venture capital

also referred to as: vcs

7 statements across 6 episodes · 4 bullish · 1 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement Feb 24, 2021 by Wael Ghonim · across every show →

Everything said about venture capital, oldest first

Feb 24, 2021 positive
Insight
Ghonim: Reforming tech culture requires only a couple of prominent, patient VCs
“I believe that change doesn't take a lot of people anyway. You don't have to have a lot of VCs. It's probably a couple of VCs who are disciplined enough and they happen to be well known. So they inspire certain type of founders to help build on, on new princip…”
Wael Ghonim Feb 24, 2021 ▶ 59:44 Arab Spring Leader Wael Ghonim on Modern Social Media's Promise And Peril
Feb 24, 2021 negative
Insight
Ghonim: Traditional VC cycles incentivize startups to grow into toxic products
“You can't just build something right in, in that kind of cycle. You're going to build something that grows into cancer. In this cycle of, like, trying to, series A, series B, what is happening? You know, we need to improve this number because the investor is l…”
Wael Ghonim Feb 24, 2021 ▶ 1:00:10 Arab Spring Leader Wael Ghonim on Modern Social Media's Promise And Peril
Nov 4, 2021 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Caspar Lee: Creators will become the next major angel investors and VCs
“And I see creators As the next big angel investors, the next big venture capital people, because they provide more Than just money. They're a value add. They know what's about to happen within the market. They know what their audience wants to see, and they're…”
Caspar Lee Nov 4, 2021 ▶ 12:05 Nas Daily, Sarati, and Caspar Lee On Building A Social Media Following
Nov 15, 2024 neutral
Assertion Supported
Kantrowitz: OpenAI's $6 billion funding is the largest VC round ever
“Opening , I just raised the largest VC round in history, six billion dollars.”
Alex Kantrowitz Nov 15, 2024 ▶ 8:32 Is Generative AI Plateauing?, Booming Bluesky, Apple’s Smart Glasses Play
Jul 21, 2025
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Kantrowitz: VCs will add clauses blocking startup CEOs from executing acqui-hires
“They're going to write, I think they'll just write into contracts that like the CEO cannot do a deal like this.”
Alex Kantrowitz Jul 21, 2025 ▶ 31:19 Grok's AI Lovebot, Aqui-Hire-Sition Backlash, OpenAI's ChatGPT Agent Debuts
Dec 10, 2025 bullish
Prediction Held up
Over $3 Billion Will Flow Into Legal Tech Startups in 2025
“There have never been more opportunities for them to go work at a tech company because suddenly there's gonna be three, over three billion dollars of venture capital poured into legal tech companies this year.”
Melia Russell Dec 10, 2025 ▶ 42:09 AI Is Upending Law. Is That A Sign For The Rest Of Us? — With Melia Russell
Apr 15, 2026 bullish
Assertion Supported
Michael: US is seeing greatest defense tech VC boom in history
“There's defense, the greatest VC boom in defense tech, In a country's history.”
Emil Michael Apr 15, 2026 ▶ 54:50 The Pentagon's AI Plan + Behind the Anthropic Fight — With Under Secretary of War Emil Michael
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