I don’t think we’re going to see any improvement any time soon—for GPs, anyway. In fact, Private Equity Insider just reported today that Draper Fisher Jurvetson has cut the target of its 10th fund from $600 million to $400 million and it’s offering better terms for LPs, including carried interest that starts at 20% instead of 25% and is based on performance benchmarks.
Given the sorry state of VC returns, I believe prospective LPs are going to start seeing even more favorable terms. I’ll report back on what I hear at our webinar tomorrow.
The panelists for “Raising a VC Fund in a Bear Market” are Dulcie Brand of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, who represents LPs such as CalPERS; Keith Spears of Hamilton Lane, who invests money on behalf of CalPERS in emerging managers; John Steuart of Claremont Creek Ventures, one of the few funds of late that came in above target; and David Tegeler of Proskauer Rose LLP, who is co-chairman of Proskauer’s Private Investment Funds Group.
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FUND-RAISING WOES | |||||
Name | Type of firm | Target | Fund # | Notes | Source |
2X Consumer Products Growth Partners | Growth stage VC | $30M | I | Fell short by $10M. In market since summer 2007. | Venture Capital Journal, March 2009 |
Aisling Capital | VC and public investments in life sciences | $750M | III | Fell $100M short of goal. Held final close on $650M. Still more than $550M raised for fund II in 2005. | Venture Capital Journal, February and May 2009 |
ArrowPath Venture Partners (fka E*Trade Group) | Early stage VC | n/a | III | Abandoned fund-raising plans. Raised $209M for fund II in 2000. | Wall Street Journal, Feb. 6, 2009 |
Atlas Venture | Early stage VC | $500M | VIII | Fell short by $217M. Held final close on $283M. Raised $385M for fund VII in 2006. | Venture Capital Journal, March 2009 |
BlueRun Ventures | Early stage VC | $300M | IV | Fell short by $60M. Held final close on $240M | PE Week, May 4, 2009 |
DFJ Frontier | Seed VC | $80M | II | Fell short by $25M. Held final close on $55.4M | PE Week, May 4, 2009 |
DFJ Gotham Ventures | Early stage VC | $125M | II | Has raised only $35M to date. In market since June 2007. | Venture Capital Journal, May 2009 |
Essex Woodlands Health Ventures | Early stage VC | $1B | VIII | Fell short by $100M. Held final close on $900M. | Venture Capital Journal, May 2009 |
Gcube Capital | Early stage VC targeting gaming | n/a | I | Abandoned fund-raising plans. | VentureBeat, April 2009 |
GrandBanks Capital | Early stage VC | $200M | II | Has raised only $85M to date. Been in market since March 2007. | Venture Capital Journal, May 2009 |
Highland Capital Partners | Early stage VC | $400M | VIII | Target is half the size of its 7th fund raised in 2006. | Venture Capital Journal, May 2009 |
Jacobsen Partners | Turnarounds | $250M | V | Suspended fund-raising | PE Week, May 4, 2009 |
Labrador Ventures | Early stage VC | n/a | VI | Holding off on fund-raising due to climate. Raised $90M for fund V in 2004, short of $150M target. | Venture Capital Journal, March 2009 |
New Atlantic Ventures | Early stage VC | $200M | III | Fell $85M short. Held final close on $115. | Venture Capital Journal, May 2009 |
New Enterprise Associates | Early and late stage VC | $3B | XIII | Cut target to range of $2B to $2.5B. | VentureWire, April 2009 |
TransLink Capital | Early stage VC | $100M | I | Cut target to $75M. Has raised $44M to date. | Venture Capital Journal, May 2009 |
Compiled by Lawrence Aragon, Venture Capital Journal |