Reynolds: Institutional PE/VC allocations grew from under 1% to 5-10%
Megan Reynolds · Meghan Reynolds – Art of Capital Formation (EP.438) · Mar 31, 2025 · at 7:48
Meghan Reynolds reflects on the dramatic expansion of institutional allocations to private equity and venture capital during her decade at Goldman Sachs.
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“The exposure to Private equity and venture capital for most institutional investors when I started there was probably less than one percent on average, and by the time I left it was probably five or 10, so you can imagine the growth and the transformation that was happening.”
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