The harvard management company's 2007/2008 annual report (http://vpf-web.harvard.edu/annualfinancial/pdfs/2008fullreport.pdf http://vpf-web.harvard.edu/annualfi

The harvard management company's 2007/2008 annual report (http://vpf-web.harvard.edu/annualfinancial/pdfs/2008fullreport.pdf http://vpf-web.harvard.edu/annualfinancial/pdfs/2008fullrepo...) says that they only have about 1.5 Billion in venture capital (and only about 1 billion of that is domestic). However, you are right that the ripple effect could be substantial.