Agile VC

JULY 11, 2012

What’s a “fair” split of fee income and carried interest when a partner joins several years/funds after others? How do you deal with a severely uneven distribution of investment success between individuals or groups of partners? Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. Read More ».

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Silicon Valley Carried Interest Cofounder Boston 240

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

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 29, 2009

Ampex’s first customer was Bing Crosby who wanted to record his radio programs for rebroadcast (and had exclusive distribution rights.) But the biggest innovation was the “carried interest” (called the “carry”.) Aligning their interests with their limited investors and the entrepreneurs they were investing in.

Silicon Valley 125

Silicon Valley SBIC San Francisco RSS 125

Professor VC

JUNE 20, 2011

The business model (OEM through broadband and home security companies for mass distribution) if not specific product functionality has remained largely the same. There are definitely some lessons in the story for entrepreneurs and angel investors, but before discussing, I thought Id share a bit about the early financing history for iControl.

San Jose 28

San Jose Angel Investor Term Sheet Venture Capital 28