You are an LP: How would you rather see a VC invest $10 million? • Fund I – Makes 10 $1M investments – Makes 2x their money on every investment • Fund II – Loses all their money on 8 and – Gets 20x their money on the remaining 2 • Fund III – Loses all their money on 9 and – Gets 50x their money on the remaining 1 • Accel XI – Invest $10M in Facebook at $100M post
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