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The method for investing in 50 startups at once, in a single investment - Day 3
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Anthony Bourbon promoted a high-risk, diversified startup investing strategy centered on seed-stage portfolios, arguing that broad exposure to early companies offers the best chance of capturing rare outsized returns.
KEY POINTS
Push for diversified seed investing
The core message was that picking one startup at the seed stage is usually a poor strategy because failure risk is high even when the market and founders look strong. The preferred approach was a portfolio model described as investing in 50 startups at once through a single allocation, using diversification to reduce the impact of inevitable losses while preserving exposure to major winners.
Risk warning and accessibility
Startup investing was repeatedly framed as risky, with clear warnings that investors can lose all or part of their capital and should not commit money that would weaken their finances. The pitch also targeted people who are not ready to invest immediately, presenting startup finance education as useful preparation over the next 3 to 5 years rather than a guaranteed path to quick wealth.
Why early-stage deals matter
The most aggressive strategy focused on very early financing rounds, especially pre-seed and seed, where valuations are low and potential return multiples are highest. Later rounds such as Series A, Series B, and pre-IPO were presented as less risky but also less explosive in upside, creating a trade-off between security and return potential.
Airbnb used as the model case
To illustrate venture-style asymmetry, Airbnb was cited as a textbook seed-stage success. At a $2.4 million valuation, a hypothetical €1,000 investment at the seed stage was described as producing a theoretical return of roughly 33,000 times, or about €33 million, based on a later valuation of $81 billion. The same business at Series A, then valued near $70 million, would still have produced a huge gain but far below the seed-stage multiple.
US dominance over Europe
The investment thesis strongly favored the United States, especially San Francisco and New York, on the grounds that the density of major startups there far exceeds that of Europe. San Francisco alone was portrayed as having more unicorns than all of Europe combined, reinforcing the view that the best venture opportunities remain concentrated in the American market.
Sectors seen as future winners
Several sectors were highlighted as likely to generate strong long-term gains, including artificial intelligence, robotics, quantum technologies, and defense. The argument was that what later looks like luck is often early positioning in structural growth themes before the broader market fully prices them in.
Club model and collective buying power
The broader commercial model rests on aggregation: more members mean larger combined tickets and stronger access to sought-after startup allocations. The claim was that moving from a few hundred thousand euros to €5 million in deployable capital changes who takes meetings, particularly among top founders and US venture networks, making scale itself a strategic advantage.
Scale, pricing and member benefits
The network behind the investment offer said it had 70 people involved in preparing the event and reported more than 350,000 replay views from the first two sessions. Membership was promoted at €1,500, with included events and local communities across 22 regions. The average member age was cited at 35, and long-standing members were said to receive priority access to allocations.
Track record claims and portfolio losses
On existing startup selection, the group said it had completed roughly 350 investments and that only two had failed so far, while acknowledging that more losses are likely over time. That figure was used to support the case for broad portfolios rather than concentrated bets and to defend the claim that venture outcomes are driven by mathematics and power-law returns.
Live investment demonstration planned
A live session was announced for the following evening featuring a direct €500,000 investment and additional member commitments reportedly worth several million euros. The demonstration was positioned as a practical walkthrough of how startup investing can be executed quickly once access and allocation are secured.
CONCLUSION
The pitch combined venture-capital logic, aggressive macro opinions and a membership-based investment platform to argue that individual investors should seek diversified exposure to high-growth US-led startups. The central bet is that a few exceptional winners can outweigh many failures if access, scale and timing are right.
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