View from Seed

JANUARY 13, 2021

Our response was that we were motivated to focus on seed because 1) this is what we enjoy, care about, and are good at and 2) we’re going to make money on carried interest and this was the best way to get there. From an industry standpoint, I think this have turned out to be only partially true.

Dilution 399

Dilution Later Stage Portfolio Technical Review 399

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 5, 2010

He and his partner told me about this new idea over the course of nearly a year. Partners in VC funds only wanted to fund entrepreneurs who had a certain percentage of their net worth tied up in their venture. I run the recruiting process for my VC firm, GRP Partners. I introduced him to my partners who liked him.

Entrepreneur 293

Entrepreneur CTO Hire South America Salary 293

The Startup Magazine

MARCH 22, 2019

Investment firms are staffed with analysts, partners, and others to ensure deals are soundly vetted. 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).

Angel Investor 122

Angel Investor Venture Capital Accredited Investor Equity 122

Professor VC

JULY 25, 2013

Funders Club ( which I''ve written about previously ) recently launched a referral program where angels can receive 10% of the carried interest in a deal they refer that ultimately gets investment from an FC fund. They did get the partners on board on the condition that the term sheet is renegotiated at a lower valuation.

Term Sheet 46

Term Sheet Silicon Valley Syndicate Syndication 46

Agile VC

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Some of the firm’s partners may move on to new jobs during this phase but at least some are usually still around. a VC fund’s entire portfolio in aggregate, net of management fees and carried interest) a good return from an LP’s perspective would be 2.5-3.0x Kevin Rose was on the cover of BusinessWeek.

LP 154

LP Portfolio Venture Capital IRR 154

Women Entrepreneurs Can

MAY 9, 2019

These folks are accessible across any industry and are particularly useful for entrepreneurs who have moved beyond the seed stage of financing, but don’t yet have the significant revenue needed to court venture capital funding. Solid Organizational Processes. Driving sponsorships for your startup is a numbers game.

Programming 40

Programming Sweat Equity Startup Private Equity 40

K9 Ventures

NOVEMBER 30, 2008

The birth of modern-day venture capital (not considering the European monarchs financing explorations and projects as venture capital) can be traced back to American Research and Development, which was started by Georges Doriot. The General Partners (GPs) are the operating guys. The business of venture capital is relatively young.

IRR 48

IRR Venture Capital LP Early Stage 48