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Julien Bek
Sequoia's Julien Bek takes 20VC inside the firm's investment committee: how the SpaceX and Citadel deals actually went down, how memos are argued, and what kills deals at partnership.
DiligencePartner meetingSeries B+
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Mark Goldberg
Chemistry's Mark Goldberg (ex-Index) on why decision-making is broken inside large VC firms: politics, consensus damage, and what that means for founders pitching them.
Partner meetingFundraising psychologySeries A
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Immad Akhund
Mercury CEO Immad Akhund on launching a $26M fund, what he learned angel investing in 350+ startups, and what founder behaviors predict successful raises.
Fundraising strategyInvestor researchStage-agnostic
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panel of VCs
20VC roundtable arguing why the venture market today is structurally worse than the 2021 peak: pricing, AI concentration, and exit math — and what founders should do about it.
Fundraising strategyValuation & dilutionStage-agnostic
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David Clark
VenCap's David Clark shares 32 years of fund-of-funds data: how few companies drive all venture returns, and what that power law means for how VCs must behave with founders.
Fundraising strategyDiligenceStage-agnostic
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Sheel Mohnot
Sheel Mohnot tells the story of raising his first VC fund — the LP rejections, weird meetings, and scrappy tactics — a mirror image of founder fundraising.
Fundraising strategyCold outreachStage-agnostic
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Rob Go
NextView's Rob Go gives the ultimate guide to raising a venture fund: LP targeting, momentum, first closes — directly analogous to a startup round and full of transferable tactics.
Fundraising strategyTarget listStage-agnostic
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Harry Stebbings
Harry Stebbings interviewed about his own raises: building 20VC's funds from a bedroom podcast, being underestimated, and what pitching LPs taught him about pitching generally.
Fundraising strategyFundraising psychologyStage-agnostic
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Harry Stebbings
Long-form biography interview with Harry Stebbings on raising $800M in funds starting at 18: LP rejections, the grind, and specific fund-raise mechanics.
Fundraising strategyCold outreachStage-agnostic