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The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch

Harry Stebbings · Business · EN

This podcast features interviews with prominent venture capitalists and successful startup founders, discussing venture capital, startup funding, and the pitch process. It offers insights into the strategies and experiences of leaders in the tech and investment world.

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Notable Guests

JL
Jason Lemkin 4x
CP
Chad Peets 3x
BC
Beezer Clarkson 3x
ES
Ed Sim 2x
CL
Christian Lanng 2x
DM
Dennis Mortensen 2x
BW
Boris Wertz 2x
AC
Ariel Cohen 2x
AF
Andrew Feldman 2x
Bill Gates
Bill Gates 2x
CR
Carles Reina 2x
BE
Barry Eggers 2x
DF
David Frankel 2x
DT
David Tisch 2x
BW
Brendan Wallace 2x

Recent Episodes

20VC: Lessons from Jensen Huang on "Founder Mode" | How to Know if OpenAI or Anthropic Will Kill your Company | How USV Liking Music Made Them $1BN on an Investment | The Five Year Desert to Product Market Fit & a $5.3BN Valuation with Shiv Rao @ Abridge
May 16, 2026 · 01:04:37
Shiv Rao @ Abridge
01:04:37
20VC: Anthropic Buys Compute From Elon & Commits $200BN to Google | Cerebras IPO: The Breakdown | Ramp's $40BN Latest Valuation | Hubspot Tanks, Monday Rockets: WTF is Happening in Public Markets
May 14, 2026 · 01:18:25
✨ Anthropic halts secondary sales, requires board approval for transfers.
01:18:25
20VC: Inside Legora: $100M ARR in 18 Months | Jude Law Generated $50M in Sales Pipeline: The Economics Broken Down | Competing Against Harvey, the 800 Pound Gorilla | Why Legora is Undervalued at $5.5BN with Patrick Forquer, CRO @ Legora
May 11, 2026 · 01:14:17
✨ Legora achieved $100M ARR in 18 months, with Jude Law generating $50M pipeline.
Patrick Forquer
01:14:17
20VC: What I Learned from 100 of the Best CEOs in the World | What I Learned from Staying with Mr Beast for 3 Weeks | How We Will Spend More on Tokens than Salaries with Cliff Weitzman, Speechify
May 9, 2026 · 01:44:39
✨ Cliff Weitzman, Speechify CEO, shares insights from 100 top CEOs.
Cliff Weitzman
01:44:39
20VC: Mag7 Earnings: Google & Amazon Win - Meta and Microsoft Falter | Anthropic's $50BN Raise & What it Means for a Potential IPO | Atlassian, Twilio and Five9 Beat: The SaaS Apocalypse Over? | Sierra's $15B Valuation: Peak or Potential
May 7, 2026 · 01:31:10
✨ Mag Seven earnings: Google and Amazon shine, Meta and Microsoft struggle.
Anthropic's $50BN Raise
01:31:10
20VC: Shopify's Tobi Lütke on How AI is a Scapegoat for Mass Layoffs & What Will Labour Markets Be in the Future | Why We Need More Scrutiny on Charitable Giving, Governments are Bad at What They Do and Trump Derangement Syndrome in Canada
May 4, 2026 · 01:13:49
✨ Tobi Lütke discusses AI as a scapegoat for layoffs and the future of labor markets.
Tobi Lutke
01:13:49
20VC: Inside Clay's Sales Playbook Scaling to $100M ARR | How to Set Sales Comp Plans | How to Read Sales Talent Linkedin Profiles | What Profiles to Hire & Fire | How to Increase Performance and Speed in Sales Teams with Becca Lindquist
May 2, 2026 · 01:13:20
✨ Becca Lindquist shares Clay's playbook for scaling sales to $100M ARR.
Becca Lindquist
01:13:20
20VC: Anthropic Raises $45BN but Falls Short on Compute | OpenAI Crushes with GPT5.5 and Codex: Back in the Game? | China Blocks Manus $2BN Deal to Meta | Thoma Bravo Hand Back Medallia Keys to Creditors | Why Google is a Bigger Buy Than Ever Before
Apr 30, 2026 · 01:25:50
✨ Anthropic secures $45B from Google/Amazon, but compute remains a bottleneck.
01:25:50
20VC: Applovin: $160BN Market Cap, $5.48BN Revenue, $10M EBITDA Per Head | Why the Best Do Not Need Mentorship | Why Founders Should Not Angel Invest | Why Kindness in Business Will Slow You Down with Adam Foroughi
Apr 27, 2026 · 01:20:46
✨ Adam Foroughi discusses Applovin's $160BN market cap and high EBITDA per head.
