Mike Volpi

7 statements across 1 episodes · 3 bullish · 2 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Nov 13, 2019 by Mike Volpi · said 7 times in 4 episodes since 2021 · across every show →

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Nov 13, 2019 positive
Insight
Volpi: Practical AI startups should focus on simple ML on tabular data
“So if you want to be really practical in modern use cases, focus on tabular data with schemas that do really simple machine learning, like do fraud detection, do inventory forecasting do simple, straightforward predictions, and just about every business in the…”
Mike Volpi Nov 13, 2019 ▶ 25:04 Fireside Chat: Mike Volpi, General Partner, Index Ventures (FirstMark's Data Driven NYC)
Nov 13, 2019 negative
Insight
Volpi: Younger VCs ignore diversity and fund people who look like them
“Younger VCs will tend to ignore all those issues and just say, how do I get my hands on the best company? I don't care. Like, and generally they tend to fund people that look like them. I think generally more experienced VCs will have a little more open-minded…”
Mike Volpi Nov 13, 2019 ▶ 34:41 Fireside Chat: Mike Volpi, General Partner, Index Ventures (FirstMark's Data Driven NYC)
Nov 13, 2019 negative
Opinion
Volpi: VC industry and Index Ventures have failed on diversity
“I think the industry at large, and our firm included in this, has not done a good job at all Funding against diversity or including diversity in our own firms?”
Mike Volpi Nov 13, 2019 ▶ 34:05 Fireside Chat: Mike Volpi, General Partner, Index Ventures (FirstMark's Data Driven NYC)
Nov 13, 2019
Disclosure
Volpi: Index Ventures invested in Elasticsearch one month after discovering it
“The next day I called Elasticsearch. We ended up investing in the company a month later, and then it went public.”
Mike Volpi Nov 13, 2019 ▶ 2:52 Fireside Chat: Mike Volpi, General Partner, Index Ventures (FirstMark's Data Driven NYC)
Nov 13, 2019 positive
Disclosure
Volpi: Female partners at Index Ventures find more women entrepreneurs
“Now that we have eight partners at Index, two are women now, and I will say they find more women entrepreneurs.”
Mike Volpi Nov 13, 2019 ▶ 35:11 Fireside Chat: Mike Volpi, General Partner, Index Ventures (FirstMark's Data Driven NYC)
Nov 13, 2019 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Volpi: Index Ventures' portfolio has roughly 20% female CEOs
“My firm has probably about 20% of its CEOs that are women.”
Mike Volpi Nov 13, 2019 ▶ 33:38 Fireside Chat: Mike Volpi, General Partner, Index Ventures (FirstMark's Data Driven NYC)
Nov 13, 2019 positive
Insight
Volpi: Consumer investments help VCs discover winning enterprise infrastructure tools
“So by being in consumer companies, you learn how infrastructural tools get used. And you often find the good ones, and so that's super relevant, and oftentimes whether they're using good or bad tools can also be an indicator of whether they're going to be a su…”
Mike Volpi Nov 13, 2019 ▶ 2:58 Fireside Chat: Mike Volpi, General Partner, Index Ventures (FirstMark's Data Driven NYC)
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