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first-time funds

4 statements across 3 episodes · 0 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Oct 24, 2016 by Beezer Clarkson · across every show →

Everything said about first-time funds, oldest first

Oct 24, 2016 negative
Assertion Partly supported
Only 31 First-Time VC Funds Were Raised Through Q3 2016
“What I can say is, is through Q three, You know, we go through and we curate the data, we pull it from a number of sources, and then we curate it, because sometimes funds close one year and then do a final close a second year, so the numbers are a bit squishy,…”
Beezer Clarkson Oct 24, 2016 ▶ 9:41 20VC: More $ Raised This Year Than The Past 15, War Chests Being Built & Decline In First Time Funds: So What The Heck Is Happening In Venture with Beezer Clarkson, Managing Director @ Sapphire Ventures
May 1, 2017
Assertion Contradicted
Clarkson: 17 first-time VC funds raised in Q1 2017 versus 6 in Q1 2016
“So, there are more first-time funds this year than last year by more than double. So, last year, there were six during QI of 2016, and this year so far, there's been 17.”
Beezer Clarkson May 1, 2017 ▶ 8:37 20VC: Explosion of First Time Funds, Only 1 Mega Fund Raised: What The Heck Happened in Q1 Venture Markets with Beezer Clarkson, Managing Director @ Sapphire Ventures
May 1, 2017
Assertion Supported
Clarkson: Q1 2017 first-time VC funds averaged $100M in size
“You know this, the fund sizes are healthy too, so averages are a bit deceiving, but you know, for what it's worth, the average for these 17 funds was a hundred million, and that wasn't just because there was like one ginormous one and the rest were dinky. Ther…”
Beezer Clarkson May 1, 2017 ▶ 8:53 20VC: Explosion of First Time Funds, Only 1 Mega Fund Raised: What The Heck Happened in Q1 Venture Markets with Beezer Clarkson, Managing Director @ Sapphire Ventures
Nov 4, 2019
Assertion Partly supported
Raising a first-time venture capital fund takes 18 to 24 months
“First-time funds, I mean, often, it's 18 to 24 months, and you just have to expect that.”
Lisa Edgar Nov 4, 2019 ▶ 12:34 20VC: Inside The Mind of A Leading LP: How LPs Evaluate New Fund Managers on Everything from First Meeting to Portfolio Construction To Fees and Carry with Lisa Edgar, Managing Director @ Top Tier Capital Partners
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