Harry Stebbings
Birth date22 June 1996 (age 30)
Birth placeLondon, England
OccupationVenture capitalist
Known forThe Twenty Minute VC podcast

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]

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]

References

  1. ^ Bradshaw, Tim (2024-10-15). "Podcaster Harry Stebbings raises one of Europe's biggest venture funds". Financial Times. Retrieved 2024-11-05.
  2. ^ Lunden, Ingrid (15 October 2024). "20VC closes new $400M fund to 'make Europe great again,' says Harry Stebbings". TechCrunch
  3. ^ Woodford, Isabel (15 March 2025). "'Do I have a pension? I don't know, my CFO does that'". Financial Times
  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 29 November 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  5. ^ Ralph, Alex (17 June 2021). "Harry Stebbings moves from teenage podcaster to $140m investor". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Archived 17 June 2021 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  6. ^ Cook, James (8 May 2017). "The 'world's youngest VC' has left VC firm Atomico". Business Insider. Archived 17 June 2021 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  7. ^ O'Hear, Steve (15 October 2018). "It's official: London-based Stride.VC raises £50M seed fund". TechCrunch. Archived 21 April 2021 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  8. ^ O'Hear, Steve (7 February 2021). "Harry Stebbings is leaving Stride, the VC firm he founded with Fred Destin". TechCrunch. Archived 25 February 2021 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  9. ^ 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 17 June 2021 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  10. ^ 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 16 June 2021 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  11. ^ Brown, Abram. "TripleDot, A Maker Of Simple Puzzle Games, Gets Unicorn Valuation In $116 Million Series B". Forbes. Retrieved 2025-01-07.
  12. ^ 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 27 February 2021 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  13. ^ Burroughs, Callum. "Exclusive: 20VC podcast host and investor Harry Stebbings is raising a massive new fund targeting tech startups". Business Insider
  14. ^ 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 16 July 2025 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
  15. ^ York, Alexandra. "How This Under 30 Podcaster Raised One Of Europe's Largest VC Funds". Forbes. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
  16. ^ Lewin, Amy & Sraders, Anne (October 15, 2024). "Podcaster-turned-VC Harry Stebbings raises $400m for third fund". Sifted
  17. ^ Lunden, Ingrid (15 October 2024). "20VC closes new $400M fund to 'make Europe great again,' says Harry Stebbings". TechCrunch
  18. ^ Smith, Oliver & Schoenberger, Leonard. "30 Under 30 Europe 2019: Finance". Forbes. Archived 6 February 2021 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 17 June 2021.