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Arboretum Ventures

10 statements across 1 episodes · 4 bullish · 3 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Sep 2, 2021 by Jan Garfinkel · said 39 times in 1 episodes since 2021 · across every show →

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Sep 2, 2021 positive
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Garfinkel: Arboretum Lost Trust in Founders Only Twice Across 55 Companies
“It's happened to us twice where we've invested and the company's gone sideways and it would, we really lost trust in those CEOs only twice out of 55 companies, which is pretty amazing, but it was enough for us to learn.”
Jan Garfinkel Sep 2, 2021 ▶ 1:08:16 Jan Garfinkle – Arboretum Ventures (Manager Meetings, EP.09)
Sep 2, 2021 neutral
Disclosure
Garfinkel: Arboretum Will Probably Not Exceed a $250 Million Fund Size
“We probably won't go much bigger ever than two 50 because we find that that will be really hard to be successful because of the normal range of exits with our companies.”
Jan Garfinkel Sep 2, 2021 ▶ 44:27 Jan Garfinkle – Arboretum Ventures (Manager Meetings, EP.09)
Sep 2, 2021 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Garfinkel: Half of Arboretum's 15 Major Exits Were Within One Mile
“I think we've invested now in 50 or 55 companies. We've had about 20 exits, but 15 that were in sort of the five to 10 X range, and when you look at that, half of them are a mile from our office.”
Jan Garfinkel Sep 2, 2021 ▶ 52:05 Jan Garfinkle – Arboretum Ventures (Manager Meetings, EP.09)
Sep 2, 2021 negative
Disclosure
Garfinkel: Arboretum Lost $10M After Sonitus Failed to Get CMS Reimbursement
“And when we couldn't get reimbursement approval, it killed the company, so we had to shut it down. We lost ten million dollars.”
Jan Garfinkel Sep 2, 2021 ▶ 59:27 Jan Garfinkle – Arboretum Ventures (Manager Meetings, EP.09)
Sep 2, 2021 positive
Insight
Garfinkel: Venture Capital Skills Can Be Taught; Cultural Fit Cannot
“We feel we can teach anybody how to do venture, how we evaluate companies, how we help the board level. We can teach all of those things. We want to make sure they're a cultural fit from a personality standpoint and a work ethic.”
Jan Garfinkel Sep 2, 2021 ▶ 38:15 Jan Garfinkle – Arboretum Ventures (Manager Meetings, EP.09)
Sep 2, 2021
Disclosure
Garfinkel: Arboretum Targets Investments That Cut Healthcare Costs by 20-30%
“We're trying to remove 20 to 30% of the cost of that procedure or of that technology with our investment.”
Jan Garfinkel Sep 2, 2021 ▶ 47:35 Jan Garfinkle – Arboretum Ventures (Manager Meetings, EP.09)
Sep 2, 2021 positive
Disclosure
Garfinkel: Arboretum Returns All LP Capital Before Taking Any Carry
“We return all the capital first to our investors, and then we get into the carry.”
Jan Garfinkel Sep 2, 2021 ▶ 46:24 Jan Garfinkle – Arboretum Ventures (Manager Meetings, EP.09)
Sep 2, 2021 neutral
Disclosure
Garfinkel: Arboretum Prioritizes Medical Devices Fitting Existing Reimbursement Codes
“We tend to primarily invest in companies that already have a code exists, and it's just a new product in an existing code.”
Jan Garfinkel Sep 2, 2021 ▶ 1:01:10 Jan Garfinkle – Arboretum Ventures (Manager Meetings, EP.09)
Sep 2, 2021 negative
Disclosure
Garfinkel: Hiring Pure Investment Bankers Did Not Work Well for Arboretum
“And when we've tried to bring in people that are just like bankers, that hasn't worked out nearly as well for us.”
Jan Garfinkel Sep 2, 2021 ▶ 35:03 Jan Garfinkle – Arboretum Ventures (Manager Meetings, EP.09)
Sep 2, 2021 negative
Insight
Garfinkel: Device Reimbursement Path Adds up to $50M in Development Costs
“If we have to also go through the reimbursement path, it will add another up to fifty million dollars to that company's development and timeline, but cost to develop that product to get reimbursement approval.”
Jan Garfinkel Sep 2, 2021 ▶ 57:16 Jan Garfinkle – Arboretum Ventures (Manager Meetings, EP.09)
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