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The Rise & Fall of Great Venture Firms [Part 1] ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

The names of these once great, now defunct firms may not be terribly familiar today but here are just a few examples: American Research & Development [Boston] –> Founded by George Doriot and depending how you count it, either the first or second formal VC firm in the US. But it’s not quite that simple.

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High Returns On A Small Fund Challenge Low Returns On A Big Fund

David Teten

Assuming you have a large amount of capital to invest, the relatively easy decision is to invest in one of the brand-name, multi-billion dollar VCs. That said, how do you avoid suffering the poor median returns the industry is known for? However, the conventional wisdom is that small VC funds have better performance profiles than large ones.

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