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Does the Size of a VC Fund Matter?

Both Sides of the Table

Also, since most funds are 10-year funds there will be pressure in 2012 for this fund to start exiting its investments and return money to its shareholders. 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.

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Final Close: The Story Behind NextView's Own Fundraise ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

February 21, 2012. My partners and I wanted to peel back the curtain slightly for those of you who’ve been following our progress, and also acknowledge the help and support numerous folks have provided as we got this new VC firm off the ground. How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC. How To Think About The Future.

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Announcing K9 Ventures III, L.P. – A $42M technology-focused Pre-Seed fund

K9 Ventures

Enjoy watching… It took the supercomputer Deep Thought (the name seems oddly fitting with the current buzz around Deep Learning!) The small and concentrated portfolio means that K9’s interests are always well aligned with the interests of founders who choose to work with us. 7 ½ million years to calculate The Answer.

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Returns for brand-name VC funds

finance.fortune.cnn.com

Exclusive: Returns for brand-name VC funds By Dan Primack August 20, 2012: 12:15 PM ET. We agreed to withhold the name of the fund-of-funds manager and to not post the source documents, as a condition of receiving the materials. Overall, the portfolio value (including realizations) was being held at around 5% below cost.

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Building The Machine Podcast Episode 5: Dan Kimerling Deciens Capital

Eric Friedman

In 2007, he was named the Anne Armstrong Leadership Fellow, a position given annually to the most promising young foreign policy professional. On Describing His Current Work without Naming His Fund/Investments. I don’t worry about my anti-portfolio. Dan has a B.A. with Honors) in Political Science and an M.A.

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ProfessorVC: Would a Dart Board Provide better VC Returns?

Professor VC

My first reaction is incredulity that limited partners would buy into this idea. With 2 or 4 new investments per week that Right Side is projecting, it will be challenging enough to remember the names of the entrepreneurs in their portfolio, let along help build companies. ► 2012. (1). Newer Post. Older Post.

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Why the LP Outlook is Good for Venture and Startups in 2017–2020

Both Sides of the Table

Every year Upfront Ventures surveys Limited Partners (LPs) who are the main source of capital that invests in VC funds and thus the main source of capital that goes to startups to get an early-warning sense of the year ahead, leaving aside any Black Swans. Note that all of these names were not started in Silicon Valley.

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