Firm and Fund Management
20VC: WHY THE THEORY OF PRO-RATA CAN OFTEN BE FALSE, HOW ROLLING FUNDS IMPACT BOTH PRICING AND COMPETITION
Avlok Kohli is the CEO of AngelList Venture which has facilitated the funding of over 5,000 startups including 47 unicorns and is home to 4,300 funds and syndicates with $2.2B in assets under manag...
Firm and Fund Management
REID HOFFMAN ON HOW TO THINK THROUGH OWNERSHIP AND PRICE IN VENTURE & HOW TO ENSURE VENTURE PARTNERSHIPS ALWAYS HAVE TRUST AND A LEARNING MINDSET
Reid Hoffman is a Silicon Valley stalwart in the modern technology world. On the investing side, he is a Partner @ Greylock, one of the leading venture firms of the last 2 decades with a portfolio i...
Market Trends
20VC: SPACS. WHAT ARE THEY? WHY NOW? HOW DO THEY CHANGE THE VENTURE LANDSCAPE? ARE THEY BETTER THAN IPOS & DIRECT LISTINGS? HOW SHOULD FOUNDERS THINK ABOUT THEM?
Kevin Hartz is Co-Founder & Partner @ A*, a newly listed special acquisition company which raised $200M to acquire and take public a tech startup. Kevin is also the Co-Founder, former CEO, and Ch...
Firm and Fund Management
20VC: SAHIL LAVINGIA ON ROLLING FUNDS AND THEIR IMPACT ON THE FUTURE OF VENTURE
Sahil Lavingia is the Founder and CEO @ Gumroad, the company that helps creators do more of what they love. However, most recently Sahil has made waves launching one of the first rolling funds on An...
Market Trends
20VC: WHY ENTREPRENEURS CARE LESS ABOUT FIRM BRAND AT SEED, HOW LPS SHOULD THINK ABOUT GP COMMIT & HOW THE WORLD OF LPS AND FUNDRAISING WILL CHANGE POST COVID WITH APURVA MEHTA, MANAGING PARTNER @ SUMMIT PEAK INVESTMENTS
Apurva Mehta is the Managing Partner @ Summit Peak Investments, investing in early-stage venture capital funds and making direct co-investments. To date they have backed the likes of Raymond Tonsing...
Investment Strategy
20VC: Oren Zeev On Why Diversification Is Overrated, The Downside Of Thematic Investing, Making Quality Decisions In Uncertain Conditions & Why He Has No Reserves Allocation
Oren Zeev is the Founding Partner @ Zeev Ventures, one of the best and most under the radar firms in the early stage Silicon Valley landscape. Over the past decade, Oren has backed the likes of Trip...
LP Perspectives
20VC: How Fundraising for Funds Has Changed in the World of Covid, the Benefits of Managers Selling Part of Their Gp & How to Think Through Your “minimum Viable Fund Size” With Lo Toney, Founding Managing Partner @ Plexo Capital
Lo Toney is the Founding Managing Partner @ Plexo Capital, a very unique firm making both direct investments and fund investments. They have invested in Precursor, Boldstart, Female Founders Fund an...
Market Trends
20VC: ELAD GIL ON STARTUP OFFENSE AND DEFENCE IN A RECESSION, HOW THE VENTURE LANDSCAPE HAS SHIFTED & ALL THINGS VALUATIONS, SECONDARIES AND LAYOFFS
Elad Gil is one of Silicon Valley’s most successful and prominent angels of the last decade with a portfolio including the likes of Stripe, Square, Airbnb, Pinterest, Instacart, Flexport and Brex t...
Market Trends
20VC: SARAH KUNST ON WHY THERE IS PLENTY OF INVESTOR MONEY STILL AVAILABLE, THE MEGAN MARKLE EFFECT AND HOW IT IMPACTS HIRING AND TALENT & WHETHER GP COMMITS PREVENT DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
Sarah Kunst is the Founder and Managing Director @ Cleo Capital with a portfolio including the likes of StyleSeat, Glow Bar and PlateJoy to name a few. Prior to venture, Sarah served as a senior ad...
Market Trends
20VC: UPFRONT’S MARK SUSTER ON COVID REDEFINING WHAT A GREAT COMPANY LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT VALUATIONS LOOK LIKE, WHY PAY-TO-PLAY IS BACK ON THE TABLE & WHY WE WILL SEE THE DEATH OF PARTY ROUNDS
Mark Suster is the Managing Partner @ Upfront Ventures, one of LA’s leading and largest venture firms with a portfolio including the likes of Bird, GOAT, Maker Studios and Ring.com to name a few. ...
Investment Strategy
20VC: INDEX VENTURES PARTNER, MARK GOLDBERG ON THE QUESTIONS FOUNDERS MUST ASK A MULTI-STAGE FUND BEFORE TAKING THEIR MONEY AT SEED
Mark Goldberg is a Partner @ Index Ventures, one of the leading venture firms of the last decade with a portfolio including the likes of Dropbox, Revolut, Supercell, Plaid and Transferwise to name a...
