Agile VC

OCTOBER 23, 2012

The VC industry (both the GP part and the LP part) pays attention to the sector’s returns, but the broader tech ecosystem only occasionally tunes in. 2) No Synthetic Alternative – If an LP can’t “buy” VC as an index, could they replicate the returns of an index some other way?

LP 176

LP Accredited Investor Carried Interest Portfolio 176

View from Seed

AUGUST 17, 2021

I can tell a story looking backwards why our LP base was carefully constructed. But in a lot of ways, the things that made magic happen between ourselves and our LPs was driven by timing, luck, chemistry, and other factors that were hard to predict at the time. The second is this – don’t let fundraising get you down.

IRR 205

IRR Dilution Founder Portfolio 205

View from Seed

AUGUST 17, 2021

I can tell a story looking backwards why our LP base was carefully constructed. But in a lot of ways, the things that made magic happen between ourselves and our LPs was driven by timing, luck, chemistry, and other factors that were hard to predict at the time. The second is this – don’t let fundraising get you down.

IRR 156

IRR Dilution Founder Portfolio 156

View from Seed

AUGUST 17, 2021

I can tell a story looking backwards why our LP base was carefully constructed. But in a lot of ways, the things that made magic happen between ourselves and our LPs was driven by timing, luck, chemistry, and other factors that were hard to predict at the time. The second is this – don’t let fundraising get you down.

IRR 136

IRR Dilution Founder Portfolio 136

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Tim Friedman, Founder, PE Stack , said, “If I could offer one piece of advice to today’s managers, it would be to take the time to understand the demands of the modern institutional LP. We are also seeing technology evaluation as an increasingly important part of LP operational due diligence.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Haystack

JULY 20, 2018

While I don’t have portfolio level stats for them, their new endeavor Foundry Next (to invest in smaller funds and then follow-on into key investments) has built up an LP basket of 23 positions in a variety of new VC funds. people looking to move to Austin). Raise here, but deploy elsewhere” is not a crazy strategy in today’s times.

San Francisco 116

San Francisco Silicon Valley Seattle Venture Capital 116

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2011

The LP Community Hasn’t Yet Caught Up. As I’ve started to get to know the other side of the VC industry lately (the people who invest in VC funds or “LPs&# ) one thing has occurred to me. My best guess is that new LP funds will be set up in the future to service Micro VCs. I think some will do this.

Venture Capital 296

Venture Capital Software LP Early Stage 296