20VC: Max Altman on The New Seed War: Can Anyone Compete with Sequoia and a16z | Leaving $2BN on the Table with Reddit | Lessons from Backing Rippling at $25M Post | Why Climate Tech is a Mirage and Disaster

<p dir="ltr">Max Altman is Co‑Founder & Managing Partner at Saga Ventures, a US$125 M early‑stage fund.  Before Saga Max was an investor with Apollo Projects, Hydrazine Capital and Altman Capital (where he helped deploy over US$500 M) into breakout names such as Rippling and Reddit.</p> <p dir="ltr">AGENDA:</p> <p dir="ltr">03:55 – Venture Capital Is FULL of Tourists With Single-Digit IQs</p> <p dir="ltr">06:20 – Inside the Madness of Parker Conrad: Genius, Chaos, and WTF Emails</p> <p dir="ltr">10:35 – The Rippling Deal That Changed Everything</p> <p dir="ltr">12:40 – Living in Sam Altman's Shadow: The Confession</p> <p dir="ltr">17:30 – $200M Fund Mistakes: Max's Brutal Lessons From Hydrazine</p> <p dir="ltr">22:05 – The $2B Reddit Return… and the $2B Left on the Table</p> <p dir="ltr">25:00 – Why Climate Tech Is a Total VC Mirage</p> <p dir="ltr">28:40 – The New Seed War: Can Anyone Survive Sequoia & Andreessen?</p> <p dir="ltr">46:55 – Max's Boldest Predictions</p> <p> </p>