Venture capital (VC) used to be a great business. But in the 13 years since the NASDAQ peaked at 5,049, the VC business has not kept up with the S&P 500. In the last few years, some VCs have adapted by following five strategies that could revive the industry.
The dot-com crash divides the industry’s good from its bad. In 1999, the average fund earned a 10-year IRR of 83.4% — but by September 2012, that figured had dwindled to about 6.1% — comparing unfavorably to the much less risky S&P 500 which earned an 8% average return over the preceding decade, according to Cambridge Associates.
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