By Brad Harrison
One of our goals at Scout Ventures is to help South Floridians take a thoughtful approach to venture capital as part of an overall strategic asset allocation and demonstrate why investing in venture capital makes sense in that respect. Toward that end, we’ve recently published a white paper on investing in venture capital:
What is Your Venture Allocation?
There are number of recent market trends - including companies staying private longer, weaker post IPO stock performance, and the current regulatory environment that make investing in venture capital a more important part of an overall investment strategy.
Venture Capital is an under-allocated asset class in South Florida and over the past five years, markets have shifted tremendously, altering what can be accomplished in public markets. However, many investors are still using strategies geared toward the markets of 5 or 10 years ago. This paper is intended to give investors a new perspective on venture capital in the larger context of what is happening in today’s markets.
We encourage anyone with an interest in generating investment returns to read the paper and contact the Scout Ventures team with any comments or questions.
Brad Harrison, founder and managing partner and Scout Ventures, a “Series Seed” technology investor with offices in New York and now Miami.