seed investor

also referred to as: seed investors

5 statements across 5 episodes · 1 bullish · 3 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jun 23, 2023 by Sam Lessin · across every show →

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Jun 23, 2023 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Sam Lessin: The acqui-hire market is dead and never coming back
“What it is about is like the aqua higher market is dead and not coming back and the middle stuff doesn't get acquired. So basically as a seed investor, you now have to actually play for real wins. You can't be like, ah, it'll probably work. But if it doesn't, …”
Sam Lessin Jun 23, 2023 ▶ 9:53 #3: Mr. Beast's burger bust and will M&A ever return? · More or Less Podcast
Oct 6, 2023 positive
Opinion
Lessin: Seed investors are founders' only truly aligned capital
“That's why your seed investors, you know, hashtag marketing for ourselves are really the only aligned capital you'll ever get. Right. Cause we come in and the reality is we're, seed investors get fucked even before the founders do.”
Sam Lessin Oct 6, 2023 ▶ 8:51 #17: How to Save Your Startup, Twitter/X, Threads (and Swift’s Stunt Romance) · More or Less Podcast
Jun 14, 2024 bearish
Opinion
Lessin: Seed-stage AI investing is a fool's errand for venture capitalists
“I think most seed investors getting into AI are playing a fool's errand because it's not a place where one to three million dollars Really can move the needle in terms of value, in terms of what the game is.”
Sam Lessin Jun 14, 2024 ▶ 24:22 #51: Vinod Khosla on What to Build in AI · More or Less Podcast
Jun 21, 2024 neutral
Opinion
Lessin: Seed Stage VCs Are Paid Unbelievably Well to Do Almost Nothing
“My view is seed investors get paid unbelievably well to do almost nothing. And like the trade is we get paid incredibly well when it works, but we lose money constantly. And like, that's completely fine.”
Sam Lessin Jun 21, 2024 ▶ 26:49 #52: Elad Gil on What to Build in AI (Part II) · More or Less Podcast
Aug 8, 2025 negative
Insight
Sam Lessin: AI Has Destroyed Seed-Stage Startup Diligence
“That's blown out of the water by AI because all of a sudden, like everything looks the same. Like not to mention the fact that pitches are customized at scale and the decks are all crap. The apps themselves, the V ones are like too similar. So we don't know ho…”
Sam Lessin Aug 8, 2025 ▶ 30:27 #111 Figma, OpenAI, Canva: Meme Stock IPOs in Silicon Valley · More or Less Podcast
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