20VC Will Seed Pricing Remain High | Where is the Funding Crunch? | Three Core Elements Required to Raise a Series B/C | Why AI is Like the Lottery Today | Why Now is the Best Time to be Investing in Crypto | Why Investors Do Not Want to Reprice Companies

Rebecca Kaden is a Managing Partner @ Union Square Ventures, one of the leading early-stage firms of the last decade with investments in Twitter, Twilio, Coinbase and many more. Nicole Quinn is a General Partner @ Lightspeed where she has led investments or sits on the board of Calm, Cameo and LunchClub to name a few. Eurie Kim is a Managing Partner @ Forerunner Ventures, the leading early-stage consumer fund. Eurie has led investments and sits on the board of Oura, The Farmers Dog, Curology and more. In Today's Roundtable We Discuss: 1. Seed Rounds: • Is it even possible for traditional seed funds to play in a world of multi-stage funds • investing so aggressively at the seed stage? • Is seed immune to the macro environment? Will seed pricing remain as high as ever? • What advice does the team have for seed founders approaching a Series A? What do they need? 2. Series A: • How is the Series A market looking today? Is there a crunch at the Series A? • To what extent are valuations compressed at the Series A? • What 3 core elements do companies at the A stage, looking for a Series B next, need to focus on? 3. Series B and Beyond: • Is the real crunch at the Series B? • Why are down rounds so much better than structured rounds for companies raising? • Will we see a wave of M&A in the next 12 months? 4. Crypto, AI and Hot Takes: • Why is now the best time to be investing in crypto? • Why is investing in AI a lottery right now? • What is the most controversial thing that each believes today?