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How’s Venture Capital Changing in 2023

VC Cafe

By contrast, they backed 620 funds in the last three months of 2021 First time fund managers hit hard: In 2022, limited partners backed 141 funds run by first-time managers, a 59% decline from the prior year and the lowest number since 2013 How does the constrained LP environment manifest for funds and startups? Support emerging managers.

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Kindred Spirits – Our Investment In Founder Collective

Feld Thoughts

This means FC avoids trends and relentlessly questions entrepreneurs about how their product enables specific use cases and market opportunities. As an LP, I’ve had the good fortune to be an investor in many funds, including some exceptional ones. It’s one thing to have a unique perspective; it’s another to generate returns with it.

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Playing the Long Game in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

This “overnight success” was first financed in 2004. It’s a virtue of the laws of large numbers ($100 million in ARR ) plus strong growth compounding off of large numbers plus large customers relying on our products for 7+ years or longer. This is true in consumer but it’s also true in enterprise software.