LPs

4 statements across 2 episodes · 1 bullish · 3 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Aug 11, 2023 by David Friedberg · across every show →

Everything said about LPs, oldest first

Aug 11, 2023 bearish
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Friedberg: Institutional LPs are slashing new VC fund commitments up to 100%
“I've heard several folks talk about how they're reducing commitments by 50%, two thirds, or in some cases, a hundred percent, particularly after the mad rush for capital over the last couple of years or capital commitments, I would say for the last couple of y…”
David Friedberg Aug 11, 2023 ▶ 43:45 E141: State of Series A's, VC dry powder, IPO window opens + more with Bill Gurley & Brad Gerstner
Aug 11, 2023 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Gurley: LP bonus structures disincentivize GPs from marking down valuations
“Many LPs are actually bonus on the paper mark, and this is something that a lot of people don't realize, and so they don't have an incentive to dial around to the GPs and say, get your marks right, because it's actually gonna reflect poorly on them if they wer…”
Bill Gurley Aug 11, 2023 ▶ 36:30 E141: State of Series A's, VC dry powder, IPO window opens + more with Bill Gurley & Brad Gerstner
Oct 11, 2024 negative
Opinion
Chamath: LPs' biggest mistake is spreading money across too many GPs
“I think that LPs have made a couple of very big mistakes. And I think the biggest mistake that they've made is by smearing too much money across too many general partners.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Oct 11, 2024 ▶ 56:04 Hurricane fallout, AlphaFold, Google breakup, Trump surge, VC giveback, TikTok survey
Oct 11, 2024 positive
Assertion Supported
Sacks: Smaller $500M-$600M venture funds perform better than $1B funds
“The data that I think LPs look at shows that smaller venture funds tend to perform better for this reason, 506 hundred million dollar funds.”
David Sacks Oct 11, 2024 ▶ 1:03:15 Hurricane fallout, AlphaFold, Google breakup, Trump surge, VC giveback, TikTok survey
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