Venture Fund Portfolio Construction | Journal | Kauffman Fellows

The Venture Arrogance Score: A simple formula to evaluate a VC firm's business modelWhat percent of "total annual startup value creation" does that fund need to capture in order to generate their desired return.You just need five numbers to calculate it...1) Fund Size and Investment Window (this is simple...just take the size of their last fund -- ... See more

But I thought a better way of thinking about how we manage our portfolios is to think about it as a funnel. If we do 36–40 deals in a Seed Fund, somewhere between 25–40% would likely see big up-rounds within the first 12–24 months. This translates to about 12–15 investments.

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Fund Structure

Traditional Fund

Traditional funds typically do a “big bang” fundraise and begin deploying capital after the First Close. Once the fund is officially closed, they’re unable to accept new LPs.

That said, it’s not uncommon for fund managers to leave their fund “open” for several months while deploying and raising additional capital.

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