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VC Allocator | Multi-Family Office | LP & Direct Investments

💪 Why I back SMALL funds: 🤯 VC performance comes in small packages. Data from 1,500 VC funds shows two very strong correlations: 💰 Fund size matters. It is much easier to have fund-returning exits in smaller funds 🚀 Access matters. If you aren't accessing the best performing funds, the asset class isn't worth the risk 🔮 The best-performing funds stick to the same strategy and don't try to become giant AUM machines. Some positive data for emerging fund managers - stick to your niche and excel at what you do. #VC #venturecapital

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Dean Berger

Principal at OurCrowd

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Thanks, can you please share the source for the performance data?

Michael G. Ambrosino

General Partner at Flagstaff Ventures

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Love this. What year is this data ranging from?

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Jeffrey Paine

Managing Partner & Cofounder, Golden Gate Ventures, leveraging Machine Learning to select investments. "Startup Whisperer"

1y

Preach

John Sharp

Founding Partner at Hatcher+

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AUM isn't the driver you should be looking at - our research at Hatcher+ (using approximately the same data set) shows that when it comes to returns, the number of investments in the portfolio and how early you invest matter far more than AUM. A second thought: Any VC fund with 500m AUM is very likely to be a late-stage fund. Our research also shows that such a fund is going to miss out on important early-stage returns - the trade-off being that investors may get to their returns earlier, based on the shorter assumed average time to exit.

Any breakdown available for the 0-$249m group? Curious to see if performance continues to increase as fund size getssmaller, and if there is an inflection point where performance starts decreasing as fund size decreases even more

Phillip Bogdanovich

Democratizing mobility health access at Open Motion AI.

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James Heath in the US (and I imagine globally) this is highly skewed by geographic location. Your second point is highly subjective. Small funds/personal funds are also a great way to forfeit all your investment very quickly. Most failure happens in the very early stages- which is where small money is deployed unless it’s pulled through in a larger round by a larger fund. Small funds are easier to start and access. They are not easier to manage. I also imagine you’re considering this from the perspective of an LP. Your last point is absolutely true. Stick to what you know. A company is not a company. Understanding the risks of medtech doesn’t make a fund a good SaaS partner. For instance.

Cheryl Kellond 💎

Taylor-Swifting the Angel economy. Putting $10B of permissionless capital in motion at Play Money. Firing up a truckload of female badassery on the side. 3x Founder, 3x Ironman, 4x Mom. I like my 🥃 neat.

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This is so interesting. Do you have data for 0-$50M? I think that is the most interesting segment of the market right now.

Marc Wesselink

Co-Founder @ venturerock | Digital Venture Platform , we remove friction from investing in startups in & outside of the EU.

1y

Great info and aligned with our approach to have similar setups of small funds using the same approach but different industry areas & subject matter experts

Matt Wilson

Founder & Managing Director @ allied.vc | Entrepreneur turned investor | MBA

1y

Fund size matters 💯

Andres Echecopar Álvarez

Managing Partner Bcombinator VC. Founder at AEA Capital Advisors & GP at Castiventures

1y

Las rentabilidades de los VCs son impresionantes a pesar de la dispersión en los resultados. La clave para mi es la estrategia y el acceso a los mejores deals, unido a un equipo con experiencia. Tiene sentido que fondos más pequeños tiendan a tener mejores rentabilidades.Aunque el tamaño del Fondo depende mucho de la fase de la startup donde se despliega el capital (no es lo mismo preseed que Series A).

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