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Assertion Supported
Active venture capital fund entities have quadrupled from 1,000 to 4,000
“Samir over, he's running his own shop now, but when he was at First Republic, he used to track the number of funds that were out in the market. And it used to be A thousand. Like, that was always the number. Like, NVCA, National Venture Capital Association, al…”
Chris Douvos Jan 10, 2022 ▶ 13:45 Chris Douvos – The LP's Perspective from Ahoy Capital, Venture is Eating the Investment World 2 (Capital Allocators, EP.230)
Assertion Contradicted
Mid-level engineers at Microsoft are making $1 million in total compensation
“I was just on a call where somebody was talking about mid-level, not even senior engineers at Microsoft are making a million dollars.”
Chris Douvos Jan 10, 2022 ▶ 20:07 Chris Douvos – The LP's Perspective from Ahoy Capital, Venture is Eating the Investment World 2 (Capital Allocators, EP.230)
Assertion Partly supported
Douvos: The 2000 vintage venture benchmark ended slightly positive
“I think the benchmark actually is like positive, like one point of seven percent or something for the 2000 vintage.”
Chris Douvos Feb 27, 2023 ▶ 9:47 Venture Capital Panel – Beezer Clarkson, Chris Douvos, and Joelle Kayden (Capital Allocators, EP.299)
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