SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

While Google fights on the edges, Amazon is attacking their core - Chris Dixon , May 22, 2010 Google is fighting battles on almost every front: social networking, mobile operating systems, web browsers, office apps, and so on. We'll be your hosts for a three-part series about the use of MongoDB here at Etsy. The Curation Team. Stay Tuned.

Fractional CTO 248

Fractional CTO Startup Venture Capital Cofounder 248

The Equity Kicker

MARCH 25, 2014

‘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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Carried Interest Venture Capital Vesting Europe 109

View from Seed

OCTOBER 29, 2014

The income these investments generate then help fund the operations of those organizations or capital investment (e.g. Some institutional investors simply aren’t big enough to have in-house employees to vet and manage a portfolio of VC funds. new buildings, etc). The first is a staff constraint. Why Write About This Now?

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LP Private Equity Institutional Investors Venture Capital 335

Agile VC

OCTOBER 29, 2014

The income these investments generate then help fund the operations of those organizations or capital investment (e.g. Some institutional investors simply aren’t big enough to have in-house employees to vet and manage a portfolio of VC funds. new buildings, etc). The first is a staff constraint.

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Venture Capital LP Private Equity Institutional Investors 279

The Startup Magazine

MARCH 22, 2019

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). Investor Involvement. Angel Investors. Investor Involvement.

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Angel Investor Venture Capital Accredited Investor Equity 125

BeyondVC

JUNE 29, 2005

I am not sure how many entrepreneurs understand the structure of venture capital funds but the bottom line is that while VCs manage funds, we ultimately report to our investors or Limited Partners (LPs). It is not our money, and we have a fiduciary responsibility to manage it properly and generate the returns our LPs expect of us.

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LP Private Equity Due Diligence Venture Capital 78

ithacaVC

MAY 10, 2011

Capital is called when needed for investment, fund expenses or management fee. Now, there are interesting ways for the GP to fulfill its portion of a capital call using “fee waiver”, but I am not going to address that here. Fourth, GP1 is entitled to a carried interest in fund profits.

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Carried Interest Ratchet Limited Partner Due Diligence 51