Larger Fund
topic on 2 shows · 5 statements across 5 episodes
5 statements about Larger Fund, every show
Mignano: Smaller VC funds offer more downside protection than mega-funds
“Because our funds are smaller, similar to yours, there's probably more downside protection for us in that model than say at a larger fund where you have to multiply billions of dollars.”
Ou: Top-quartile sub-$1B buyout funds outperform top-quartile mega-funds
“The medium return of funds, let's say it's sub one billion is quite similar to the medium returns of funds, five billion above observable from the industry data, but the top 10, 20% performers in the sub one billion category generates meaningfully higher retur…”
First Round avoids calling larger funds for references to prevent deal scooping
“If they're part of a larger fund, typically we won't be calling them because we do not want to highlight the deal for them.”
Kaji: Top 10% micro VCs will outperform, but vast majority won't reach 3x net
“And if you're investing in an index, you're going to lose. I think the top 10% of micro VC funds will do phenomenally Well, and will significantly outpace the returns of larger funds, but the vast majority of the micro funds are going to have a tough time retu…”
Jenna Brown: Startups should avoid large multi-stage VC funds at seed
“I'd say that generally we try to avoid the larger funds unless there was a good reason why we thought they would be a fit, and I think my take on this, again, it's the same, like, if your numbers are not good, you're going to have bigger problems, so it's just…”