Advisory

Quantifiably Better – Perfecting the Science of Absolute Returns©

GENEVA VENTURE MANAGEMENT provides Pension Funds, Insurance, Family Offices, Endowments, Foundations, Corporate and Institutional Investors with in-depth advisory services in this Alternative Asset class.  We place and manage Fund of Funds investments primarily in top performing Venture Capital and Private Equity funds by thoroughly evaluating Fund Manager performance and selecting the optimal funds for those portfolios.  We also invest in quoted small cap, M&A, special situations, expanding business stage funds and directly, on a side-by-side basis with our Fund Managers in select transactions.  

Historical evidence indicates that investing in alternative assets, such as Venture Capital and Private Equity funds can provide higher overall portfolio returns and lower portfolio investment correlations while providing some down-side protection against market losses.  However, allocating to alternative asset funds also requires greater in-depth screening not typically found when selecting more traditional funds.  Concerns regarding historical lack of transparency, irregular return distribution characteristics, diverse data sources and the proper assessment of upside opportunities need to be fully addressed.

We provide initial screening against qualitative criteria, down market analysis, maximum losses over periods of cyclical distress and risk/return measures.  We compare Fund Manager performance utilizing volatility-adjusted methods resulting in a more accurate portrayal of risk-adjusted fund performance.  We discard those higher risk Fund Managers in favor of consistent top performing Fund Managers with viable investment opportunities.  And, we qualitatively screen each Manager’s industry sector knowledge, active engagement level, deal sourcing network attributes to properly assess the highest explanatory power for each fund.

In the complex software technology sector, we believe we offer a higher set of expertise, skills, selection capability and mission critical advice to our investors.  With years of transaction experience within some of the most successful software companies in history, we bring our unique skills to maximize value creation to shareholders.

Partial List of Current Representative Venture Capital and Private Equity Fund Manager Relationships:
Accel Partners (Silicon Valley)	Kodiak Ventures (Boston)
Albion Ventures (London)	Insight Venture Partners (NYC)
Allegis Capital (Silicon Valley)	Marr Group (London)
Apax Ventures (London)	Masthead Ventures (Boston)
Aloe Ventures (Paris)	Menlo Ventures (Silicon Valley)
Attractor (Silicon Valley)	Morgenthaler Ventures (Silicon Valley)
Balderton Capital (London)	Nauta Capital (Barcelona)
Battery Ventures (Boston)	NEA (Silicon Valley)
Benchmark Capital (Silicon Valley)	Norwest Venture Partners (Silicon Valley)
Bessemer Ventures (Boston)	Novus Ventures (Silicon Valley)
Brentwood Associates (Los Angeles)	Partech International (Paris & San Francisco)
Doughty Hanson (London)	Pond Ventures (London)
DLJ Esprit (London)	Sequoia Capital (Silicon Valley)
Draper Fisher (San Francisco)	Serena Capital (Paris)
Foundation Capital (Silicon Valley)	Silver Lake Partners (Silicon Valley)
Franciscan Partners (San Francisco)	StarVest (NYC)
General Atlantic (Boston)	Sunbridge Partners (Tokyo)
Goldman Sachs (San Francisco, NYC)	TeleSoft Venture Partners (Silicon Valley)
Goldman Sachs Investment Partners (NYC)	Trident Capital (Silicon Valley)
Granite Venture Partners (San Francisco)	TugBoat Ventures (Silicon Valley)
Hummer Winblad (San Francisco)	T-Ventures (Germany)
ICO Funds (NYC)	US Venture Partners (Silicon Valley)
Index Ventures (Geneva)	Yaletown Venture Partners (Vancouver, BC)
Insight Venture Partners (NYC)	Warburg Pincus (NYC)
InterWest Partners (Silicon Valley)	WI Harper (San Francisco & Hong Kong)
Khosla Ventures (Silicon Valley)	7Capital (Silicon Valley & Korea)
Kleiner, Perkins Caufield & Byers (Silicon Valley)

 

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