The Equity Kicker

OCTOBER 21, 2015

Doing better than average requires what Howard Marks of Oaktree Capital called ‘different and better’ thinking in a recent memo to his investors. Being an average investor in startups is therefore a waste of time. It’s actually a surefire recipe for losing money.

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Babbling VC

JANUARY 7, 2011

Therefore, it's an illusion to think that you can get by raising far less nowadays if you want to deliver the necessary returns venture capital calls for. . Even Dropbox and Etsy have done far larger rounds to finance their growth. What does this all boil down to? Well, it's a matter of talent.

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Hippoland

JULY 24, 2018

And then later, when the fund needs money, the fund does a capital call. Typically, capital calls are done over the course of 3 years. So, if let’s say an investor commits to investing $300k into a fund, then on average, that fund will call 1/3 of the money each year over the course of 3 years.

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Hippoland

JULY 24, 2018

And then later, when the fund needs money, the fund does a capital call. Typically, capital calls are done over the course of 3 years. So, if let’s say an investor commits to investing $300k into a fund, then on average, that fund will call 1/3 of the money each year over the course of 3 years.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

Many of these businesses were what First Round Capital called FNACs (features, not companies – this acronym has always stuck with me). Unfortunately this was reinforced by the many conferences that rushed to espouse the benefits of Web 2.0 and the subsequent acquisition sprees of companies like Google, Yahoo!, portfolios.

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ithacaVC

OCTOBER 10, 2012

. - If one considers NEA a Silicon Valley firm (I know they are headquartered in Baltimore but they have a very large and successful west coast practice), the top five funds raised are in San Francisco and represented 55% of the capital raised. The average size of fund raised in 3Q12 was $94M, although the median was $160M.

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Transformify

MAY 24, 2018

Key responsibilities in this role include: Overseeing and sign-off of the financial statements and management accounts; Overseeing the developing the budgeting and forecasting process and contributing to the strategic direction of the business; Overseeing production of the fund accounts and the general administration of the funds; Overseeing the carried (..)

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Andrew Payne

MARCH 25, 2009

LPs missing capital calls (a very big deal). But there’s some early evidence things are breaking up: Venture firms cutting back on partners, or moving some partners to “venture” partners.

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Pascal's View

MARCH 19, 2010

This is the last in our series of 10 frequently asked questions from investors in venture capital partnerships. Susan Mangiero , CEO of Investment Governance’s Fiduciary X , asked me the following: Question: I’ve read that some GPs are suing LPs for not making capital calls. Why throw more money their way?

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Altgate

MARCH 8, 2009

As everyone knows, what is being reported as dry powder isn’t real as many of those LP commitments would not survive a capital call (and thus capital calls aren’t being made). . “dry powder&# ) and $1.5 trillion of unrealized returns. Also, the $1.5

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Pascal's View

MARCH 17, 2010

Answer: The options here are limited, and they are (1) the LP can try to sell their interest, including the obligation to fund future capital calls, to a fund that acquires secondary interests. The good news is that a robust market exists for such interests in venture capital partnerships today; or (2) default.

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Seeing Both Sides

MARCH 19, 2012

And, finally, finally, finally, we saw overwhelming bipartisan support from the House of Representatives in support of a bill that will help small businesses raise capital, called the JOBS Act, which passed 390-23 last week and is now being debated in the Senate.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 20, 2009

However, as we soon discovered, many of these firms were forced to hoard capital for existing portfolio companies and focus most of their time and energy on deciding which ones deserved these reserves. Some were also dealing with issues of limited partners struggles with capital calls and asset allocations.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 26, 2020

Get access to low cost capital. Call all of your best customers. Pay attention to our leaders. Invest in your education. Survey your customers. Ask for Referrals. Hire new creatives. Cut all outside expenses to the Minimum. Stay the course. Definitely great points. Thank you so much Bill, and good luck on continued success.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 19, 2015

We envy them all and want to emulate them but know that they are just people dealing with struggles of a different magnitude from the pressures of going public, the pressures of pricing competition, the pressures of over-reaching of journalists and regulators and the pressures of activist public shareholders with short-term expectations.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

While the M&A story has been widely reported perhaps far fewer people know that Limited Partners (LPs), the people who fund VC firms, have finally been able to restock their coffers in the past 4 years with significantly more money coming to them in distributions than capital calls to fund VC firm investments.

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K9 Ventures

DECEMBER 9, 2008

PrivateEquityOnline: Bankrupt WaMu Parent Defaults on Capital Call. The commitments to venture capital are therefore now a much higher percentage of their total portfolio than they originally started with. Deferred/Unmet Capital Calls : Portfolios have taken a beating in this market. NY Times Bits: I.P.O.

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Rarely is there any formal written agreement memorializing these initial expectations and stating the consequences of non-performance or inability to make capital calls when required.

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thestartuplawyer.com

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Contact The Startup Lawyer: Home Page About Contact FAQs Glossary Ryan Roberts Law: Home Page Social Networks: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Flickr Delicious Digg Last.FM He obviously never launched a startup and got shafted by a co-founder.

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Venture Chronicles

JULY 16, 2010

The way venture funds work is that a collection of limited partners commit to a total amount of capital that is to be managed by the venture fund, the managing and general partners in the arrangement, for which the fund is compensated with an annual management fee. It’s the nuclear scenario.

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Seeing Both Sides

OCTOBER 9, 2008

GigaOm reports that Sequoia Capital called an all-hands, emergency meeting with its portfolio CEOs to walk through a recommended plan of action. My partner, David Aronoff, wrote a good blog outlining what CEOs should be doing to ensure survival.

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 26, 2025

I did a talk with a private community of 100 GPs and investors in venture capital called Aces last week. It’s an off-the-record, confidential group organized by a few people, including Max Beaumont , who said I could mention him in this post. Max sent me the following summary. I asked him if I could post it, and he said yes.

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