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David Frankel

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The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Investing Lessons from FC Seeding Uber, Airtable and Coupang | Why Pro Rata is the Original Sin in VC | Why Liquidity Has Died in 2024 | Why LPs are Pissed with VCs | The Hard Truth About Seed Fund Economics with David Frankel @ Founder Collective

There was an enormous fraud in the company. The CFO committed suicide. The CEO is still in jail. I mean, like huge story, right? Like they were literally fraudulently putting KPMG on fraudulent financials. I remember that moment when Micah said to me, Lou's going to take you under his wing. I'd been paid out a couple of million dollars.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Investing Lessons from FC Seeding Uber, Airtable and Coupang | Why Pro Rata is the Original Sin in VC | Why Liquidity Has Died in 2024 | Why LPs are Pissed with VCs | The Hard Truth About Seed Fund Economics with David Frankel @ Founder Collective

There was an enormous fraud in the company. The CFO committed suicide. The CEO is still in jail. I mean, like huge story, right? Like they were literally fraudulently putting KPMG on fraudulent financials. I remember that moment when Micah said to me, Lou's going to take you under his wing. I'd been paid out a couple of million dollars.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Investing Lessons from FC Seeding Uber, Airtable and Coupang | Why Pro Rata is the Original Sin in VC | Why Liquidity Has Died in 2024 | Why LPs are Pissed with VCs | The Hard Truth About Seed Fund Economics with David Frankel @ Founder Collective

The first thing Lou said to me is, you're going to give back every last cent. You're going to be the first person who gives back all the money and all the other investors are going to hate you for it. But that's the first thing you're going to do. So I had taken secondary. It was four XR investment on the secondary, gave every cent back. But here's the thing.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Investing Lessons from FC Seeding Uber, Airtable and Coupang | Why Pro Rata is the Original Sin in VC | Why Liquidity Has Died in 2024 | Why LPs are Pissed with VCs | The Hard Truth About Seed Fund Economics with David Frankel @ Founder Collective

The first thing Lou said to me is, you're going to give back every last cent. You're going to be the first person who gives back all the money and all the other investors are going to hate you for it. But that's the first thing you're going to do. So I had taken secondary. It was four XR investment on the secondary, gave every cent back. But here's the thing.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Investing Lessons from FC Seeding Uber, Airtable and Coupang | Why Pro Rata is the Original Sin in VC | Why Liquidity Has Died in 2024 | Why LPs are Pissed with VCs | The Hard Truth About Seed Fund Economics with David Frankel @ Founder Collective

The first thing Lou said to me is, you're going to give back every last cent. You're going to be the first person who gives back all the money and all the other investors are going to hate you for it. But that's the first thing you're going to do. So I had taken secondary. It was four XR investment on the secondary, gave every cent back. But here's the thing.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Investing Lessons from FC Seeding Uber, Airtable and Coupang | Why Pro Rata is the Original Sin in VC | Why Liquidity Has Died in 2024 | Why LPs are Pissed with VCs | The Hard Truth About Seed Fund Economics with David Frankel @ Founder Collective

The degree to which I felt taken care of by this guy who was an expert, I think sometimes... And I think he felt great that here was this helpless capitalist hit by a freight train in terms of this bankruptcy. If we can do that once in a while, the joy of that, right? Sometimes... This is about financial returns, and it sounds like completely ridiculous to say it's not.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Investing Lessons from FC Seeding Uber, Airtable and Coupang | Why Pro Rata is the Original Sin in VC | Why Liquidity Has Died in 2024 | Why LPs are Pissed with VCs | The Hard Truth About Seed Fund Economics with David Frankel @ Founder Collective

The degree to which I felt taken care of by this guy who was an expert, I think sometimes... And I think he felt great that here was this helpless capitalist hit by a freight train in terms of this bankruptcy. If we can do that once in a while, the joy of that, right? Sometimes... This is about financial returns, and it sounds like completely ridiculous to say it's not.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Investing Lessons from FC Seeding Uber, Airtable and Coupang | Why Pro Rata is the Original Sin in VC | Why Liquidity Has Died in 2024 | Why LPs are Pissed with VCs | The Hard Truth About Seed Fund Economics with David Frankel @ Founder Collective

The degree to which I felt taken care of by this guy who was an expert, I think sometimes... And I think he felt great that here was this helpless capitalist hit by a freight train in terms of this bankruptcy. If we can do that once in a while, the joy of that, right? Sometimes... This is about financial returns, and it sounds like completely ridiculous to say it's not.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Investing Lessons from FC Seeding Uber, Airtable and Coupang | Why Pro Rata is the Original Sin in VC | Why Liquidity Has Died in 2024 | Why LPs are Pissed with VCs | The Hard Truth About Seed Fund Economics with David Frankel @ Founder Collective

