The Twenty Minute VCBVP Partner, Byron Deeter: The Future of Venture - Why Chanel vs Walmart is BS
Episode Details
EPISODE INFO
- Released
- August 25, 2025
- Duration
- 1h 23m
- Channel
- The Twenty Minute VC
- Watch on YouTube
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION
Byron Deeter is a Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners, and one of the most renowned SaaS investors. Byron has led 19 unicorn investments, including IPO successes like ServiceTitan, Procore, Twilio, Box, Gainsight, Intercom, DocuSign, SendGrid. His portfolio includes eight companies that have gone public. Insane. ---------------------------------------------- In Today's Episode We Discuss: 00:00 Intro 01:18 Why are the stakes in AI higher than ever before? 02:24 Is defensibility in AI gone for good? 08:09 Investing Outside of Top 10 deals 09:43 Is vertical SaaS dead? 15:05 Will AI Reallocate Human Labor Costs? 23:39 Is treble-treble-double-double now too slow for AI companies? 29:16 From Incremental to Exponential: AI’s Scaling Curve 39:17 From Private Valuations to Public Markets 49:57 Reflection on Byron’s Mistakes 58:20 Is venture now just a game of scale? 01:09:57 Can PE Turn the Tide in Tough Markets? 01:13:43 Quick-Fire Round ----------------------------------------------- Subscribe on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3j2KMcZ... Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Follow Harry Stebbings on X: / harrystebbings Follow Byron Deeter on X: / bdeeter Follow 20VC on Instagram: / 20vchq Follow 20VC on TikTok: / 20vc_tok Visit our Website: https://www.20vc.com Subscribe to our Newsletter: https://www.thetwentyminutevc.com/con... ----------------------------------------------- #20vc #harrystebbings #byrondeeter #bessemer #partner #vc #ai #figma #perplexity #ipo #saas
SPEAKERS
Byron Deeter
guestHarry Stebbings
host
EPISODE SUMMARY
In this episode of The Twenty Minute VC, featuring Byron Deeter and Harry Stebbings, BVP Partner, Byron Deeter: The Future of Venture - Why Chanel vs Walmart is BS explores byron Deeter on AI Supercycles, Venture Scale, and Trillion-Dollar Bets Byron Deeter argues that the AI wave has effectively “added a zero” to venture outcomes, creating a realistic path to multiple trillion‑dollar companies and radically compressing the timeline from zero to $100M+ in revenue.
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