Agile VC

OCTOBER 23, 2012

FoFs have a range of strategies of course, but broadly speaking LPs that invest in FoFs pay them a management fee and carried interest (on top of the fee & carry of underlying VC funds they invest in) for access, diversification, active management or a combination of all three.

LP 176

LP Accredited Investor Carried Interest Portfolio 176

View from Seed

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Very small funds may not have any large institutions as LP investors, just individuals, but even the largest and most established VC funds often have “sidecar” funds to enable a select group of individuals to invest in their funds (typically entrepreneurs the firm knows well). Insurance Companies. Should they care?

LP 335

LP Private Equity Institutional Investors Venture Capital 335

Agile VC

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Very small funds may not have any large institutions as LP investors, just individuals, but even the largest and most established VC funds often have “sidecar” funds to enable a select group of individuals to invest in their funds (typically entrepreneurs the firm knows well). Insurance Companies. Should they care?

Venture Capital 279

Venture Capital LP Private Equity Institutional Investors 279

Agile VC

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

And I think it’s at best bad form (and at worst outright deception) when VCs who have little or no capital to make new investments aren’t clear with entrepreneurs about their situation. But it is also typically in the interests of those same stakeholders for the VC firm’s challenges not to be broadcast widely.

LP 154

LP Portfolio Venture Capital IRR 154