Episode
19-2: VC Portfolio Construction May Destroy Its Own Startups
10am Podcast
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2023-01-24
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11 Followers
Building an optimal venture capital portfolio is crucial for VC success, but this episode reveals a troubling paradox: VCs may sacrifice individual portfolio companies to maximize overall fund returns. This counterintuitive strategy creates tension between founder interests and i Read more…Building an optimal venture capital portfolio is crucial for VC success, but this episode reveals a troubling paradox: VCs may sacrifice individual portfolio companies to maximize overall fund returns. This counterintuitive strategy creates tension between founder interests and investor returns. Ibrahim Sowadinezhad, founder and CEO of FoneP, shares firsthand experience navigating this dynamic. Understand the incentive misalignment between VCs and founders, how portfolio strategies unfold, and why startup survival sometimes takes a backseat to portfolio performance metrics. Close