# VC Playground

Kiran's Venture Capital Playground

Learning and documenting my venture capital journey 

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# Learn

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# Functions of a VC

1. **Find:** Finding the best companies to invest in
2. **Decide:** Deciding which companies to invest in, given the firm’s investment strategy
3. **Win:** Winning deals by being a preferred choice for founders
4. **Help:** Helping companies succeed by supporting them post-investment
5. **Exit:** Navigating towards a great exit, maximizing return on investment

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# General Partner & Limited Partner

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# VC Math

```mathml
Post-Money Valuation = Investment Amount / Percent of shares

Pre-Money Valuation = Post-Money Valuation - Investment Amount
```

% shares of all current shareholders will get diluted as the company raises further rounds of capital

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# People

People to follow in venture capital

1. [Paul Graham](https://www.paulgraham.com/) - Co-founder, Y Combinator (YC)
2. [Mark Suster](https://bothsidesofthetable.com/) - Managing Partner, Upfront Ventures
3. [Jason Calacanis](https://thesyndicate.com/) -  Angel Investor
4. [Fabrice Grinda](https://fabricegrinda.com/) - Founder, OLX | Angel Investor
5. [Vedika Jain](https://twitter.com/vedikaja_in) - Weekend Fund
6. [Ryan Hoover](https://twitter.com/rrhoover) - Weekend Fund
7. [Sam Altman](https://blog.samaltman.com/) - CEO, OpenAI | Former President YC
8. [Joseph Jacks](https://josephjacks.com) - Founder, OSS Capital
9. [Andreas Klinger](https://www.remotefirstcapital.com/) -  Investor


# Violet Ventures

Violet Ventures is a Fantasy Venture Capital Firm where we invest in early stage startups

### Investment Memos