Harry Stebbings

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Harry Stebbings
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Born (1996-06-22) June 22, 1996 (age 29)
England
Occupation Venture capitalist
Known forThe Twenty Minute VC podcast

Harry Stebbings (born 1996) is a British venture capitalist known for starting "The Twenty Minute VC" podcast. [1] In 2020, he launched his own venture capital fund called 20VC. [2] He is a recipient of the Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe list recognition.

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Career

Stebbings started The Twenty Minute VC podcast with $50 and not a single contact in the venture capital industry. [3] The first episode was an interview with Guy Kawasaki, released on 10 January 2015. [4]

In May 2017, Stebbings left his job at venture capital firm Atomico after six months working there. [5]

Stebbings stepped down as partner at Stride.VC, a firm he co-founded with Fred Destin in 2018 with £ 100,000,000. [6] [7]

Stebbings launched his venture capital fund, 20VC fund, in May 2020. [8] In June 2021, Stebbings raised a further US$ 140,000,000 in funding. [9] The fund focuses on investments in Europe and North America. One of its largest investments to date is in mobile games company Tripledot Studios. [10] Other notable investments include Pachama, Nex Health, Sorare, Captions.ai, Linktree, Taxdoo, Linear, Merge, and Peec AI. [11] [12] [13] As of 2024, the firm manages over $600 million in assets. [14]

In October 2024, Stebbings raised $400m for his third fund. The fund will be split between $125m for seed investments and $275m for Series A investments in tech companies. [15] [16]

Recognition

In 2019, Stebbings was included on the Forbes 30 Under 30 in Europe list, in the finance category. [17]

References

  1. ↑ Bradshaw, Tim (15 October 2024). "Podcaster Harry Stebbings raises one of Europe's biggest venture funds". Financial Times. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
  2. ↑ Lunden, Ingrid (15 October 2024). "20VC closes new $400M fund to 'make Europe great again,' says Harry Stebbings". TechCrunch .
  3. ↑ Ralph, Alex (17 June 2021). "Harry Stebbings moves from teenage podcaster to $140m investor" . The Times . ISSN   0140-0460. Archived from the original on 17 June 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  4. ↑ 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. ISSN   1078-3148. OCLC   24479723. Archived from the original on 29 November 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  5. ↑ Cook, James (8 May 2017). "The 'world's youngest VC' has left VC firm Atomico". Business Insider . Archived from the original on 17 June 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  6. ↑ O'Hear, Steve (15 October 2018). "It's official: London-based Stride.VC raises £50M seed fund". TechCrunch . Archived from the original on 21 April 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  7. ↑ O'Hear, Steve (7 February 2021). "Harry Stebbings is leaving Stride, the VC firm he founded with Fred Destin". TechCrunch . Archived from the original on 25 February 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  8. ↑ Chernova, Yuliya (16 June 2021). "Harry Stebbings Builds on Podcast to Raise $140 Million for Venture Funds" . The Wall Street Journal . News Corp. ISSN   0099-9660. OCLC   781541372. Archived from the original on 17 June 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  9. ↑ Kahn, Jeremy (16 June 2021). "24-year-old podcaster turned VC scores $140 million from MIT, Spotify backer to invest". Fortune . ISSN   0015-8259. Archived from the original on 16 June 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  10. ↑ Brown, Abram. "TripleDot, A Maker Of Simple Puzzle Games, Gets Unicorn Valuation In $116 Million Series B". Forbes. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
  11. ↑ 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 . Archived from the original on 27 February 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  12. ↑ Burroughs, Callum. "Exclusive: 20VC podcast host and investor Harry Stebbings is raising a massive new fund targeting tech startups". Business Insider .
  13. ↑ Lunden, Ingrid (3 July 2025). "Berlin-based Peec AI raises €7 million five months after launch to empower companies to improve their GEO". EU-Startups. Archived from the original on 16 July 2025. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
  14. ↑ York, Alexandra. "How This Under 30 Podcaster Raised One Of Europe's Largest VC Funds". Forbes . Retrieved 5 November 2024.
  15. ↑ Lewin, Amy; Sraders, Anne (15 October 2024). "Podcaster-turned-VC Harry Stebbings raises $400m for third fund". Sifted.
  16. ↑ Lunden, Ingrid (15 October 2024). "20VC closes new $400M fund to 'make Europe great again,' says Harry Stebbings". TechCrunch .
  17. ↑ Smith, Oliver; Schoenberger, Leonard. "30 Under 30 Europe 2019: Finance". Forbes . Archived from the original on 6 February 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2021.


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