COVID-19 pandemic

5 statements across 5 episodes · 2 bullish · 1 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement Jul 5, 2021 by Robert F. Smith · said 1 times in 1 episodes since 2025 · across every show →

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Jul 5, 2021 positive
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Vista provided zero rescue financing across 68 portfolio companies during COVID-19
“During the pandemic, we had 68 portfolio companies. We didn't have to provide one dollar of rescue financing.”
Robert F. Smith Jul 5, 2021 ▶ 29:47 Private Equity Masters 3: Robert F. Smith – Vista Equity Partners (Capital Allocators, EP.202)
Dec 30, 2021 neutral
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Montgomery: Pandemic rate of tech adoption is not likely to repeat
“All of a sudden, we had five years of innovation adoption in six months, but it's not likely to be repeated in our lifetime.”
Jamie Montgomery Dec 30, 2021 ▶ 18:25 Jamie Montgomery – March Capital (Manager Meetings, EP.26)
Apr 4, 2022 negative
Assertion Supported
Toast laid off half its workforce eight weeks after February 2020 funding
“They just closed the financing in February. They were gearing up to double the size of the company, double the team, And by the end of March, probably eight weeks after that closed, instead we were announcing we had to let go half the company because we couldn…”
Steve Papa Apr 4, 2022 ▶ 34:29 Steve Papa – Entrepreneur's Perspective on Venture, Venture is Eating the Investment World 13 (Capital Allocators, EP.244)
May 29, 2023 neutral
Assertion Supported
Bergstrom: Pandemic dislocation in AA/AAA CLOs was far worse than high yield
“During the pandemic, CLOs came under much more stress than very roughly equivalent risk in high yield. So that's exciting because you can say, hey, I don't know exactly what's happening to the global economy, but I know that what we see in CLO AA or AAA is dis…”
Craig Bergstrom May 29, 2023 ▶ 18:45 Hedge Fund Master Class – Craig Bergstrom, Adam Blitz, and Dan Fagan (Capital Allocators, EP.318)
Apr 27, 2026 positive
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Sloane: GSP Lost Zero Portfolio Companies and Avoided Rescue Capital During COVID
“Surviving what was a very challenging period for our portfolio, getting through it, and not losing a company, not needing a dollar of rescue capital, growing equity value across the portfolio, and then Exiting those businesses proved to ourselves and proved to…”
Alex Sloane Apr 27, 2026 ▶ 25:19 Alex Sloane & Matt Perelman – Buy-and-Build Playbook in the Core Economy at GSP (EP.499)
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