Minisode: Is It 2021 All Over Again?

Update: 2025-10-07

Description

Origins host Beezer Clarkson, LP at Sapphire Partners and co-founder of OpenLP, and Nick Chirls, GP at Asylum Ventures, dig into their recent conversation with Alex Edelson, LP at Slipstream. They discuss whether a spate of recent 100X multiples means we’re living 2021 all over again, why that’s led people to deploy but not fundraise, and the level of curiosity you need to be an exceptional LP.

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CHAPTERS:

0:00 Welcome to Origins

2:01 Did We Learn Nothing From 2021?

4:09 High Prices, Quick Deployment

6:31 Venture Lives On Bubbles

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