Which points me towards listed investment companies which are now
building venture capital portfolios of blockchain companies (via traditional equity / convertible / preferred stock investments).
One study
of venture capital portfolios by Venture Economics, Inc. indicates that about 7 % of the investments account for more than 60 % of the profits, while a full one - third result in a partial or total loss.
Over the period from 2002 - 2004, the firm acquired over $ 200 million of invested capital from various sellers of
venture capital portfolios including Bowman Capital, Enron Broadband Ventures and Infospace.
Such a portfolio would offer the same dynamics / economics as a traditional seed / early
stage venture capital portfolio — a ground - floor opportunity to invest in startups which might only require millions in funding, but which might ultimately offer investors (despite the inevitable failures) the huge long - term upside potential of a unicorn (or even decacorn).
The companies that are located within Start Garden do not have to be part of
the venture capital portfolio.
We suspect that all investors» portfolios follow what we would call
the venture capital portfolio model: out of ten investments, one or two are blockbusters, two or three do well, three or four break even, two or three lose money and one or two fall over.
One of the hardest things in managing
a venture capital portfolio is managing your big winners.
Before joining this team in 2003, Scott worked as an accounting manager for the former Bank One Corporation overseeing
the venture capital portfolio and a broker / dealer.