequoias and the Benchmarks, I mean, that's what they've proven out, and I've added emergence to that mix in …”
Lynn: Recessions freeze bank lending for 3-5 years, creating prime credit opportunities
“Because in any recession, like, there's always a pocket of prime borrowers to lend to, and the banks weren't going to free up for another three to five years to do anything on that front.”
Lynn: Voice interfaces are definitely the platform of the future
“So Siri, the voice is definitely the platform for the future.”
Lynn: About 73% of U.S. doctors are on Doximity
“And they have about, I think it's like, 73% of all the doctors in the U.S. Are on their platform today.”
Lynn: 90% of useful electronic medical record data is lab data
“90% of the useful information is actually your lab data. And all the other stuff is kind of noise.”
Lynn: LendingClub founder demanded she take board seat before signing term sheet
“And when we handed him the term sheet, he's like, I'll sign it, but only if Rebecca's the board member.”
Lynn: Building a tech startup in New York is currently an advantage
“I actually think maybe being in New York is an advantage at this point because the noise levels are reduced, right?”
Doximity excels at acquiring hard-to-reach doctors using data science
“I would say Doximity does an amazing job of acquiring, engaging, and retaining the doctors on that platform, because doctors are probably the hardest customer out there to actually acquire, and the way they have applied AI, and they just constantly tune their,…”
Rebecca Lynn: Venture capital is one of few jobs that rewards ADD
“I think it's one of the few jobs in the world that reward ADD.”
Lynn: Distribution drives fintech success far more than risk modeling
“The distribution, I think, is probably more important. It's all about acquisition at the end of the day, and acquisition is incredibly important, and we've seen real innovation in fintech.”
Lynn: Credit Karma offered free credit reports at zero cost via TransUnion deal
“Credit Karma had a very special deal, you know, free credit report. I worked on that product ages ago with Experian, but they truly had a free credit report and it didn't cost them anything because of their relationship they had with TransUnion.”
Lynn: Passed on early Uber investment pitch from Travis Kalanick
“The biggest miss was Uber and Travis Kalanick was actually in my office with Talking about his angel portfolio years ago, we both had a healthcare IT company. He was in Cario and I was in practice fusion. And I brought him in to talk about, you know, how we ca…”
Lynn: Most exited autonomous driving startups had few proof points
“A lot of the companies that have exited thus far have done so on very little proof points.”
Lynn: No attorney should file a brief without checking CaseText
“So, you know, if I was an attorney today, there's no way I would go to court or file a brief without checking it through case text, because as an associate, it makes you look like a rock star to your partner.”
Lynn: 80% of Procter & Gamble marketing staff are engineers
“At Procter & Gamble, the marketing, 80% of the marketing people are engineers, right?”
Lynn's investment bar: wanting to found or join the startup herself
“So I actually look for the company that I look for and I'm like, damn, I wish I would have thought of that. Right? It's so smart. I wish I would have done that. Or I would go work for this company. So if, you know, let's say I didn't have my venture job anymor…”
Rebecca Lynn: Modern venture firms must be thesis-driven to select winners
“And the other thing we know too, is it's incredible that we believe at least is it's incredibly important, especially in this day and age to be very thesis driven because there, you know, there are hundreds of financial services, startups, for example, and how…”
Lynn: VC Deal Flow Is Solved, Deal Filtration Is the Real Problem
“And the other thing too, is that there is just so much out there right now. It's insane in terms of the number of deals and, you know, deal flow is, is not at all a problem. Deal filtration is your problem.”
Lynn: Fewer Than a Handful of VCs Invested in Healthcare Services in 2009
“Cost incentives were really shifting and there were less than a handful of VCs that were doing anything in healthcare services at that point in time.”
Lynn: Effective board members focus on solving a startup's single biggest problem
“Being able to figure out what that one thing is that if you help fix it will make a difference is really that I would think what being a board member is all about.”
Lynn: Board members doing operational work harms founders long-term
“And if a board member is actually doing the work, it's not good. It's like if you have a kid and you're doing their homework for them, it's not going to help them at the end of the day, take the test.”
Lynn: Early Founders Excel Because They Disliked Working in Large Corporations
“There are people that are really good At starting companies and getting them off the ground. And oftentimes the reason that they're really good at that and the reason they chose that was because they tried to be in a big company and they hated it and they were…”
Lynn: Canvas invested in Lending Club in Q1 2009 post-Lehman crash
“So lending club, we came in and key one of 2009 after Lehman crashed. And the, I actually sent Renaud my investing memo when I stepped off that board, and it was amazingly on in terms of why this company could be big, and it was because the banks would be asle…”
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| 20VCLEDGER | Managing Director, Canvas Prime | 1 | 16 | 50% 2/4 | full record on 20VC → |
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