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Bay Area

3 statements across 3 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Feb 27, 2025 by Les Craig · across every show →

Everything said about Bay Area, oldest first

Feb 27, 2025 bearish
Insight
Oversized early funds trap startups on a valuation 'hamster wheel of death'
“Why do companies end up in the Bay Area getting on the ham, what I would like to call the hamster wheel of death, where you're just like always trying to catch up with your last post money. It's because in a lot of cases, check size, mandatory check size of th…”
Les Craig Feb 27, 2025 ▶ 7:03 28 - Investing in the Mountain West with Next Frontier Capital General Partner Les Craig
Jul 7, 2026
Disclosure
Vijayavargiya: Augment Ventures sources two-thirds of founders from Bay Area
“I think I would say one third from Michigan because we are very, you know, locally connected. So every fund has at least three or four companies that we have exposure to. And then two thirds from I guess Bay area.”
Sonali Vijayavargiya Jul 7, 2026 ▶ 18:22 Transforming the Real Sector with Decision Intelligence with Sonali Vijayavargiya of Augment Ventures | The Innovators & Investors Podcast
Jul 30, 2026 bullish
Assertion Supported
Bay Area VC funding in 2025 eclipsed next nine global cities combined
“One of them was amount of capital raised in, in the Bay Area last year, and it eclipses the next nine cities throughout the world.”
Kristian Marquez Jul 30, 2026 ▶ 1:36 Accelerating Startup Growth with Gabrielle Marquez of FinStrat Management
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