20VC: Chime IPO: The Breakdown | Why Fund Returners Are Not Enough & Seed is for Suckers | Are IPOs Dead & The Future of the Late Stage Private Market | Rippling vs. Deel Lawsuit: WTF Happens Now?

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch · May 22, 2025 · 1h 17m

Agenda:

04:34 Chime's IPO Announcement: Who Wins & Who Loses

06:28 The Lopphole That Means Chime Has a Better Business than JP Morgan

10:51 Why Investors Who Invested at $25BN Will Make Money When it IPOs at $12BN

18:59 Are IPOs Dead & The Future of the Late Stage Private Market

27:32 Exits are Larger Than Ever: So What? What Happens? Who Wins? Who Loses?

40:51 Is Europe Totally F*******

43:48 Challenges of Going Public & What Needs to Change?

46:12 OpenAI's Future and Predictions

49:45 Rippling vs. Deel Lawsuit: Is Deel Screwed?

59:28 Why So Many Companies Are About To Become Database…