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VC Evolution: Physician, Scale Thyself.

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Or, as my friend Marc Andreessen might say, Software Eats the Private Equity World. Along with the trend towards hiring VC partners with more operational experience, we are also seeing substantial growth and investment in non-investment staff at several funds, particularly those that focus on early-stage companies.

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What to Expect When You're Expecting Venture Capital Returns

This is going to be BIG.

One of the first things I did when I joined the venture asset class as a lowly institutional LP analyst in 2001 was to build the VC fund cashflow model. Toss in a few acqui-hires in the $6-8mm post seed. Comparatively, if you look at long term private equity results, I think most investors are winding up with high teens returns.