Unicorn Investing Why Billion Dollar Outcomes Are No Longer the Goal

21 Feb 2024 · 1 min
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Jason M. Lemkin discusses how traditional "unicorn" investing (seeking billion-dollar exits) has declined among large funds and experienced VCs. He recounts an anecdote from roughly a decade ago where an LP at a Founders Fund LP meeting stated their firm was aiming for at least a $100 billion outcome per fund, illustrating past expectations for very large fund-level outcomes and how those expectations shocked other LPs.

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A Founders Fund LP meeting (about nine to ten years ago).

At least a $100 billion outcome per fund.

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