Arthur Rock
2 statements across 1 episodes · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Apr 11, 2022 by Sebastian Mallaby · said 11 times in 1 episodes since 2022 · across every show →
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Apr 11, 2022 positive
Arthur Rock built the first modern venture capital fund
“Arthur Rock, who was the pioneer of West Coast venture capital, because he was the one who was the first then to set up a fund that succeeded, that we would recognize as similar to the funds that we see today. And he was also the first one to really Invest in …”
Apr 11, 2022 positive
Sequoia and Kleiner Perkins pioneered hands-on venture investing in the 1970s
“And these two companies, Sequoia and Kleiner Perkins, improvised two things in the 19 seventies. The first was this hands-on approach. Arthur Rock had been a financier by background. He had been important in things like devising equity stock options and devisi…”