Lightspeed Venture Partners

APRIL 12, 2016

We announced $1.2bn of committed capital in our latest fund family last month and four of us have been listed on the CB Insights/NY Times list of top 100 Venture Capitalists. I joined Lightspeed ten years ago. It’s been an amazing ride.

Technical Cofounder 60

Technical Cofounder Cofounder SCRUM Committed Capital 60

Austin Startup

AUGUST 18, 2017

Limited partners, who commit capital to venture funds, have to commit for 7–13 years. This model has other problems. By far the largest is illiquidity. Once a venture investment is made, the fund will not realize a return until the company sells or IPOs. Few investors can afford to think on that time-scale.

Venture Capital 54

Venture Capital Marketing Technical Review Portfolio 54

Feld Thoughts

MAY 28, 2014

Let’s assume a $100 million VC fund that charges a 2% management fee and a 20% carry.

Management 151

Management .Net LP Venture Capital 151

Agile VC

DECEMBER 6, 2012

But even for healthy VC firms, as a firm grows or shrinks they are typically adding or subtracting LPs in each subsequent fund (still usually a minority of overall committed capital in the fund).

LP 178

LP Balance Sheet Differentiation Limited Partner 178

Version One Ventures

JUNE 16, 2022

An investor’s biggest impact comes when he/she believes in a team when no one else does and commits capital when nobody else does. As a VC, your impact on the success of a business is limited. 99.99% of the magic is created by founders and their teams. Be the first cheque, lead a round, help with a bridge.

Early Stage 90

Early Stage Committed Capital Founder Partner 90

Hunter Walker

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

We – and the other investors – committed capital, sweat and reputation behind a team that absolutely is working on a problem that matters to them and we believe can be meaningful to customers. This article in Forbes explains Bodega well while appropriately critiquing the challenges they face in succeeding.

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Committed Capital Curation Early Stage Naming 94

The Startup Magazine

MAY 24, 2017

An investor commits capital with the expectation of financial return, which according to CNN Money is a growing benefit to the average American’s bank account. Investing is a simple concept. In fact, 77% of stock market investors made money in 2016.

Stock 79

Stock Committed Capital Equity Marketing 79

This is going to be BIG.

MAY 1, 2016

Are you a fund with committed capital? Do I need to know someone you know? - Who makes decisions and does that differ across stage and size? What is the voting criteria like? Majority? - Where is it from, generally speaking? How much is left and when was the last fund raised? - Do you lead? - How do I know a "yes" is official?

Committed Capital 60

Committed Capital Partner Founder Management 60

Tim Keane

DECEMBER 30, 2009

  Reduce donor risk and raise effectiveness of committed capital.   Reduce donor risk and raise effectiveness of committed capital. .  Everything you are using to build your social enterprise is either a fact or a hypothesis.  Document facts; test hypotheses.  How?  Testing.  How?

Wisconsin 60

Wisconsin Milwaukee Angel Investor Committed Capital 60

ithacaVC

MAY 10, 2011

Typically, that might be 2% of committed capital per year paid quarterly. Third, VC1 pays GP1 a management fee (via a separate fund management entity – again, to make this post simple I am not going to elaborate on the fund management entity here). So, for VC1, that would be $2mm a year.

Carried Interest 51

Carried Interest Ratchet Limited Partner Due Diligence 51

The Startup Lawyer

JANUARY 6, 2011

We’re a small fund with $30M of committed capital, so we focus on Seed and Series A opportunities. We’re broadly interested in a bunch of different opportunities within the consumer web, and tend to focus on Seed and Series A investments in content, advertising, mobile and local spaces in the US of A.

Early Stage 58

Early Stage LP Later Stage Balance Sheet 58

Bryce Dot VC

JUNE 28, 2017

In Fund IV, we are still actively making Tim’s angel investments and allocating a larger percentage of committed capital to them. When it comes to OATV and Indie.vc they are the same thing. OATV is the Fund, Indie.vc is the strategy. However, we are not leading or co-leading traditional seed rounds as we’ve done it that past.

Cofounder 40

Cofounder Committed Capital Early Stage Portfolio 40

Version One Ventures

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

Announcing Version One’s final close In addition to wrapping up 2012, I’m happy to announce the final close of the Version One Ventures fund with $19 million in committed capital. Here are some of the more interesting details to share about our activity in 2012: Version One invested more than $2.5M

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Los Angeles Portland Canada B2C 146