VC funds and manager style: A case study
November 23, 2020
Categorizing venture capital funds and general partners' various fund-management styles can be notoriously tricky business. That's especially true in an industry known for holding a wide-ranging mix of companies in its ever-changing portfolios.
But PitchBook's newly unveiled Private Manager Style research aims to equip LPs, entrepreneurs and others in the market with a clear framework for evaluating fund performance in this context.
In a new research note, our analysts explain in a case study how to apply this framework to classifying funds in the VC universe. The study highlights the subject by zooming in on four major venture firms: Khosla Ventures, Sequoia, JLABS (the venture and innovation arm of Johnson & Johnson) and 5AM Ventures:
But PitchBook's newly unveiled Private Manager Style research aims to equip LPs, entrepreneurs and others in the market with a clear framework for evaluating fund performance in this context.
In a new research note, our analysts explain in a case study how to apply this framework to classifying funds in the VC universe. The study highlights the subject by zooming in on four major venture firms: Khosla Ventures, Sequoia, JLABS (the venture and innovation arm of Johnson & Johnson) and 5AM Ventures: