Model a venture fund to understand overall fund economics.

The Venture Capital Model, Overall Forecast model is a simple model template for Excel and Google Sheets for forecasting overall returns of a venture fund, to help understand overall fund assumptions and returns. Forecast total management fees and expenses to understand total invested capital. Basic approach to portfolio construction, creates a forecast of overall returns and multiple on invested capital. No forecast of cash flows, investments or proceeds over time. Full details here.

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Simplified model for forecasting a venture fund, to help understand overall fund assumptions and how portfolio construction impacts returns. Creates a forecast of overall cash flows and returns, not over time over time. Calculates all typical fund performance metrics, including Gross/Net Multiple and Gross/Net IRR, RVPI, DPI, TVPI.

Uses an average investment approach for modeling portfolio construction. In this approach, you assume the average new investment (check size) and the allocation of capital to new investments and follow-on investments, and assume an overall return multiple on invested capital. This is the simplest approach, and works well for initial analysis, if you are not pursuing a follow-on strategy, and if you do not need a lot of detail around your portfolio construction.

Background to the portfolio construction method at How to Model a Venture Capital Fund

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Model is one .xlsx Excel file or Google Sheets Workbook and is downloaded or accessed immediately. No macros or VBA used. Can be used in Excel, Google Docs, and many other spreadsheet programs. Email or book a call for support anytime. One time purchase, updates automatically distributed for free.

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The models are originally built in Google Sheets, and the formatting is a bit better in Google Sheets; in Excel you may want to adjust the row spacing, fonts, and chart formatting to get the aesthetics you want.

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