Venture Capital Fund Metrics Cheat Sheet.

Many investors and even some fund managers struggle with VC performance metrics. When should we use them? How do we calculate them?

Remember: Some metrics work for LPs, others for funds or portfolios. Context matters - especially the fund's age!

π“π‘πžπ¬πž 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐲 πŸ– 𝐀𝐞𝐲 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐒𝐜𝐬:

1️⃣ Total Value to Paid-in (TVPI)
2️⃣ Residual Value to Paid-in (RVPI)
3️⃣ Distributions to Paid-in (DPI)
4️⃣ Multiple on Invested Capital (MOIC)
5️⃣ Internal Rate of Return (IRR)
6️⃣ Maximum Expected Exposure (MEE)
7️⃣ Follow-on Funding Rate (FFR)
8️⃣ Deployment to Fee Ratio (DFR)

What do they mean? How do you calculate them? When are they meaningful? What do you measure and why?

Check out the attached document to learn more πŸ‘‡

Thanks, Marc Penkala for sharing this.

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