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Why VC’s Don’t “Crossover” Invest

Agile VC

A little more inside baseball from the VC biz… why VC’s rarely make “crossover” investments, with capital from multiple funds the VC firm manages invested in a single startup (see note 1). VC firms typically raise a new fund every 2-4 years but each of these funds is a discrete pool of capital.

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Interview with Mike Brown Jr. of AOL Ventures

The Startup Lawyer

We’re a small fund with $30M of committed capital, so we focus on Seed and Series A opportunities. Assuming a Corporate VC is operating a traditional fund vehicle and not just investing off of the balance sheet (probably the first real difference), I would say the most recognizable difference is in the single vs. multiple LP structure.