venture capital firm

also referred to as: venture capital firms

4 statements across 3 episodes · 0 bullish · 4 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Jan 19, 2024 by Chamath Palihapitiya · across every show →

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Jan 19, 2024 negative

Opinion

Chamath: VC firms profit through management fees over carry when exits stall

“The only way to win in a world where your exits are not that great is to actually generate money via fees. Even though that fees are taxed at current income, that's the way to win in venture. It's not carry, it's by fees.”

Chamath Palihapitiya Jan 19, 2024 ▶ 38:50 E162: Live from Davos! Milei goes viral, Adam Neumann's headwinds, streaming's broken model & more

Apr 26, 2024 bearish

Prediction Didn’t hold up

Friedberg: Meta's open-source AI will kill $500M model startup funding

“By open sourcing these models, they limit competition because VCs are no longer going to plow half a billion dollars into a foundational model development company.”

David Friedberg Apr 26, 2024 ▶ 12:44 Meta's scorched earth approach to AI, Tesla's future, TikTok bill, FTC bans noncompetes, wealth tax

Oct 9, 2025 negative

Assertion Not checkable as stated

VC firms raise follow-on funds before distributing returns to limited partners

“They've raised fund two, three, four, and five before even fund one is really fully distributed.”

Chamath Palihapitiya Oct 9, 2025 ▶ 6:23 Sequoia’s Roelof Botha: Why Venture Capital is Broken & How Great Companies Are Built

Oct 9, 2025 negative

Insight

LPs wrongly assume a VC firm's single-hit success is repeatable

“You get a firm that has one success in their fund, And then they attract more capital because people think it's repeatable, and it's not.”

Roelof Botha Oct 9, 2025 ▶ 6:09 Sequoia’s Roelof Botha: Why Venture Capital is Broken & How Great Companies Are Built

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