The Twenty Minute VCLogan Bartlett: WTF is Happening at Growth Stage Investing? | 20VC #920
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EPISODE INFO
- Released
- August 30, 2022
- Duration
- 59m
- Channel
- The Twenty Minute VC
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION
Logan Bartlett is a Managing Director @ Redpoint, a firm with a portfolio including the likes of Stripe, Nubank, Twilio, Netflix, Snowflake and many more incredible names. As for Logan, at Redpoint he has led investments in the likes of Ramp, Monte Carlo, Cribl, Crossbeam and Acuity MD to name a few. Before joining Redpoint, Logan spent over 5 years with the team at Battery where he made investments in Pendo, Amplitude, Dataiku, Braze and Kustomer. -------------------------------------------------------- Timestamps: 0:00 Logan’s background 2:45 Takeaways from working at Battery Capital 4:20 Is is true that now is the best time to be investing? 6:40 Are prices recalibrating? 9:00 Should founders be raising money right now? 11:51 Is now the time to be aggressive in concentrating capital? 15:44 VCs have gotten lazy 18:00 Where is Redpoint being challenged today? 21:15 Branding: Personal vs. Company 23:40 Should VCs be marking down their books today? 27:28 Did you lose price sensitivity after 2021? 29:45 Why do Outcome Scenario Planning? 33:25 Do you have an ownership requirement? 34:48 Logan's Biggest Miss 37:18 Have you ever lost faith in a founder? 42:10 How many boards are you on? 43:13 What is the single best board you’re on? 46:08 Logan’s favourite book 46:38 What is going to happen to crypto? 47:20 Why do B2B marketers suck? 48:48 Why you shouldn’t pay for PR firms 50:51 Hardest element of Logan’s role at Redpoint 51:48 Most impressive crossover fund 52:57 Which crossover fund is most in trouble? 54:18 Most underrated angel investor 55:59 Have you ever had a company go bust? 57:34 Logan’s most recent publicly announced investment? -------------------------------------------------------- In Today’s Episode with Logan Bartlett We Discuss: 1.) Entry into Venture: How Logan made his way into the world of venture joining Battery Ventures? What are 1-2 of Logan’s biggest takeaways from his time with Battery? What does Logan know now that he wishes he had known when he started in venture? 2.) The Venture Landscape Today: Is now really the best time to be investing? How does Logan compare today to prior vintages? How does this differ when comparing consumer to B2B? How does Logan analyze the state of the growth market? Is anyone really doing deals today? If so, what is the discount on price vs last year? How do the public markets impact the later-stage financings which have disappeared in the last 3 months? How do the later stage financings impact the early stage? Does Logan agree that “venture has never been less collaborative as it is today”? 3.) The Role of the Venture Investor: Why does Logan believe that VCs have gotten lazy over the last 2 years? Does Logan believe we will see even more GPs at the top retire in the downturn? How does Logan analyze his role as a board member today? How has his style changed over time? What is the single best board Logan is on? Why that one? Who is the best board member Logan works with? What makes this board member so good? How does Logan assess the importance of personal brand in venture today? Why does Logan believe no company should hire PR firms from the early days? 4.) Investing Style and Lessons: What has been Logan’s single biggest hit as an investor? How did seeing that impact his mindset? What has been Logan’s biggest miss? How did not doing the investment change how he thinks about making new investments today? How does Logan assess his own relationship to price? How has it changed over time? As a growth investor today, how important is ownership? How does this change with stage? -------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe to the Podcast: https://www.thetwentyminutevc.com/logan-bartlett/ Follow Harry Stebbings on Twitter: https://twitter.com/HarryStebbings Follow Logan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/loganbartlett -------------------------------------------------------- #LoganBartlett #Redpoint #HarryStebbings #20vc #venturecapital #angelinvestor
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Harry Stebbings
hostLogan Bartlett
guest
EPISODE SUMMARY
In this episode of The Twenty Minute VC, featuring Harry Stebbings and Logan Bartlett, Logan Bartlett: WTF is Happening at Growth Stage Investing? | 20VC #920 explores logan Bartlett Dissects Growth-Stage Venture, Valuations, and Boardcraft Realities Logan Bartlett, a growth-stage partner at Redpoint, reflects on his path into venture capital, lessons from Battery, and how those experiences shaped his investment discipline. He argues that today is a very attractive time to invest at growth stage due to rationalized pricing and strong tech tailwinds, while acknowledging ongoing distortions at seed and Series B–D. The conversation dives into portfolio construction, doubling down on winners, competitive dynamics among multi-stage and crossover funds, and the tension between partner-led vs firm-led brands. Bartlett also unpacks how good boards actually work, the ethics and mechanics of replacing founders, marking down portfolios, and why PR, marketing, and relationship-building must be core competencies for serious companies.
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