José Maria Macedo × Paavan Gami

India’s early IPOs can expose public investors to venture-style compounding: Gami cites a roughly $350 million median valuation, 70% founder-family ownership, and category leaders listing at $600 million–$1 billion.His thesis hinges on compliance-driven consolidation, with 5–6% leaders potentially reaching 30–40%; Eternal and Meesho show contrasting routes through rapid delivery and low-price logistics, making market-share gains central to the opportunity.

庄明浩 × Koji

明浩认为，Seedance凭短剧打通生产、分发、广告变现、模型再投资和用户数据闭环，生态远大于可灵。OpenAI于3月24日关闭Sora Tool后，Perplexity可能已值两三百亿美元，Character.AI同类已有四五家公司月流水可能超一千万美元，显示边缘赛道也能长出大公司。

Paige Finn Doherty × Molly O'Shea

Sourcery grew from O’Shea’s internal funding tracker into a public research archive, with LinkedIn bringing most subscribers.She favors broad promotion over exclusives, estimating 90% of interview work happens afterward; announcement timing helped early podcast traction.Behind Genius has backed over 60 companies across three funds, emphasizing “technical storytellers”; Doherty says Knox Metals’ visibility drives orders and investor interest.

Toto Wolff × John Collison

Mercedes combines F1’s scarce team ownership with roughly $1 billion in revenue and a 30% margin, though Collison’s roughly 15x EBIT framing uses current earnings that Wolff says were considerably higher than at the transaction.Owner control supports a ten-year horizon, but the “$200 million and a bit” cap forces lap-time trade-offs, and DAS’s ban after one year leaves regulatory durability an unresolved risk.

Jim Lanzone × Molly O'Shea

Lanzone says Apollo has largely recovered its $4.8 billion Yahoo cost through early cash returns and disposals including AOL.The reset shut loss-making ad tech that cost hundreds of millions annually and opened inventory to competing demand, while retaining DSP.Scout restores owned search, but Lanzone makes no IPO commitment and hesitates to call Yahoo’s audience distribution a moat.

Ben Gilbert × David Rosenthal

Nearly three decades after production ended, Seinfeld reached 72 million U.S. viewers through August 2026, while Netflix reportedly paid well over $500 million for five years of rights.FIN-SYN-era ownership left creators and Castle Rock with back-end stakes, while Sony’s distribution rights require market bidding; open-market availability differentiates Seinfeld as a streaming retention asset.

based16z × Thread Guy

Hyperliquid became based16z’s defining trade after he recognized its superior product and exceptional founder before an investable token existed.Rare asymmetric setups—not frequent activity—powered positive crypto years despite a 25%–30% win rate, while oversized positions and 40x leverage damaged realized returns.Whop marks his shift toward positive-sum equity and products, but permanent holding remains unresolved.

Andrew Walker

Headline gains conceal sharp dispersion: the S&P rose 13% YTD, yet the Russell 2000 fell 8% since June 30 as energy and tech led.Russell’s reconstitution also helped it avoid SMCI’s later 80% collapse.Meanwhile, FICO’s regulatory pressure, Disney’s “Infinity Vision” effort, and Chinese microdramas flag competitive threats to pricing power and Netflix viewing.

Fred Wilson × Rebecca Kaden × Michael Mignano × Molly O'Shea

USV’s $900 million fund targets 30-40 companies with $10 million-$30 million Series A checks as larger rounds and scaling costs reshape venture.Its AI thesis spans applications, infrastructure, physical AI, and energy, while usage retention, compute costs, inference subsidies, distribution, interoperability, trust, and leadership concentration remain key tests.

David Senra × Ari Emanuel

Ari Emanuel’s $4.2 billion UFC acquisition bet on scarce live sports compelling platforms to pay, despite Fox’s sale, AT&T’s blocked deal, Comcast’s disinterest and Amazon’s withdrawal.By expanding ESPN’s initial $300 million, eight-event package into 10 events plus pay-per-view, he secured a seven-year agreement approaching $4 billion, while TKO and MARI extend the thesis but financing and timing remain risks.