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Dan Romero
@dwr.eth
I don't know Harry, but skeptical that jumping from $8M fund in 2020 to $400M is going to work, especially if he's based in London. Hard enough not being in SV trying to compete with Bay Area based investors. Venture firms like Founder's Fund and CRV are giving LPs back money because of a lack of well-priced opportunities. Hard to believe he's going to be able to deploy the requisite sized checks ($10M+) into outlier companies to return the fund 2-3x. The steelman is his media channels gets 50 million views a month and he can sneak in as a co-lead for a great company that wants distribution? All that said, he's sort of willed himself into existence through sheer force of personality and a podcast, so maybe that translates to investing. https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/15/20vc-closes-new-400m-fund-to-make-europe-great-again-says-harry-stebbings/
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Zach
@zd
Has he released anything about his strategy? The TC article says $125m is earmarked for Seed (which is smaller than his current $140m fund) and $275m for Series As - which makes it feel a bit less weird to me My issue with this fund size is that I don’t think there are that many outlier companies coming out of Europe to justify it... I think your point about sneaking into rounds holds truth, but I've never heard anyone say "I want Harry to (co)lead my round"
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Dan Romero
@dwr.eth
idk, I'm just bearish on big funds unless you're top 5 to 10. Companies are getting more capital efficient.
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Zach
@zd
Agree
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