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Current State of the Venture Market
A discussion on the trends and challenges in the venture market, including decreasing fund sizes, longer fundraising timelines, and the impact on emerging managers and solo GPs.
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Todays show:
David Weisburd hosts Mark Suster, Samir Kaji, and Jason Calacanis to discuss the 2024 venture market (1:24), VCs selling secondaries (23:04), IPOS in 2024 (45:56), and much more!
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Timestamps:
(0:00) David Weisburd hosts Mark Suster, Samir Kaji,, and Jason Calacanis
(1:24) Thoughts on IVP raising $1.3 Billion for their 18th fund and different angles on the current fundraising market
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(15:53) Mark's strategy today for DPI (Distributed to Paid-In Capital)
(23:04) VCs selling secondaries and best practices when disclosing selling after hitting targets
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(29:21) Thoughts on strip sales, continuation funds, and exotic secondary vehicles. When should GPs pursue that strategy?
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(45:56) F-Prime's 2024 State of Fintech Report, the IPO market in 2024, and early stage fintech
(54:47) Kleiner Perkins and how a firm reboots
(1:03:01) The apprenticeship model in Venture Capital, and mistakes GPs make when interacting with LPs
(1:17:44) Rapid-fire segment on top recent investments
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Mentioned on the show:
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/ivps-new-fund-shows-growth-investors-are-ready-to-get-off-sidelineshttps://techcrunch.com/2024/02/03/mamoon-hamid-and-ilya-fushman-of-kleiner-perkins-more-than-80-of-pitches-now-involve-ai/
https://fprimecapital.com/blog/the-2024-state-of-fintech-report
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