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A poker player can often see after just some playing cards that his hand has little or no hope, whereas a successful hand might present solely potential, till extra cards are drawn. What if the _spray_ part (i.e. investment process) was not treated like an investment strategy, but instead like a Texas hold_em poker game? The Kauffman Foundation, one of many energetic venture buyers because the 1970s, helps the above data with actual investment outcomes from their portfolio: Below one-tenth of their VC funds returned 3x or 13% annually after fees, whereas over 40% of their funds confirmed unfavourable returns. Companions in enterprise funds evaluate over a hundred different alternatives to choose one winner and construct, over a 5-year investment period, a portfolio of 15-20 start-ups. Unsurprisingly, many institutional investors refuse to put money into venture capital at all. Certainly, knowledge clearly shows that enterprise capital is basically completely different from non-public equity. Statistically, based on Correlation Ventures, over 60% of all firms invested in by VCs will return less than the invested capital.