Adam Foroughi
01:20:46
20Product: Replit CEO on Why Coding Models Are Plateauing | Why the SaaS Apocalypse is Justified: Will Incumbents Be Replaced? | Why IDEs Are Dead and Do PMs Survive the Next 3-5 Years with Amjad Masad
Apr 25, 2026 · 46:51
✨ Amjad Masad discusses Replit's rapid growth and $9B valuation.
Amjad Masad
46:51
20VC: Cursor Acquired for $60BN by xAI | Anthropic Hits $1TRN in Secondary Markets | Did Anthropic Just Kill Figma, Adobe and Canva | Rippling Hits $1BN in ARR | Salesforce Goes Headless: Smart or Stupid | Cerebras IPO 2.0
Apr 23, 2026 · 01:40:59
✨ Cursor acquired by xAI for $60B, a massive deal impacting AI and developer tools.
01:40:59
20VC: Everyone is Wrong; We Will Have More Developers in Five Years | Why Frontier Labs Will Be Way More Valuable Than They Are Today | Are SaaS Companies Cooked: Which Thrive & Which Die with Aaron Levie, Founder at Box
Apr 20, 2026 · 53:54
✨ Aaron Levie believes AI will create more developer jobs, not fewer.
Aaron Levie
53:54
20VC: Jake Paul on Why Traditional VC is Toast and Attention is More Valuable Than Cash | Politics: Will Jake Paul Actually Run for President? | Inside the Payday of Fighting Anthony Joshua and Mike Tyson | with Geoffrey Wu, Co-Founder at Anti-Fund
Apr 18, 2026 · 01:00:26
✨ Jake Paul believes traditional VC is outdated, valuing attention over cash for creators.
Geoffrey Wu
01:00:26
20VC: Anthropic Unveils Mythos | SpaceX's Financials Leaked: Is it Worth $2TRN | Meta Debuts Muse Spark: Are They Back in the AI Race | Jason's Critique of Dario Amodei & How OpenAI Could Win the Enterprise Game
Apr 16, 2026 · 01:26:20
✨ Anthropic's Mythos model is too good at hacking to release, raising cybersecurity concerns.
01:26:20
20VC: Anj Midha on Investing $300M into Anthropic | The Early Days of Anthropic & How 21 of 22 VCs Turned it Down | The Four Bottlenecks to Compute | What the China Has Smashed and Why We Should Be Worried
Apr 14, 2026 · 01:08:49
✨ Anj Midha invested $300M into Anthropic, facing initial VC skepticism.
Anj Midha
01:08:49
20Sales: ElevenLabs: Why We Set a 20x Sales Quota | How to Structure Sales Compensation Plans | Customer Success: 'Total BS' or Growth Engine? | Building an AI Sales Machine: What Tools & Tactics Must CROs Adopt Today with Carles Reina
Apr 11, 2026 · 01:24:45
✨ ElevenLabs VP Carles Reina discusses AI's impact on sales roles and teams.
Carles Reina
01:24:45
20VC: Anthropic Surpasses OpenAI Revenue | OpenAI Acquisition of TBPN: Analysed | OpenAI Management Team Reboot | YC Kicks Delve Out | Mercor Hack and Why Now is the Time for Cyber | Supabase Raising at $10BN & Doug Leone Returns to Sequoia
Apr 9, 2026 · 01:27:16
✨ Anthropic's revenue growth challenges OpenAI's dominance in the AI race.
01:27:16
20VC: DeepMind's Demis Hassabis on Why AGI is Bigger than the Industrial Revolution | Why LLMs Will Not Commoditise & We Have Not Hit Scaling Laws | Bottlenecks in AI & The Energy Crisis Caused By AI | Whether AI Will Do More to Harm or Help Inequality
Apr 7, 2026 · 35:49
✨ Demis Hassabis discusses AGI's potential impact, comparing it to the Industrial Revolution.
Demis Hassabis
35:49
20VC: Hims & Hers: $4.3BN Market Cap on $2.3BN of Revenue: The Comeback | Why Being Public is 10x Better | The Death of the "Strategy" Hire | Why Performance Marketing is Worse than Brand Marketing with Andrew Dudum
Apr 4, 2026 · 59:18
✨ Hims & Hers valuation is $4.3BN on $2.3BN revenue, despite a recent 66% stock drop.
Andrew Dudum
59:18
20VC: Anthropic's $6BN Revenue Month | OpenAI Kills Sora & Hits $100M ARR on Ads | Oura Going Public & Whoop Raises at $10BN | Manus Founders Trapped in China & The Billionaire Tax: Anyone Left in California?
Apr 2, 2026 · 01:09:36
✨ Anthropic achieved $6 billion in revenue in February, fueled by the "Claude Mythos" leak.
01:09:36

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