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

20VC: The AI Boom Will Create Enormous Roadkill: Who Wins & Loses | Why Founders Should Never Take Multi-Stage Money at Seed | Why Triple, Triple, Double, Double is Good Enough

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

Published
August 8, 2026
Duration
1h 25m
Summary source
description
Last updated
Aug 10, 2026

Discusses ai, investing.

Summary

David Frankel is one of the great seed investors of our time. As the Co-Founder of Founder Collective he has backed the likes of Uber, Coupang, Suno, PillPack, Airtable, Whoop, Shield AI and many more. In a world of expanding fund sizes, David and Founder Collective are one of the only successful franchises to truly stick to small, boutique funds. AGENDA:…

Intelligent Report

Sign in to read teasers, or upgrade to Research Pro to commission intelligent report for this episode. Learn more →

Show notes

David Frankel is one of the great seed investors of our time. As the Co-Founder of Founder Collective he has backed the likes of Uber, Coupang, Suno, PillPack, Airtable, Whoop, Shield AI and many more. In a world of expanding fund sizes, David and Founder Collective are one of the only successful franchises to truly stick to small, boutique funds. AGENDA: 00:00 The Bubbles Are Getting Bigger—and There Will Be a Lot of Roadkill 05:21 The Worst-Performing Funds Will Be the $50M–$100M Seed Funds 25

Themes

  • ai
  • investing