Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2019

It proved to be fortuitous because it allowed me the time & space I needed to get to know tons of founders and VCs and to hone my craft. At Upfront when we know we have a winning hand we prefer to put more capital to work, which both helps the entrepreneurs succeed and drives more aggregate financial returns for our LPs.

IP 223

IP Intellectual Property IRR Cofounder 223

Professor VC

JANUARY 17, 2008

While currently free to angel groups, their business model revolves around aggregating the angel investment data. If my math is correct, this is approximately a 31% IRR, which has to beat individual angel investments on aggregate and venture capital returns over the period of the study (1990-2007). return on investment after 3.5

Pre-Money Valuation 28

Pre-Money Valuation Angel Investor Angel Groups Valuation 28

K9 Ventures

MAY 14, 2011

As fiduciaries, the general partners of the uVC funds have to begin to focus on the dreaded VC I-word : IRR. The founders of these uVC funds are entrepreneurs in their own right – either as people who have founded successful startups before, or as the founders of their own venture funds – which are also startups. Individual.

Preferred Stock 125

Preferred Stock Seed Stage Incubator Early Stage 125

abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 20, 2016

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. We have already seen examples of founders and management obtaining liquidity in front of investors.

IPO 40

IPO Term Sheet Silicon Valley Valuation 40

Agile VC

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

the Sequoia’s and Greylock’s of the world) or sometimes its based on the entrepreneurial successes of the founders of new firms (e.g. A16Z today or Founders Fund or General Catalyst a few years ago). typically, which in most cases would to >20% IRR. So at a fund level (e.g.

LP 154

LP Portfolio Venture Capital IRR 154