Portfolio Construction

Portfolio Construction is the strategy and discipline of building an investment portfolio, including decisions about number of investments, check sizes, stage focus, sector concentration, reserves for follow-ons, and risk diversification. In venture capital, Portfolio Construction influences ownership outcomes and fund return distributions, and strong Portfolio Construction helps align pacing with a fund’s investment period and capital base.

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Ryan Roberts Startup Lawyer
Ryan Roberts is a startup lawyer with more than two decades of experience advising on venture financings and M&A transactions totaling more than $1 billion. He is the author of the Amazon bestselling startup law book Acceleration.