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Explaining carried interest

The Equity Kicker

Carried interest’ is the name given to the profit share schemes that investors in venture capital funds, typically called ‘LPs’, use to incentivise the partners at at the funds in which they invest. Much like options in a startup carried interest schemes vest over time, typically five or seven years.

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Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010

SoCal CTO

While Google fights on the edges, Amazon is attacking their core - Chris Dixon , May 22, 2010 Google is fighting battles on almost every front: social networking, mobile operating systems, web browsers, office apps, and so on. We'll be your hosts for a three-part series about the use of MongoDB here at Etsy. The Curation Team. Stay Tuned.

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What’s the Difference? Venture Capitalist vs. Angel Investor

The Startup Magazine

An article in Forbes explains that a venture capital firm makes its money through management fees (a percentage of the amount of capital that they have under management) and carried interest (a percentage of the profits of the business). Investor Involvement. Angel Investors. Investor Involvement.

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Group Finance Director

Transformify

You must have unfailing integrity and a willingness to adopt a hands-on approach whilst operating at a high level. The ability to build relationships with other members of the executive team is also key. Seniority Level Director Industry Accounting Employment Type Full-time Job Functions

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Joining The B Team

VC Adventure

In fact, before there was Foundry we got together to talk about our core operating principles. As we’ve operated our firm over the past 9 years we’ve expanded on these ideas and tried to further integrate them into our business and our lives.

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How VCs Make Money….Hopefully

ithacaVC

Fourth, GP1 is entitled to a carried interest in fund profits. Therefore, the returns from the sale/IPO of the fund’s portfolio companies must clear capital commitments before GP1 gets any carried interest. There is actually a great deal of complexity when operating a live fund.

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How to Negotiate a Partner Role at a Venture Capital or Private Equity Firm

David Teten

Bloomberg Beta open-sources their entire operating manual on Github, where their website lives. While both the average founder and the average senior partner own 21 percent of their management firm, only the former takes home an equivalent portion of the firm’s carried interest the capital gains investors share with management companies.