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FOX Venture Partners: Enriching the Private Equity Investor Pool

By: Josh Lerner
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Abstract

FOX Venture Partners (FVP) is a proposed "Fund-of-Funds" that will enable wealthy individuals to invest in venture capital. While several leading venture capitalists are enthusiastic about the concept, FVP's general partners are finding it difficult to invest individually in the fund.

Keywords

Private Equity; Investment Funds

Citation

Lerner, Josh. "FOX Venture Partners: Enriching the Private Equity Investor Pool." Harvard Business School Case 296-041, December 1995. (Revised March 1998.)
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