Scaramucci passed on Uber at a $50M to $100M valuation
Anthony Scaramucci · Anthony Scaramucci – Another Winter and Another Rebirth (Capital Allocators, EP.292) · Jan 16, 2023 · at 1:03:51
SkyBridge Capital founder Anthony Scaramucci discusses his angel investing habits and recounts passing on Travis Kalanick's pitch for Uber.
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“Although I did miss Uber. Travis came to see me, And I think Uber had a 50 or a hundred million dollar valuation at the time, and I was like, wait, wait, what? This is an unknown black car. It's going to pick up my daughter. It's going to drive her around New York City, and you're saying, we don't know who the person is, and we're going to do it over the app, and it's a new sharing economy. Go fuck yourself. So I probably missed a hundred million dollar action.”
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