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How to Do Research on VCs (Written by a VC)

View from Seed

Here at NextView, we (like all good VCs) encourage founders to ask questions they may have of us, but it’s just the nature of the interaction: We spend the majority of the time talking about the founders’ startup, not the VC firm. Talk to Your Startup Friends. So how can entrepreneurs do research on us VCs?

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Death By VC

Venture Chronicles

The limited partners hold on to their cash until the point at which individual investments are made and when the managing partner makes a “capital call&# to each limited the allocated portion of the total investment is wired from the limited to the venture fund for the purpose of funding that specific investment.