Why new VC funds offer the greatest opportunities in Venture Capital

However, investing in a higher number of billion-dollar companies does not necessarily mean a greater success level for a VC firm, as measured by return of the fund. Some firms may have larger fund sizes and hence invest in more companies. Some don’t lead deals and are not ownership sensitive. Analyzing what percentage of a firm’s bets that became

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The success of each fund entirely rests on the top one to three companies in the fund. There’s often even a large gap between the returns from the No. 1 company and those from the runner-up. Fred Wilson, co-founder of Union Square Ventures, uses a heuristic of thirds: “one deal returns the fund, another 3 to 4 deals return it again, and the rest re

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