Distribution Limited Partner Vertical 
Steve Blank
JULY 2, 2009
If you were a “with it” VC you needed to have a “Content&# or “Multimedia&# company in your portfolio to impress your limited partners – educational software companies, game companies, or anything that could be described as content and/or Multimedia. We understood none of this. More detail in future posts.
David Teten
DECEMBER 3, 2019
A more efficient approach to fundraising than haphazard networking is to mine the data exhaust from the limited partner universe to identify those LPs most likely to find your fund attractive, and focus all your energy on them. Cobalt for General Partners helps GPs to optimize their fundraising strategy. the Untouched Vertical.
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This is going to be BIG.
MAY 5, 2023
I’ll also continue to work within the NYC tech community—now thriving at a level I could hardly have imagined when I first got the pitch deck for USV’s first fund as a Limited Partner at the GM pension fund. To think, I almost didn’t take that 2004 meeting because it was a NYC-based fund. Consider this.
Version One Ventures
JANUARY 21, 2025
We recently shared three key trends with our limited partners during our Annual General Meeting. The COVID-19 pandemic led to the rise of remote and distributed teams, a trend that continues today as companies seek cost savings and access to global talent. Take the first wave we rode: Vertical SaaS between 2012 and 2014.
Steve Blank
OCTOBER 29, 2009
Ampex’s first customer was Bing Crosby who wanted to record his radio programs for rebroadcast (and had exclusive distribution rights.) million of it by the time they dissolved their partnership in 1968 – they returned $90 million to their limited partners – a 54% compound growth rate.
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