VCs and LPs - fund raising guides for venture fund managers

This post serves a part two of a two part series that samir kaji and I are co-authoring to help VC’s navigate through fundraising cycles and engend... (2018)

I realized a long time ago that the VC’s customer is the founder/CEO/portfolio company and that our investors (called LPs in VC speak) are our “sha... (2021)

Several years ago, I wrote a post titled Why VCs Should Recycle Their Management Fees. From the start of Foundry Group in 2007, we have felt strong... (2018)

At USV, we have always had simple and investor-friendly terms with the institutions and individuals that provide the capital we invest. (2018)

As a firm that focuses on three distinct types of venture investment, we spend considerable time and energy contemplating how these categories are ... (2018)

Follow me @samirkaji for my random, sometimes relevant thoughts on the world of early stage venture and start-ups. This post serves a part one of a... (2018)

LP Survey for venture capital (2018)

YC Partner Geoff Ralston talks to Cowboy Ventures Founder Aileen Lee. Transcript and additional content can be found here: See Min 26 - for VC ... (2018)

I expect to get more emails like this in the coming weeks as the startup and venture community comes to grip with the flood of money from bad actor... (2018)

When I started out investing (via a fund — not my money), I was just investing based on a simple schedule: About once a month, invest $25K into one... (2019)

Digging into "Two and Twenty" & VC compensation Money, money, money. Always sunny. In the [fund managers's] world — ABBA If you have ever been i... (2019)

With a number of new efforts underway to bring more women partners into venture capital firms, there is a tendency to view an increase in female in... (2019)

A look at how VCs structure and raise venture funds. VCs have 3 principal jobs: picking startups to invest in, helping startups after investing,... (2020)

“1/ I've been having a few conversations with people in #VC about the denominator problem and I wanted to share this bit of math to put things in p... (2020)

Venture funds have historically counted on several types of limited partners — or LPs — for their own investing capital. One of these groups is ins... (2021)