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Explaining carried interest

The Equity Kicker

Carried interest’ is the name given to the profit share schemes that investors in venture capital funds, typically called ‘LPs’, use to incentivise the partners at at the funds in which they invest. Hurdle rates stipulate that the Manager delivers a minimum return before any carry gets paid out.

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The Rise & Fall of Great Venture Firms [Part 1] ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

What’s a “fair” split of fee income and carried interest when a partner joins several years/funds after others? For example carried interest takes years to accrue and is based on the efforts and decisions of both the individual and the firm that happened 5-10 years ago.

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The Economics of VCs Recycling Management Fees

Feld Thoughts

Several years ago, I wrote a post titled Why VCs Should Recycle Their Management Fees. The post specifically discussed three items: Management Fees, Recycling, and Carried Interest. Many fund agreements, including ours, require us to pay back all fees and expenses before taking carried interest.

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Why Average VC Returns Don’t Really Matter

Agile VC

It’s true that FoFs provide LPs a way to purchase VC funds in a basket, but by design these are comparatively narrow actively-managed investment funds rather than broad-based passive vehicles. fund or marginally profitable fund doesn’t generate any carry for the GPs that are investing it.

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Subprime Credit Levels & How They Affect Loan Interest Rates

YoungUpstarts

As anyone who’s tried to borrow money with a below-average credit score knows, it generally becomes more challenging to get approved for credit when borrowers view your credit profile as less-than-prime and more expensive if you do manage to get the green light. However, not all subprime credit is treated exactly the same.

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Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010

SoCal CTO

Why Taxing Carried Interest As Ordinary Income Is Good Policy - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , May 29, 2010 The House has passed a bill this past week that would change the taxation of carried interest from capital gains treatment to ordinary income treatment. What should I do?’. Where Do You Fit? m pleased.

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Battery Ventures Announces New $750 Million Fund

VC Cafe

The New York Times says the new fund is a signal that Silicon Valley is being revived, but according to the Wall Street Journal , it was lower fees and carry that facilitated securing the capital: It helped that Battery proactively offered some investor-friendly terms.