Benchmarking
The Black Swan Year: How 2020 Impacted Venture Investing and Performance
2020 was a year that profoundly disrupted nearly every aspect of life, so it’s no surprise that the pandemic’s effects made ripples throughout the venture landscape too. In the spirit of our #OpenLP initiative, and leveraging our proprietary dataset, we took the opportunity...
Two and Twenty: What’s ‘Market’ for Venture Funds These Days?
One of the most frequently asked questions from our venture managers is “What is market?” Whether market refers to terms like management fees and carry, compensation for employees, number of companies per fund, or the size of LPs, the term that is...
Metrics that matter most for investors & limited partners
Finding your north star metric as an investor can be confusing. Do you care more about consistent cash flows overtime or a large lump-sum payment later in the future? Do you care about total cash returned or a risk-adjusted rate of return?...
Stampede for Silicon Valley start-ups sees VCs invest at fast pace
Venture capitalists are investing at the fastest pace in more than a decade, in a flurry of dealmaking that has intensified competition for stakes in young tech companies while increasing concerns about inflated valuations.
Annual VC Human Capital Survey
The third edition of Deloitte’s VC Human Capital Survey assesses the state of the US VC industry workforce, with a special focus on DEI. Results from this edition were benchmarked against findings from the first and second editions, which were originally conducted...
File this one under: DO NOT MISS 🌟
The very first LP Roundtable on the #VentureUnlocked podcast is a *must listen* ... episode.
Featuring insights from @cdouvos, @guyperelmuter, and @Beezer232.
https://ventureunlocked.substack.com/p/lp-roundtable-with-chris-douvos-ahoy
#OpenLP
In the early stages of the life cycle of a fund, the most frequently used performance metrics (MOIC, TVPI, DPI, IRR) may... not be very reliable...
So what are the key VC performance metrics beyond just common multiples?
https://www.bfp.vc/vc-performance-metrics-for-early-stage-funds-beyond-common-multiples/ by @marcocsolinas
How can emerging fund managers prepare for access to new capital?
@cartainc, @DLA_Piper, + @WeaverCPAs are hosting a ... webinar tomorrow on just this topic.
Be sure to register! 👇
https://weaver.com/webinar/webinar-hear-gp-and-lp-perspectives-fundraising-emerging-managers
The Weekend Read:
"Endowments are posting their best returns since the 1980s... In many cases, this validates the ... so-called "endowment model" championed by the late David Swensen of Yale, which over-allocates to illiquid securities."
https://www.axios.com/higher-education-endowment-growth-investments-7b745c31-693d-4ee8-a522-1accf6ca62fd.html by @danprimack
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