Yuppin: Venture capital has arguably the highest return dispersion of any asset class
Eric Yuppin · Jamie Montgomery – March Capital (Manager Meetings, EP.26) · Dec 30, 2021 · at 19:00
Institutional allocator Eric Yuppin discusses the difficulty of picking top-tier venture firms given return variance.
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“Venture is such a unique asset class, arguably the highest dispersion of returns, meaning the difference between the average and the very best is about as big a cone or dispersion as there is”
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