Market Trends
20VC: VINOD KHOSLA ON WHAT VENTURE ASSISTANCE REALLY MEANS, WHY MANY VCS ARE NOT QUALIFIED TO ADVISE FOUNDERS & WHY STARTUPS CAN INNOVATE SO MUCH FASTER THAN INCUMBENTS
Vinod Khosla is the Founder Khosla Ventures, one of the valley’s most renowned firms of the last decade with a portfolio including Square, Affirm, DoorDash, Impossible Foods and OpenDoor just to nam...
Investment Strategy
20VC: LESSONS FROM 150 ANGEL INVESTMENTS INTO THE LIKES OF CARTA, GUSTO, AIRTABLE AND SUPERHUMAN, CREATING ALGORITHMS AND MODELS FOR INVESTING AT SEED
Jude Gomila is the Founder & CEO @ Golden, creating the world’s first self-constructing knowledge database built by artificial and human intelligence. To date, Jude has raised from some of th...
Firm and Fund Management
MEET FIRST ROUND CAPITAL’S NEWEST PARTNER, HOW TO APPROACH GENERATIONAL TRANSITION AS A VENTURE FIRM & THE DANGERS OF ATTRIBUTION IN VENTURE
Todd Jackson is First Round Capital‘s newest Partner having spent the last 2 years as a Founder-in-Residence working with the FRC portfolio. Prior to his time in venture, Todd spent close to 3 yea...
Market Trends
20VC: BOXGROUP’S DAVID TISCH ON WHETHER CONCENTRATED INVESTING AT SEED WORKS, DO FOUNDERS REALLY WANT DIRECT FEEDBACK AND IS IT GOOD FOR THEM & WHY CONSUMER SOCIAL IS INTERESTING AGAIN
David Tisch is the Founder & Managing Partner @ BoxGroup, one of the leading early-stage firms in NYC with a portfolio that includes the likes of Flexport, RigUp, Ro, Glossier, Clearbit, PillPa...
LP Perspectives
20VC: INSIDE THE MIND OF A LEADING LP: HOW LPS EVALUATE NEW FUND MANAGERS ON EVERYTHING FROM FIRST MEETING TO PORTFOLIO CONSTRUCTION TO FEES AND CARRY WITH LISA EDGAR, MANAGING DIRECTOR @ TOP TIER CAPITAL PARTNERS
Lisa Edgar is a Managing Director @ Top Tier Capital Partners, one of the leading venture fund of funds over the last decade. Included in their stellar fund portfolio is the likes of Index, Initiali...
Market Trends
20VC: WORKLIFE VENTURES’ BRIANNE KIMMEL ON WHY MORE OPERATORS SHOULD START THEIR OWN FUND, HOW TO STRUCTURE YOUR ROUND FOR THE HIGHEST SIGNAL ROUND & WHAT THE MULTI-STAGE FUNDS PLAYING AT SEED MEANS FOR THE REST OF THE ASSET CLASS
Brianne Kimmel is the Founder and Managing Partner @ Work Life Ventures, a very new firm focused on the future of work backed by some of the best in the valley including Marc Andreesen, Chris Dixon,...
Investment Strategy
20VC: HAYSTACK’S SEMIL SHAH ON HOW FUND STRATEGY CHANGES WITH FUND SCALING & WHY THE HARDEST CHALLENGE IS PRICE DISCIPLINE
Semil Shah is the Founder & General Partner @ Haystack, one of the valley’s leading seed funds of the last 5 years with a portfolio including the likes of Instacart, DoorDash, Carta, OpenDoor,...
Market Trends
20VC: BENCHMARK’S BILL GURLEY ON 5 TRAITS BENCHMARK LOOK FOR WHEN ADDING TO THE PARTNERSHIP, WHY THE ABUNDANCE OF CAPITAL IS TODAY’S BIGGEST CHALLENGE IN VC
Bill Gurley is a General Partner @ Benchmark Capital, one of the most successful funds of the last decade with a portfolio including the likes of Uber, Twitter, Dropbox, WeWork, Snapchat, StitchFix,...
Market Trends
20VC: WHY HISTORICAL LOSS RATIOS ARE SIMPLY TOO HIGH, JONATHAN HSU, CO-FOUNDER AND GENERAL PARTNER @ TRIBE CAPITAL
Jonathan Hsu is Co-Founder & General Partner @ Tribe Capital, one of Silicon Valley’s newest funds on the block being founded by Jonathan, Arjun Sethi and Ted Maidenberg. To date, Tribe has in...
Market Trends
20VC: WHY PORTFOLIO CONSTRUCTION IS INEFFICIENT, WHY THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS IN VENTURE IS PRICING & THE FUTURE OF VENTURE
Zach Coelius is Managing Partner @ Coelius Capital and in his own words, “a pretty eclectic investor who loves to see just about any deal”. To date, Zach has made investments in the likes of mPa...
LP Perspectives
20VC: The Framework LPs Use To Assess Emerging Managers & The Current State of Seed Today
20VC: The Framework LPs Use To Assess Emerging Managers, What Concerns and Excites LPs in Potential Opportunities & The Current State of Seed Today with Hunter Somerville, Partner @ Greenspring As...
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