The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: You Need $1BN To Do Seed Today: The Untold Truths of Venture | Who Wins and Who Loses in the Next Decade of VC | Why Margin and Price Matter Less in a World of AI with Sameer Dholakia, Bessemer
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC) interviews the world's greatest venture capitalists with prior guests including Sequoia's Doug Leone and Benchmark's Bill Gurley. Once per week, 20VC Host, Harry Stebbings is also joined by one of the great founders of our time with prior founder episodes from Spotify's Daniel Ek, Linkedin's Reid Hoffman, and Snowflake's Frank Slootman.
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Sameer Dholakia is a Partner @ Bessemer, the first that has just raised $5.75BN across a $1.75BN seed fund and $4BN growth fund. Sameer has led investments into the likes of Anthropic, Fireworks and Legora to name a few. Prior to venture, Sameer was the CEO of SendGrid, taking it from $30M in ARR to over $200M.
AGENDA:
Why This Is a Supercycle Like Never Before
Why We Backed Anthropic to Compete With the Hyperscalers
Why Anthropic Was One of Bessemer's Most Contentious Deals
Why Open Models Don't Destroy the Market for Closed Models
Does Price Matter in AI—and Which Metric Really Determines Value?
How Much Should Consumer Businesses Be Discounted for Their Revenue Quality?
Why Today's Gross Margins Matter Less Than You Think
Competition Hasn't Changed—but the Capital Behind It Has
Why Capital Is a Moat Today
Is "Triple, Triple, Double, Double" Dead?
Can You Still Succeed With a Small Seed Fund?
Who Wins and Who Loses in the Future of Venture Capital?
Why Founders Shouldn't Hate Being an "Option Bet"
Why Signalling Risk Doesn't Worry Me
Why Companies Will Stay Private Longer—and Why the IPO Window Could Reopen by 2028
How Should Retail Investors Participate in Venture Capital?
How Fireworks Could Become a $250 Billion Business
Why Bessemer Is Confident It Can Deliver 5x Returns on $5.75 Billion
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