2006 IRR Marketing Venture Capital 
View from Seed
DECEMBER 4, 2019
The longer the portfolio maintains the same value without distributing back cash, the worse the fund’s ultimate IRR. This equates to something in the neighborhood of a 10% IRR, which isn’t great given the illiquidity of the asset class and strength of the public markets. So, is this good or bad? That’s only 0.5X
Steve Blank
AUGUST 5, 2014
Kathryn has been the founding VP of Marketing of Oracle , a successful recruiter, a world class Venture Capitalist, a co-founder of a Venture Capital firm, a great board member, one of my mentors and most importantly a wonderful friend. So I joined Oracle when it was about 20 people, eventually becoming VP Marketing.
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David Teten
SEPTEMBER 16, 2014
That’s a sizeable amount, especially in comparison to the US venture capital industry, which similarly invests over $20 billion annually. In 2013, 298,800 angels invested in 70,730 entrepreneurial ventures, according to the 2013 Angel Market Analysis by the Center for Venture Research at the University of New Hampshire.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 25, 2013
After all, I am no stranger to the publicly expressing the frustrations of dealing with the downside of this industry as I wrote about in 2006 when I was an entrepreneur. “I don’t know the exact math, but I hear it again and again: the top 2% of firms generate 98% of the returns in venture capital.” It is changing.
Agile VC
NOVEMBER 13, 2012
There are some obvious structural reasons why a shakeout in the venture capital industry takes a long time. Typically this is when VCs “pre-market” or explicitly try to fundraise a new fund among existing and potential new LPs, only to be rebuffed. 2) Rebirth of Some Firms - Mobius Venture Capital is now defunct.
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