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Does investing in a round along Sequoia https://www.sequoiacap.com/ generally lead to higher or average returns?

A post on Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7303170504356466690-5JL9?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAACD3IoBHOj2HcVqY8B_nToaE_XXXrZKAfA argued against copying other VCs' strategies. Specifically, it offered this example: when "2️⃣ Smaller firms pile in—not because they’ve built real conviction, but because the lead investor is prestigious. If Sequoia is in, it must be good, right?" Is there any evidence that joining a round in which Sequioa or any of the funds mentioned below are participating will result in average returns? Sequoia Capital: $2.85 billion Andreessen Horowitz: $2.75 billion Lightspeed Venture Partners: $2.2 billion Tiger Global Management: $2.1 billion Insight Partners: $2 billion

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No. This is because there are a lot of factors that impact returns besides just the valuation of the company such as the composition of the cap-table and the terms under which these rounds were completed.

 -  Mike Suprovici
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Strategic Portfolio Management in Venture Capital

How do venture capital firms strategically balance their investment portfolios to mitigate risk and maximize returns, while considering factors beyond financial performance, such as social impact and environmental sustainability?

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Venture Capital is a RISK asset class and a very optimistic style of investing. The objective of venture capitalists is to fund category defining startups with the potential to return the entire fund or more given that on average the maj...