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Typically around 2% annually of total fund Pays the salaries and all of the fund expenses like legal feesManagement fees are paid out each year usually for about 7-10 years or when the fund ends
Profit that the VC keeps after returning all the capital to the LPsVCs typically get around 20% of profits from carryVCs that are successful can have carry in the millions
Venture Capital 101 : The Guide for Everything you Need
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How Do VCs Make Money
How do VCs Make Money?
Management Fees
Carried Interest
Example.
Fund X has a $100M fund. Assuming they have 0 returns, they make $2M each year from management fees.
Assuming Fund X has some amazing companies and after the life of Fund X, they return $200M. They stand to make that $2M each year for the life of the fund + $20M from carry ($200m-$100m = $100m x 0.2 = $20m)
Management Fee Fund Calculator
Fund Size (M)
Management Fee %
Life of Fund? (years)
Annual Management Fee
Total Management Fee
20
2
7
$400,000.00
$2,800,000.00
1
2
5
$20,000.00
$100,000.00
57
1.5
10
$855,000.00
$8,550,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
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