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Jacobson: Some ICONIQ Companies Raised Capital Every Six Months in 2020-2021

Matt Jacobson · Finding Opps in Every Challenge: From Humble Beginnings to 30 Million Users with Miro CEO · Aug 9, 2022 · at 37:23

Matt Jacobson, General Partner at ICONIQ Growth, discusses how macroeconomic and venture funding dynamics changed following the 2020-2021 peak.

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“In twenty-twenty and twenty-twenty-one, it was, you know, extremely active and the market was vibrant and, you know, there were companies in our portfolio that were raising capital, you know, every six months in some cases and the world was awash with capital.”

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