View from Seed
DECEMBER 4, 2019
The trends described above in VC performance have an upstream effect on Limited Partners which is somewhat counter-intuitive. For example, a $10B endowment might be looking to have 10% ($1B) allocated to venture capital at any one time. Most LPs are trying to manage some targeted asset allocation.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 2, 2010
This is part of my series on Understanding Venture Capital. What will matter are: whether the people who invest in VC funds (LPs or Limited Partners) increase their activity and the performance of that actual fund. Tags: Pitching VCs Raising Venture Capital VC Industry.
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Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 1, 2009
So what is driving the new energy in the remaining venture capital firms when we kept hearing how much the whole industry was “against the ropes?&# … 1. note: there is one rare exception – in 2006 Sevin Rosen declared that Venture Capital was broken and actually returned money to their LPs !
Agile VC
JULY 19, 2012
1) Self-Awareness & Humility - These are of course virtues that transcend venture capital or even professional pursuits broadly. This is true not only in a firm’s dealings with entrepreneurs but also with it’s limited partners and even within the firm among its partners.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 3, 2010
This is part of a series that I’ve been working on called Understanding Venture Capital. As a reminder, VC funds are comprised of money from LP’s (Limited Partners) that include university endowments, pension funds, high-net-worth individuals, insurance companies and large corporations.
David Teten
APRIL 30, 2018
While fundraising of US VCs has dropped slowly as a percentage of global limited partner allocations over the last decade, non-US startups are receiving a more rapidly increasing percentage of that money. Source: NVCA, Pitchbook. Typically engineering, QA, and support are offshore, while CEO, sales, and marketing are in the US.
David Teten
APRIL 30, 2018
While fundraising of US VCs has dropped slowly as a percentage of global limited partner allocations over the last decade, non-US startups are receiving a more rapidly increasing percentage of that money. Source: NVCA, Pitchbook. Typically engineering, QA, and support are offshore, while CEO, sales, and marketing are in the US.
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