Big Winners and Bold Concentration: Unveiling the Secret Portfolio Returns of Leading Venture Funds
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Ali Tamaseb • Super Founders: What Data Reveals About Billion-Dollar Startups
Several studies and mathematical simulations have shown that it takes investing the same amount of money consistently in at least 20 to 25 companies before your returns begin to approach the typical return of over 20 percent for professional, active angel investors. This means the greater the number of companies into which an angel invests, the gre
... See moreDavid S. Rose • Angel Investing: The Gust Guide to Making Money and Having Fun Investing in Startups
Let’s use an example to illustrate how this works. Imagine a $300 million fund that wants to invest in twenty companies. VCs normally use a portion of their investments for their very first investment (called de novo capital), but the rest they keep as reserves (called follow-on capital) to maintain ownership in their companies in subsequent rounds
... See moreAli Tamaseb • Super Founders: What Data Reveals About Billion-Dollar Startups
The biggest secret in venture capital is that the best investment in a successful fund equals or outperforms the entire rest of the fund combined.