But sometimes the gift of that, right, and the chemistry that that unlocks, you know, we'll do every company together after that.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Investing Lessons from FC Seeding Uber, Airtable and Coupang | Why Pro Rata is the Original Sin in VC | Why Liquidity Has Died in 2024 | Why LPs are Pissed with VCs | The Hard Truth About Seed Fund Economics with David Frankel @ Founder Collective

But sometimes the gift of that, right, and the chemistry that that unlocks, you know, we'll do every company together after that.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Investing Lessons from FC Seeding Uber, Airtable and Coupang | Why Pro Rata is the Original Sin in VC | Why Liquidity Has Died in 2024 | Why LPs are Pissed with VCs | The Hard Truth About Seed Fund Economics with David Frankel @ Founder Collective

But sometimes the gift of that, right, and the chemistry that that unlocks, you know, we'll do every company together after that.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Investing Lessons from FC Seeding Uber, Airtable and Coupang | Why Pro Rata is the Original Sin in VC | Why Liquidity Has Died in 2024 | Why LPs are Pissed with VCs | The Hard Truth About Seed Fund Economics with David Frankel @ Founder Collective

I think they could come out. Harry, I think the era gave rise to that, unfortunately.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Investing Lessons from FC Seeding Uber, Airtable and Coupang | Why Pro Rata is the Original Sin in VC | Why Liquidity Has Died in 2024 | Why LPs are Pissed with VCs | The Hard Truth About Seed Fund Economics with David Frankel @ Founder Collective

I think they could come out. Harry, I think the era gave rise to that, unfortunately.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Investing Lessons from FC Seeding Uber, Airtable and Coupang | Why Pro Rata is the Original Sin in VC | Why Liquidity Has Died in 2024 | Why LPs are Pissed with VCs | The Hard Truth About Seed Fund Economics with David Frankel @ Founder Collective

I think they could come out. Harry, I think the era gave rise to that, unfortunately.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Investing Lessons from FC Seeding Uber, Airtable and Coupang | Why Pro Rata is the Original Sin in VC | Why Liquidity Has Died in 2024 | Why LPs are Pissed with VCs | The Hard Truth About Seed Fund Economics with David Frankel @ Founder Collective

I was thinking about this. I actually just wrote down matchmaker here. Like the small fund versus the big fund. And the concept of like the big fund, the lifetime investor fund really has no incentive to matchmake for you. They have this incentive.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Investing Lessons from FC Seeding Uber, Airtable and Coupang | Why Pro Rata is the Original Sin in VC | Why Liquidity Has Died in 2024 | Why LPs are Pissed with VCs | The Hard Truth About Seed Fund Economics with David Frankel @ Founder Collective

I was thinking about this. I actually just wrote down matchmaker here. Like the small fund versus the big fund. And the concept of like the big fund, the lifetime investor fund really has no incentive to matchmake for you. They have this incentive.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Investing Lessons from FC Seeding Uber, Airtable and Coupang | Why Pro Rata is the Original Sin in VC | Why Liquidity Has Died in 2024 | Why LPs are Pissed with VCs | The Hard Truth About Seed Fund Economics with David Frankel @ Founder Collective

I was thinking about this. I actually just wrote down matchmaker here. Like the small fund versus the big fund. And the concept of like the big fund, the lifetime investor fund really has no incentive to matchmake for you. They have this incentive.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Investing Lessons from FC Seeding Uber, Airtable and Coupang | Why Pro Rata is the Original Sin in VC | Why Liquidity Has Died in 2024 | Why LPs are Pissed with VCs | The Hard Truth About Seed Fund Economics with David Frankel @ Founder Collective

Okay. So when you're a small fund and you're not going to invest round after round, right? Like whole MO is make introductions all day long. If you think of like a lot of what I'm doing is making introductions to other funds. I'm like a glorified matchmaker.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Investing Lessons from FC Seeding Uber, Airtable and Coupang | Why Pro Rata is the Original Sin in VC | Why Liquidity Has Died in 2024 | Why LPs are Pissed with VCs | The Hard Truth About Seed Fund Economics with David Frankel @ Founder Collective

Okay. So when you're a small fund and you're not going to invest round after round, right? Like whole MO is make introductions all day long. If you think of like a lot of what I'm doing is making introductions to other funds. I'm like a glorified matchmaker.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Investing Lessons from FC Seeding Uber, Airtable and Coupang | Why Pro Rata is the Original Sin in VC | Why Liquidity Has Died in 2024 | Why LPs are Pissed with VCs | The Hard Truth About Seed Fund Economics with David Frankel @ Founder Collective

Okay. So when you're a small fund and you're not going to invest round after round, right? Like whole MO is make introductions all day long. If you think of like a lot of what I'm doing is making introductions to other funds. I'm like a glorified matchmaker.