Gurley: Top US companies by market cap are all venture-backed
Bill Gurley · BG2 with Bill Gurley & Brad Gerstner | MANG VC Gone Wild, Can You Trust AI Valuations? & More | E01 · Bg2 Pod · Jan 25, 2024 · at 1:09:01
Bill Gurley highlights the dominance of venture-backed tech companies among the largest US corporations by market capitalization.
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“If you look at the, just the companies that lead our market caps today, they're all venture back, and they're all started within the past 30 or 40 years.”
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