E3: Venture Fund Size Growth, the Rise of Unicorns, and more with Elizabeth Yin and Zach Coelius

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Liquidity

Jason Calacanis

22 episodes

4 days ago

A podcast & yearly conference for LPs and GPs. Hosted by Jason Calacanis (fka The Angel Podcast & Angel Summit).

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A podcast & yearly conference for LPs and GPs. Hosted by Jason Calacanis (fka The Angel Podcast & Angel Summit).

Investing

Business

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E3: Venture Fund Size Growth, the Rise of Unicorns, and more with Elizabeth Yin and Zach Coelius

Liquidity

1 hour 10 minutes 55 seconds

1 year ago

E3: Venture Fund Size Growth, the Rise of Unicorns, and more with Elizabeth Yin and Zach Coelius

Today’s show: David Weisburd hosts Elizabeth Yin, Zach Coelius, and Jason Calacanis to discuss trends in venture capital, including the growth of fund sizes, the resurgence of the Bay Area, the decrease in capital efficiency, the rise in unicorn companies but lack of liquidity, and top recent investments!

Timestamps:

(0:00) David Weisburd hosts Elizabeth Yin, Zach Coelius, and Jason Calacanis to dive into the state of venture funds (2:32) Venture funds are growing in size despite the slow market (9:11) Exploring the performance: smaller funds vs. larger funds (25:44) Hustle Fund’s quantitative approach to evaluating startups (30:18) Is the Bay Area officially back? (40:24) Number of unicorns has increased but liquidity has decreased (46:25) The decline in capital efficiency over the past decade (52:40) Rapid-fire segment on top recent investments

LINKS:

⁠https://www.wsj.com/articles/pro-take-why-venture-fund-sizes-rose-despite-the-slow-market-fd4c4677⁠

⁠https://www.cowboy.vc/news/welcome-back-to-the-unicorn-club-10-years-later⁠

Follow Elizabeth

X: ⁠https://twitter.com/dunkhippo33⁠

LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabethyin/⁠

Check out: ⁠https://hustlefund.vc⁠

Check out: ⁠https://letsgo.hustlefund.vc/raise-millions⁠

Check out: ⁠Bruinhealth.com⁠

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Follow Zach

X: ⁠https://twitter.com/zachcoelius⁠