Aggregator Internet IRR 
David Teten
MAY 8, 2012
As Steve Case has said, it’s ridiculous that anyone can gamble and be guaranteed to lose money, but there are strict regulations around who can invest in early-stage private companies and earn (in some cases) a 27% IRR on their capital. *. It was created before the Internet age to protect investors by promoting full disclosure of information.
Professor VC
JANUARY 17, 2008
While currently free to angel groups, their business model revolves around aggregating the angel investment data. If my math is correct, this is approximately a 31% IRR, which has to beat individual angel investments on aggregate and venture capital returns over the period of the study (1990-2007). return on investment after 3.5
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abovethecrowd.com
APRIL 20, 2016
Many have noted that the aggregate shareholder value created by all of the Unicorns will vastly overshadow the losses from the inevitable failed unicorns. The same thing happened to many Internet stocks. Do you feel the need to raise more capital quickly before the prices erode further and bring down your IRR?
David Teten
MARCH 2, 2013
The Kauffman Foundation points out several reasons why they choose to keep pouring capital into the industry: the J-curve narrative, VC investment allocation mandates (which should disproportionally benefit large funds), the “relationship business” philosophy, and potentially misleading return metrics (such as IRR).
Occam's Razor
OCTOBER 14, 2014
Leaders (company is leaving China, our IPO is next week, 1,800 new stores are being opened in 180 days, our new IRR is 8%). … You can see the wisdom of not just setting a 20% aggregate conversion rate, based on the above benchmarking data. For this blog, Benchmarking classifies me into Internet & Telecom vertical.
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