university endowments
6 statements across 6 episodes · 1 bullish · 4 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Mar 10, 2017 by Andy Rachleff · across every show →
Everything said about university endowments, oldest first
Mar 10, 2017 bullish
Sep 6, 2023 negative
Nov 13, 2024 negative
Villig: European VC Lags US Due to Lack of Pension and Endowment LPs
“So one of the problems is that if you look at where's the money coming from into the US VC industry, there's so many more LPs, the big pension funds are putting money in, the university endowments are putting money in, and that's not really the case in Europe.…”
Apr 24, 2025 bearish
O'Driscoll: VC partners will refrain from spinning out in 2025-2026
“You might see in the next one to two years, a little bit of clinging to the lifeboats here, guys, because, you know, it's not going to be as easy as it was. I think 23, 24 was a unique time where it's never easy to raise a new fund. These are really talented p…”
Jul 10, 2025 bearish
Oct 9, 2025 neutral
O'Driscoll: University endowment VC stake sell-offs will tail off
“So I think for those guys, it's not going to be the new normal in the sense of you're not going to be doing this because it's not going to persist for a long time because by definition, if you're selling a lot of venture assets, you're probably not going to bu…”