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Max Motschwiller: Meritech Fund VI targeting $600M and 25 portfolio companies

Max Motschwiller · 20VC: The 4 Key Skills All VCs Need To Be Successful, How To Build, Maintain and Scale Your Network in VC and What is The Process Through Which VCs Build Conviction in Opportunities with Max Motschwiller, General Partner @ Meritech Capital · Jun 25, 2018 · at 24:49

Max Motschwiller, General Partner at growth-stage firm Meritech Capital, outlines fund sizing and portfolio construction target numbers for Meritech's sixth fund.

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“So we're in the process of raising our sixth fund, it'll be about six hundred million, and our view is to have roughly 25 portfolio companies in that fund, so not hugely concentrated, but we think the right balance is”

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