Harry Stebbings Explained

Harry Stebbings
Birth Date:22 June 1996
Birth Place:England
Occupation:Venture capitalist
Known For:The Twenty Minute VC podcast

Harry Stebbings is a British venture capitalist who started "The Twenty Minute VC" podcast and in 2020 launched his own venture capital fund.

Career

Stebbings started The Twenty Minute VC podcast with $50 and not a single contact in the venture capital industry.[1] The first episode was an interview with Guy Kawasaki, released on 10 January 2015.[2]

In May 2017, Stebbings left his job at venture capital firm Atomico after six months working there.[3]

Stebbings stepped down as partner at Stride.VC, a firm he co-founded with Fred Destin in 2018 with .[4] [5]

In 2019, Stebbings was included on the Forbes 30 Under 30 in Europe list, in the finance category.[6]

Stebbings launched his venture capital fund, 20VC fund, in May 2020.[7] In June 2021, Stebbings raised a further in funding.[8] The fund focuses on investments in Europe and North America. Harry's largest investment to date is Tripledot Studios, one of the fastest-growing companies in Europe. Other notable investments include Pachama, Nex Health, Sorare, Captions.ai, Linktree, Taxdoo, Linear and Merge.[9]

Notes and References

  1. News: Ralph. Alex. 17 June 2021. Harry Stebbings moves from teenage podcaster to $140m investor. The Times. subscription. 17 June 2021. 0140-0460. 17 June 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210617152740/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/harry-stebbings-moves-from-teenage-podcaster-to-140m-investor-w02jcc2vd. live.
  2. Barker. Sam. 1 December 2016. From podcast star to 'the world's youngest VC': 20-year-old Harry Stebbings is joining Atomico. Wired. Condé Nast. 17 June 2021. 1078-3148. 24479723. 29 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201129073912/https://www.wired.co.uk/article/harry-stebbings-vc-podcast. live.
  3. News: Cook. James. 8 May 2017. The 'world's youngest VC' has left VC firm Atomico. Business Insider. 17 June 2021. 17 June 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210617152744/https://www.businessinsider.com/harry-stebbings-the-worlds-youngest-vc-has-left-vc-firm-atomico-2017-5?r=US&IR=T. live.
  4. News: O'Hear. Steve. 15 October 2018. It's official: London-based Stride.VC raises £50M seed fund. TechCrunch. 17 June 2021. 21 April 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210421173908/https://techcrunch.com/2018/10/15/stride-vc-official/. live.
  5. News: O'Hear. Steve. 7 February 2021. Harry Stebbings is leaving Stride, the VC firm he founded with Fred Destin. TechCrunch. 17 June 2021. 25 February 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210225062519/https://techcrunch.com/2021/02/07/harry-stebbings-is-leaving-stride-the-vc-firm-he-founded-with-fred-destin/. live.
  6. Web site: Smith. Oliver. Schoenberger. Leonard. 30 Under 30 Europe 2019: Finance. live. 17 June 2021. Forbes. 6 February 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210206131552/https://www.forbes.com/under30/list/2019/europe/finance/#696abe583e89.
  7. News: Chernova. Yuliya. 16 June 2021. Harry Stebbings Builds on Podcast to Raise $140 Million for Venture Funds. The Wall Street Journal. News Corp. subscription. 17 June 2021. 0099-9660. 781541372. 17 June 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210617152748/https://www.wsj.com/articles/harry-stebbings-builds-on-podcast-to-raise-140-million-for-venture-funds-11623844800. live.
  8. News: Kahn. Jeremy. 16 June 2021. 24-year-old podcaster turned VC scores $140 million from MIT, Spotify backer to invest. Fortune. 17 June 2021. 0015-8259. 16 June 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210616121926/https://fortune.com/2021/06/16/harry-stebbings-podcaster-vc-20vc-mit-spotify/. live.
  9. News: Lunden. Ingrid. 17 July 2020. From Twenty Minute VC to 20VC, Harry Stebbings launches a micro VC off the back of his popular podcast. TechCrunch. 17 June 2021. 27 February 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210227232828/https://techcrunch.com/2020/07/17/from-twenty-minute-vc-to-20vc-harry-stebbings-launched-a-micro-vc-off-the-back-of-his-popular-podcast/. live.

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