Yu: VCs are cautious because fund distributions to LPs were low
Jim Yu · We hit $100m in revenue: 9 Lessons I Learned the hard way · May 9, 2024 · at 19:58
BrightEdge founder Jim Yu explains the macroeconomic and LP dynamics influencing venture capital deployment behavior during a presentation on scaling SaaS companies.
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“Why are the investors, right, very careful right now? Part of it is the distributions have been low. What that means is they haven't In the last 18 months, we turned a lot of money back to their investors, and so if they deploy more money, their investors are saying, well, when am I gonna get my money back, right?”
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