Harry Stebbings
English venture capitalist (born 1996)
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Harry Stebbings (born 1996) is an English venture capitalist known for starting "The Twenty Minute VC" podcast.[1] In 2020, he launched his own venture capital fund called 20VC.[2]
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| Born | 22 June 1996 London, England |
| Occupation | Venture capitalist |
| Known for | The Twenty Minute VC podcast |
Early life
Stebbings was born in London on 22 June 1996.[3] He was educated at Felsted School and Mander Portman Woodward. He enrolled at King's College London to study law but dropped out after four weeks.[3][4]
Career
Stebbings started The Twenty Minute VC podcast with $50 and not a single contact in the venture capital industry.[5] 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.[6]
Stebbings stepped down as partner at Stride.VC, a firm he co-founded with Fred Destin in 2018 with £100 million.[7][8]
Stebbings launched his venture capital fund, 20VC fund, in May 2020.[9] In June 2021, Stebbings raised a further US$140 million in funding.[10] The fund focuses on investments in Europe and North America. One of its largest investments to date is in mobile games company Tripledot Studios.[11] Other notable investments include Pachama, Nex Health, Sorare, Captions.ai, Linktree, Taxdoo, Linear, Merge, and Peec AI.[12][13][14] As of 2024, the firm manages over $600 million in assets.[15]
In October 2024, Stebbings raised $400 million for his third fund. The fund will be split between $125M for seed investments and $275M for Series A investments in tech companies.[16][17]
Recognition
In 2019, Stebbings was included on the Forbes 30 Under 30 in Europe list, in the finance category.[18]