Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 9, 2014

Of course, both are significant, but according to Rose, angel investing is as poised as crowd funding to take off due to the same online technology, and there is plenty of opportunity for both. There is a rarified brand of successful investors who can show average IRRs of 25 percent or greater over the years.

Angel Investor 278

Angel Investor Angel Groups Accredited Investor IRR 278

View from Seed

AUGUST 17, 2021

One industry specific example is the strange fascination among some LPs and GPs around term IRR. Even though everyone knows that VC funds take 10+ years to come to fruition, one often can’t help but benchmark themselves based on IRR in the early days. at exit due to dilution. So it’s like this same fund actually invested $2.5M

IRR 136

IRR Dilution Founder Portfolio 136

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2015

Of course, both are impressive, but according to Rose, angel investing is as poised as crowd funding to take off due to the same online technology, and there is plenty of opportunity for both. There is a rarified brand of successful investors who can show average IRRs of 25 percent or greater over the years.

Angel Investor 120

Angel Investor Angel Groups Accredited Investor IRR 120

Seeing Both Sides

SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

As you might expect, the wolves have the edge in the encounter, due to superior market information or negotiating position. To achieve that same 38% IRR in 9 years, a 20x return is required! If the founders take money off the table, they are incented to go for the bigger win and don’t mind taking the time to get there.

IRR 36

IRR IPO Entrepreneur LP 36

Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

If you look at the spreadsheet, you will see that the “Required Rate of Return” is expressed as an IRR.   Internal Rates of Return naturally compound, so a 50% IRR is 7.59   (If you plug in an IRR of 58.5%   Internal Rates of Return naturally compound, so a 50% IRR is 7.59 times at 5 years and 11.39

Term Sheet 68

Term Sheet Valuation Dividend Liquidation Preference 68

VC Cafe

MARCH 8, 2010

TriVentures II , a $25 million medical device fund (with American medical technology company Medtronic Inc. Koby Simana, IVC CEO, said: “foreign institutional investors – who before the crisis had been the lead source of capital invested in Israeli funds – have suffered serious losses due to the credit crunch.

IRR 74

IRR Venture Capital Institutional Investors 74

abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 20, 2016

In late 2015, many public technology companies saw a significant retrenchment in their share prices primarily as a result of a reduction in valuation multiples. In Q1 of 2016 there were zero VC-backed technology IPOs. Do you feel the need to raise more capital quickly before the prices erode further and bring down your IRR?

IPO 40

IPO Term Sheet Silicon Valley Valuation 40

David Teten

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Here’s what I said: In your career in tech and VC, how has your focus on ESG responsibility changed over time? When we launched in 2010, I saw a white space: a burgeoning NY tech ecosystem, but only one angel group regularly writing checks. – Starship Technologies sells an autonomous robot-powered local delivery service.

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Partner Technical Review Cofounder 60