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Investor Nomenclature and the Venture Spiral

K9 Ventures

He or she doesn’t have a “day-job” but spends all of his or her time in evaluating new investment opportunities or working with portfolio companies. As fiduciaries, the general partners of the uVC funds have to begin to focus on the dreaded VC I-word : IRR. <$50K in aggregate. However, there is a difference. Lots, 20-100.

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The VC Shakeout: Are We There Yet?

Agile VC

At Risk – Usually starts with a firm beginning to see challenges in large portions of its portfolio, or in keeping the partnership together, or in the viability of the firm’s core strategy as broader markets start to shift (e.g. A16Z today or Founders Fund or General Catalyst a few years ago).

LP 154
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On the Road to Recap:

abovethecrowd.com

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