Fund Returns

topic on 3 shows · 4 statements across 4 episodes

the Startup Ideas Podcast TBPN 20VC

4 statements about Fund Returns, every show

TBPN Insight
Fund Returns Are Inversely Proportional to Team and Fund Size
“Doug has this presentation, he calls it the laws of physics, where one of the laws of physics is that fund returns are inversely proportional to team size, and also fund returns inversely proportional to fund size.”
Andrew Reed Mar 28, 2025 ▶ 22:22 Andrew Reed on Sequoia and How to Be a World-Class VC
Grant: Retail shadow LP funds will fail because VCs hide their returns
“This is, for the record, an idea that won't work, and it won't, like, and there are more reasons than that, that it won't work. It's like, also, they love not having to share their fund, like, returns with the general public, and this would change that, like, …”
Dani Grant Jul 24, 2024 ▶ 17:30 4 $1M+ startup ideas you can launch tomorrow
20VC Assertion Not checkable as stated
Guo: VC Returns Are Dominated by Few Individual Investors
“Returns in most firms are dominated by a few good investors, even when the partner group might be 10 or more.”
Sarah Guo Apr 28, 2023 ▶ 35:47 Sarah Guo: On Her New $101M Fund; How AI Impacts Inequality; AI Startups vs Incumbents | E1007 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
20VC Insight
Brown: Reserving capital for follow-on rounds damages overall venture fund returns
“I think actually like the follow on can really damage fund returns in that you should buy your ownership at the lowest possible cost, which is the initial cost of seed or series A.”
Ophelia Brown Mar 17, 2023 ▶ 11:04 Ophelia Brown: How We Raised $432M in a Pandemic; What's New in European Venture Capital | E990 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings

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