20VC: Max Altman on The New Seed War: Can Anyone Compete with Sequoia and a16z | Leaving $2BN on the Table with Reddit | Lessons from Backing Rippling at $25M Post | Why Climate Tech is a Mirage and Disaster
Description
Max Altman is Co‑Founder & Managing Partner at Saga Ventures, a US$125 M early‑stage fund. Before Saga Max was an investor with Apollo Projects, Hydrazine Capital and Altman Capital (where he helped deploy over US$500 M) into breakout names such as Rippling and Reddit.
AGENDA:
03:55 – Venture Capital Is FULL of Tourists With Single-Digit IQs
06:20 – Inside the Madness of Parker Conrad: Genius, Chaos, and WTF Emails
10:35 – The Rippling Deal That Changed Everything
12:40 – Living in Sam Altman's Shadow: The Confession
17:30 – $200M Fund Mistakes: Max's Brutal Lessons From Hydrazine
22:05 – The $2B Reddit Return… and the $2B Left on the Table
25:00 – Why Climate Tech Is a Total VC Mirage
28:40 – The New Seed War: Can Anyone Survive Sequoia & Andreessen?
46:55 – Max's Boldest Predictions
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