2024 VC trends, portfolio construction, & more with Churchill's Raja Doddala | E1914

This Week in Startups is brought to you by… LinkedIn Ads. To redeem a $100 LinkedIn ad credit and launch your first campaign, go to http://linkedin.com/angelpod Mantle. The AI-powered equity management platform designed for modern founders and operators. Get your first 12 months free at https://withmantle.com/TWIST DevSquad. Most dev agencies only offer developers. Why? Because product management is hard. Get an entire product team for the cost of one US developer plus 10% off at http://devsquad.com/twist. * Todays show: Jason Calacanis welcomes Churchill Asset Management’s Raja Doddala to the show to discuss startups and the VC market in 2024. They dive into the competitiveness in pre-seed, seed, and series A (10:40), portfolio construction (30:24), the future of the vc industry (50:59), and much more! * Timestamps: (00:00) Jason welcomes Churchill Asset Management’s Raja Doddala to the show (1:52) Trends in pre-seed and seed deal values (9:19) LinkedIn Ads - Get a $100 LinkedIn ad credit at http://linkedin.com/angelpod (10:40) Competitiveness and predictability in pre-seed, seed, and series A (21:28) Mantle - Get your first 12 months free at https://withmantle.com/TWIST (22:46) Trends in exit values (29:19) DevSquad - Get an entire product team for the cost of one US developer plus 10% off at http://devsquad.com/twist (30:24) Exploring portfolio architecture and the difference between mega funds and smaller funds (50:59) Prospects in the vc over the next few years and the rise of the next generation (59:26) The role of secondary sales in venture capital and importance of liquidity for VC funds * Check out: Churchill Asset Management - https://www.churchillam.com * Subscribe to This Week in Startups on Apple: https://rb.gy/v19fcp * Follow Raja X: https://twitter.com/rdoddala LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rajadoddala * Follow Jason: X: https://twitter.com/Jason LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasoncalacanis * Thank you to our partners: (9:19) LinkedIn Ads - Get a $100 LinkedIn ad credit at http://linkedin.com/angelpod (21:28) Mantle - Get your first 12 months free at https://withmantle.com/TWIST (29:19) DevSquad - Get an entire product team for the cost of one US developer plus 10% off at http://devsquad.com/twist * Great 2023 interviews: Steve Huffman, Brian Chesky, Aaron Levie, Sophia Amoruso, Reid Hoffman, Frank Slootman, Billy McFarland * Check out Jason’s suite of newsletters: https://substack.com/@calacanis * Follow TWiST: Substack: https://twistartups.substack.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/TWiStartups YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/thisweekin Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisweekinstartups TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thisweekinstartups * Subscribe to the Founder University Podcast: https://www.founder.university/podcast