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There's more money than there are good deals in Silicon Valley, ... Is that true? VCs aren't acting the way they would if they really believed it. If they did,
by johan_larson 9y ago
There's more money than there are good deals in Silicon Valley, ...
Is that true? VCs aren't acting the way they would if they really believed it. If they did, they would refuse funds from potential LPs, since they really can't find professionally responsible places to invest it. But that's not what they do. Alternately, they might take the LPs' money, warn them carefully that they could be investing in some real longshots, and then be willing to invest on fairly generous terms in any number of startups that look to be competently run and pursuing plausible opportunities. But that's not what they do, either.
Something doesn't add up.
- moxious 9y agoThe VCs of course need to maintain return but they are under some pressure to push money out the door and invest, as their fee is a percentage of funds invested. There are many funds structured in a way where it's better for the fund (not necessarily for the investor) to invest 2x in questionable companies, than just 1x in great companies, lest they lose fees on the remainder.
- hectorr 9y agoThe 2 is more important than the 20.