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Venture Equity sits at the intersection of venture capital and private equity. Where the venture capitalist succeeds by getting outsized returns on a very small number of their investments, and the private equity fund acquires proven businesses with upside from smart financial engineering and operational discipline; venture equity takes the VC interest in growth opportunities, with the private equity focus on already proven businesses. Venture Capital funds (including angels and seed funds) invest in startups with high growth opportunities in a large addressable market. Basically — startups that have the possibility of becoming large businesses. Most VCs lose money in 5 out of 10 deals, get their money back maybe with a small interest rate equivalent return in 2 of 10, and 1 in 10 or 1 in 20 return their entire fund (the really successful ones return a multiple of their fund on a single deal!). Venture capitalists back high risk companies and can tolerate these failure rates because th

Scaleworks How We Operate Join the Team The SaaS Playbook Get In Touch Tell us about Yourself Are you a Founder? Want to join the team? Interested in SaaS? Our Company Scaleworks Companies Meet the Team Contact Us SaaS RESOURCES The SaaS Playbook Scaleworks Articles Follow US Twitter LinkedIn Finance Venture Equity — a new model for investing We raised Scaleworks Fund I, a $50m first fund, and called it ‘Venture Equity’. Here’s what we mean by the term Venture Equity and where we see it in the world of equity finance. Venture Equity — a new model for investing Written by Ed Byrne February 4, 2

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