Vator held its annual Post Seed event on Thursday, and it couldn’t have gone better. Not only were the panelists, and all of our presenting companies great, but so were all of our audience members, who helped us to preserved the memory of the event on Twitter forever.
Here are some highlights from our attendees on Twitter:
Bambi Francisco (Founder & CEO, Vator), Paul Martino (Managing Partner, Bullpen Capital), Semil Shah (General Partner, Haystack)
Kicking #PostSeedConf off w/ @semil and team – interesting to hear the conversations coming out of the day around funding landscape pic.twitter.com/Vf3ROMuoin
— jeff slobotski (@slobotski) December 1, 2016
@bullpencap #postseedconf pic.twitter.com/iH8PA5ePoi
— anzatechnet (@anzatechnet) December 1, 2016
Session One – “Making Venture Great Again: The Post Seed Manifesto”: Duncan Davidson (Managing Director, Bullpen Capital)
“The current Seed to Big A model reduces options for founders.” – @duncandavi #postseedconf pic.twitter.com/IYKqi2nxhF
— Mary Keane (@marymkeane) December 1, 2016
#postseedconf less than 10% seed companies are graduating to series A. Scary. @Startupaus @techsydneyau pic.twitter.com/5XH0IHBF9I
— Jennifer Zanich (@jenz) December 1, 2016
#postseedconf @dscheinm invest in EQ 51% then look at the data
— anzatechnet (@anzatechnet) December 1, 2016
Session Two – “Winning at Cisco, Baseball, and Seed”: Dan Scheinman (Angel Investor, SF Giants), Paul Martino (Managing Partner, Bullpen Capital)
Talking @BusterPosey and venture with angel investor @dscheinm and @ahpah #postseedconf pic.twitter.com/hbDEydmvJS
— Mary Keane (@marymkeane) December 1, 2016
#postseedconf @dscheinm the silent killer in venture is founder drama
— anzatechnet (@anzatechnet) December 1, 2016
A long day of all good things. Really had fun at #postseedconf today! Great energy!
— Dan Scheinman (@dscheinm) December 2, 2016
Session Three – “Investing in Categories No One is Paying Attention To”: Moderator: Eric Eric Newcomer (Startup Reporter, Bloomberg); Panelists: Michael Ma (General Partner, Liquid 2 Ventures), Dave Peterson (Co-Founder & Partner, Play Bigger Advisors), Christine Herron (Director, Intel Capital), Chris Paik (Partner, Thrive Capital), Aeref Hilaly (Partner, Sequoia Capital)
“Every breakout companies have always been outlaws in some ways, forcing you to challenge your core beliefs” @aaref at #postseedconf pic.twitter.com/LXAiM7SeR4
— Antoine Nivard (@antoinenivard) December 1, 2016
#postseedconf @christine Intel Capital pro education category – who knew?
