Wall Street Journal - Venture Firms Bask in a Surge of Blockbuster Profits

April 30, 2021

WSJ - Venture Firms Bask in a Surge of Blockbuster Profits

Eliot Brown of The Wall Street Journal examines the recent multibillion-dollar profits of some venture firms such as Sutter Hill Ventures. As the article notes, “Often the venture sector as a whole performs similar to or worse than a broader stock index like the Nasdaq Composite, though the best funds tend to do far better.

For instance, for venture funds that were raised between 2010 and 2015, the median fund tracked by private investment data company Burgiss Group LLC has had an average annual return of nearly 16%. By contrast, the top 5% of funds have posted annual returns of over 42%, according to Burgiss.”