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Calacanis: Share of first-time VC managers raising fund two dropped below 15%
“The first time, first-time VC managers that raised a second VC fund as a share of all first-time VC managers, and it's now down from above 50% to below Gosh, 15%.”
Jason Calacanis Sep 20, 2024 ▶ 48:35 Big Fed rate cuts, AI killing call centers, $50B govt boondoggle, VC's rough years, Trump/Kamala
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Palihapitiya: Tiger Global announces a new venture deal every 48 hours
“Tiger, it says here in the notes, Tiger Global has announced the deal according to PitchBook every 48 hours in 2021.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Mar 20, 2021 ▶ 56:13 E26: State of Venture Capital, plus fan questions on longevity, decentralization & quantum computing
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Calacanis: Airbnb reached an $88B valuation five months after massive layoffs
“They laid off 25% of the company in July. 1900 of 7500 employees. They cut their marketing budget by eight hundred million, and then they IPO five months later, ah, and they had raised a billion dollars at an eighteen billion dollar valuation, according to Pit…”
Jason Calacanis Dec 18, 2020 ▶ 32:43 E15: “The Besties” All-In’s inaugural award show covering the best, worst & most memorable of 2020
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