— anzatechnet (@anzatechnet) December 1, 2016
Session Four – “Disrupting the Venture Ecosystem”: Chamath Palihapitiya (Founder & CEO, Social Capital LP), Semil Shah (General Partner, Haystack)
‘Money is always a lagging indicator, and it’s a decision to make hard decisions’ –@chamath @semil @vatortv @bullpencap #postseedconf pic.twitter.com/q7etKWSBLi
— Shrina (@shrina_k) December 1, 2016
“The world needs [silicon valley] to do things that are hard, but too often we’re distracted by the easy and obvious” @chamath #postseedconf
— nschuett (@nschuett) December 1, 2016
#postseedconf @chamath “Silicon Valley’s head is so far up our ass that we don’t see what is happening with Trump”
— Duncan Davidson (@duncandavi) December 1, 2016
Session Five – “CEOs who Navigated the Post Seed Waters”: Moderator: Eric Wiesen (General Partner, Bullpen Capital); Panelists: Tony Vartanian (Founder & CEO, Jump Ramp Games), Stuart Landesberg (Founder & CEO, Grove Collaborative), Justin Potter (Founder & CEO, Cleanify), Dan Greenberg (Founder & CEO, Sharethrough), Aarthi Ramamurthy ( Founder, Lumoid)
“Investing in categories no one is paying attention to” with @EricNewcomer @MichaelandMa @daveptrs @christine @cpaik @aaref #postseedconf pic.twitter.com/MU3gsY0yGZ
— Vator (@vatortv) December 1, 2016
Funding rounds are not to grow, they are to grow faster. Keep your optionality. @PustinJotter #postseedconf #goodadvice
— Peter Conte (@peterconte) December 1, 2016
Session Six – “Getting to a Super-Sized A Round and Liquidity”: Moderator: Bambi Francisco (Founder & CEO, Vator); Panelists: Winter Mead (Vice President, Sapphire Ventures), Shruti Gandhi (Managing Partner, Array Ventures), Brenda Smith (President, CV Brokerage), Brian O’Malley (Partner, Accel Partners)
More from #postseedconf Getting to a Super-Sized A Round & Liquidity. @atShruti @wintermead @omal @bambi100 pic.twitter.com/d9JuA967FR
— Shuly Galili (@shulygalili) December 1, 2016
‘the goal of right-sized funding is so that a company can be disciplined…14 years of cash can ruin a company’ -> @omal #postseedconf
— Christine Herron (@christine) December 1, 2016
#postseedconf @omal our investee companies don’t succeed or fail based on
changes in Washington— anzatechnet (@anzatechnet) December 1, 2016
Session Seven – “Playing the Game as a Contrarian”: Aydin Senkut (Founder & Managing Director, Felicis Ventures), Rolfe Winkler (Technology Reporter, Wall Street Journal)
Always great to hear @asenkut Today on being a “contrarian investor” in conversation with @RolfeWinkler of @WSJ #postseedconf pic.twitter.com/ZdYKOJIpkg
— Shuly Galili (@shulygalili) December 1, 2016
Session Eight – “Post Seed/Small A is a Big Thing”: Moderator: Andre Gharakhanian (Founder & Partner, Silicon Legal Strategy); Panelists: Leo Polovets (Partner, Susa Ventures), Marc Michel (Managing Partner, Runway Venture Partners), Jim Andelman (Co-founder and Managing Partner, Rincon Venture Partners), Jed Katz (Managing Director, Javelin Venture Partners)
“Post Seed/Small A is a BIG Thing with @siliconlegal @lpolovets @marcmichelvc @jimandelman @JedKatz here at #postseedconf pic.twitter.com/WXz8LKGgSM
— Vator (@vatortv) December 1, 2016
Session Nine – “Magic Box Paradigm” – The unconventional view on M&A: Ezra Roizen (Founder, advsr), Andre Gharakhanian (Founder & Partner, Silicon Legal Strategy)
Fireside chat “Magic Box Paradigm” with @roizen here at #postseedconf @advisr pic.twitter.com/wFtiQMoJQf
— Vator (@vatortv) December 1, 2016
M&A must be open-ended conversation: what can co’s do together? Raising money, selling product very different approach @roizen #postseedconf
— Boris Wertz (@bwertz) December 1, 2016
#postseedconf Ezra Roizen @roizen M&A for startups, awesome advice. Start early, develop your strategic relationships @bullpencap
— Jennifer Zanich (@jenz) December 1, 2016
Session Ten – “From Seed to IPO”: Jeff Lawson (CEO, Twilio), Byron Deeter (Partner, Bessemer Venture Partners)
Twilio’s @jeffiel has a fascinating back story before founding @twilio. Catch the archive from #postseedconf @bdeeter @vatortv pic.twitter.com/TPSU8s3DTZ
— Peter Mullen (@pemullen) December 2, 2016
“You have to love the product and your customers cause that what gets you through the tough times” @jeffiel #postseedconf
— Shuly Galili (@shulygalili) December 2, 2016
@jeffiel Jeff Lawson at #postseedconf Twilio never killed an API. It’s like having a kid, once you launch it, it’s yours forever
— rlewis (@rlewis) December 2, 2016
