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DealBook » Quadrant Private Equity Considers I.P.O. of Virtus Health | WALL STREET JOURNAL Venture Capital Firms Adjust to Leaner Times | The Wall Street Journal reports: "Venture capital firms are taking stiff measures to survive a tough fund-raising environment and lackluster returns, including gutting their partnerships, slashing their fund sizes and refocusing their investment areas".
A chart of the "seed gap" widening as VC fund sizes increase.
Other venture firms, losing investors' cash, worked fast to cut fund sizes and repay fees.
But those problems would go away, or become smaller, if fund sizes shrank.
But the fund sizes are still small, and their numbers are limited.
And venture capital firms are boosting their fund sizes and stakes.
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"You're going to see fund size shrink," he said.
Some longtime market experts think that fund size is the most daunting challenge he faces.
But industry and academic studies show that fund performance declines as fund size increases above $250 million.
The optimal fund size, Professor Kedrosky and others say, is a $250 million fund managed by four partners.
Bloated fund size, however, could hurt general partners later if it tempts them to chase weak investment opportunities.
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