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How Much Does Buzz Matter In Venture?

26 Jun 2025 · 0 min

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Short monologue from Precursor Ventures (YouTube) discussing how public attention and ‘buzz’ affect venture investing. The speaker argues that most individual investments are largely ignored, LPs and founders focus on the standout winners, and that being an active investor in the market creates relevance — criticism of particular investments often doesn’t matter because it generates conversation and visibility.

Nobody penalizes, criticizes, or cares about the 99% of the investment. And I find LPs and founders are often the same way. They're like, well, what's the best company you're in? Going back to this relevance thing, making a bunch of investment and being in market creates relevance. And every now and then I'll read some article, they're like, I can't believe Andreessen or Sequoia invested in this stupid company. It's so dumb. And I'm like, does it doesn't matter. Also like you're talking about it.