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Real talk on fundraising for a small fund

This is going to be BIG.

Right on time, I’ve got a company from my first fund doing a roadshow right now that could net a big exit by the end of the year. I took my last LP meeting the first week of March and clearly, I didn’t close anyone that I had met with at that time. Not everyone produces LP money with the snap of a finger—not even Alan Patricof.

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Where Does VC Money Actually Come From? [Flowchart]

View from Seed

This post was originally published on the personal blog of NextView founding partner Lee Hower. Most of the dollars a VC firm invests come from outside limited partner investors (LPs). A smaller portion of the total capital in the VC ecosystem comes from high net worth individuals. Subscribe here for more.

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Where Do Venture Capital Dollars Actually Come From? This Visual Explains

Agile VC

Most of the dollars a VC firm invests come from outside limited partner investors (LPs). The actual partners of a VC firm (GPs) will typically invest a minimum of 1% of the total size of their fund,* though frequently this percentage is substantially higher (especially in many of the best funds). Advisory Firms.

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The VC Shakeout: Are We There Yet?

Agile VC

Some of the firm’s partners may move on to new jobs during this phase but at least some are usually still around. This was also the period when VC started expanding seriously in emerging markets like India and China, and many LPs put new capital into these OUS funds. So at a fund level (e.g.

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Startups: It’s not Thelma & Louise

Austin Startup

We tried, and opted out of, potentials for pivots; we pitched for game-changing partners and acquisitions that did not ultimately convert. We pitched everyone from Angels to partners at Andreessen Horowitz on Sand Hill Road. We got real close a couple of times to great investment partners. So, we worked to raise capital.

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On the Road to Recap:

abovethecrowd.com

All Unicorn participants — founders, company employees, venture investors and their limited partners (LPs) — are seeing their fortunes put at risk from the very nature of the Unicorn phenomenon itself. LIMITED PARTNERS (LPS). They are the real capital that make the system work.

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Out of the Crisis #26: Brian Armstrong of Coinbase on cryptocurrency, being mission-oriented, and institution building

Startup Lessons Learned

What is the role of public and private organizations in governing our shared civic fabric? So I've been able to move to another location with my partner and another city, I should say. And they've almost become like quasi-government institutions in a way, and they're so focused on risk mitigation that it's not about innovation.

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