I spoke with a VC recently who told me they've done 2x their fund size in SPVs with the same LP base. $90M worth of SPVs, but $45M fund size.
It's a wild concept to me that you can tap your LPs again to double down in your winners.
Sometimes the direct investments outside of the fund exceed the capital LPs put into the fund itself.
Here's how it works:
- GP identifies a breakout winner in the portfolio
- Spins up an SPV to increase ownership
- Invites the existing LP base to participate
- GPs / LPs get to double dip into the best companies
The SPV has a similar structure to the fund (2/20 model) but the management fee is usually waived.
GPs still get the 20% carry upside, while LPs get to increase their odds of seeing a breakout return.
This only works with certain LP bases usually (family offices and HNWI usually).
Are there other GPs who are doing this? If so, what tool are you using for these SPVs?
Genuinely curious to learn more!
Help me amplify so I can reach GPs 🙌
@tritran@TechCrunch Hi Tri! Thanks for responding. My perspective is always from optimizing opportunities with as little capital as possible. FWIW, I agree >> There would have to be a deep pool of capital to create enough supply to catch the eyes of large distributors.