TwirlyBurrito
TwirlyBurrito

GC not acquiring Venture Highway

Heard from a little bird that General Catalyst's deal of acquiring VH has fallen through? Can someone confirm?

Also what do you think of VH in general? I feel expensive bets with low single digit stakes. Personally, the folks especially Associates are way way too cocky and only believe in Faff

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MagicalHamster
MagicalHamster

Not sure, haven’t heard

On VH in general though, definitely very low key and don’t hear about them much in general. Founder friends of mine haven’t had the best interactions.

confused about this deal in the first place. Why would GC acquire their team? Why not set up own team? I know it takes time, but you can’t rush in like that. Are there parallels?

TwirlyBurrito
TwirlyBurrito

Well temasek kind of invested in Capital 2B. But yeah the leadership is weak.

MagicalHamster
MagicalHamster

Hmm interesting
Temasek has had its own set of challenges

SillyDonut
SillyDonut
TCS17mo

Except Aviral they can't be viral.

Agree, VHs stake ain't that return worthy except few.

Let's see what Samir sood decides

GroovyMarshmallow
GroovyMarshmallow

no still ongoing some hurdles

QuirkyQuokka
QuirkyQuokka

Did speak to VH a few days back. The folks we spoke to were pretty nice and provided clear feedback.

But of course, VH as a fund doesn’t rank high.

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