Reserves

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Insurance Reserves Account for Roughly $75B of Liberty Mutual's Balance Sheet
“I would say you could probably think of it as roughly 70 to 75 billion of that is reserves. So, that could be described as tightly managed.”
Vlad Barbalat Jun 23, 2026 ▶ 5:52 Investing a $120 Billion Balance Sheet with No Outside Investors · Invest Like The Best
20VC Insight
Sertoglu: VC reserves exist for overlooked companies that defy standard molds
“And that's what we, that's what our reserves are for. Our reserves are for those companies that will be misunderstood by the market or overlooked by the market because they don't fit into the mold.”
Cem Sertoglu Nov 20, 2024 ▶ 41:55 Cem Sertoglu: Lessons from the Greatest Venture Investment in European History | E1228 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
20VC Insight
Dixon: VCs Should Maintain Reserves and Exercise Pro-Rata Rights for Winners
“I would say the data also that I've looked at, you know, from my own history doesn't, you know, because the winners can be just so if you're good at it, the winners can just be so big that you want to do prorata. So, you know, I it's like, it's a hard question…”
Chris Dixon Mar 27, 2024 ▶ 10:06 Chris Dixon: Who Will Win the Next Generation of Venture? | E1132 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
20VC Opinion
Stebbings: Allocating venture fund reserves is an irresponsible capital deployment strategy
“I think reserves are an irresponsible way to deploy capital”
Harry Stebbings Mar 24, 2023 ▶ 45:13 Mike Maples: Lessons from SVB; Crisis Management Tips; USD's Status as the Reserve Currency | E993 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
20VC Assertion Not checkable as stated
Stebbings: Active reserve management separates 0.7x funds from 2x funds
“In the bad, bad times, when you do the studying, actually the intense portfolio managers are the difference between one x, or naught .7 x, and two x, because they've religiously managed a huge amount from reserves, liquidity, and everything in between”
Harry Stebbings Feb 27, 2023 ▶ 15:24 David Tisch: The 3 Most Important Variables When Raising Your Seed Round | 20VC #983 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
20VC Disclosure
Zeev Ventures keeps little to no follow-on reserves in its funds
“I pretty much do not keep reserves, or keep very, very little, and the reason is, because I do cross-fund, I don't feel that I need to keep reserves, because I can invest from the next fund, if I want to”
Oren Zeev Jun 29, 2020 ▶ 21:28 20VC: Oren Zeev on Why Diversification Is Overrated, The Downside of Thematic Investing, Making Quality Decisions In Uncertain Conditions & Why He Has No Reserves Allocation
20VC Insight
VC returns on follow-on reserves are lower than initial investments
“Because I think that, generally speaking, the returns, On the reserves are going to be lower than the first time you make an investment, and the reason is the first time you make an investment, you really scrutinize the investment.”
Oren Zeev Jun 29, 2020 ▶ 21:52 20VC: Oren Zeev on Why Diversification Is Overrated, The Downside of Thematic Investing, Making Quality Decisions In Uncertain Conditions & Why He Has No Reserves Allocation
20VC Insight
VCs without follow-on reserves risk being wiped out to zero
“And don't forget that in that eighty million dollar round that gets cut back to a forty million dollar, if you don't participate, sometimes you get flushed down to zero. And so if you don't have reserves and you're playing in a game where big checks are being …”
Mark Suster Apr 20, 2020 ▶ 23:48 20VC: Upfront's Mark Suster on COVID Redefining What A Great Company Looks Like and What Valuations Look Like, Why Pay-To-Play Is Back On The Table & Why We Will See The Death of Party Rounds

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