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Venture Capital Model
Comprehensive financial model template to forecast investments, proceeds, cash flows, and performance metrics for a venture investment strategy.
4.8(41)
“The Venture Capital Model ... has been an invaluable tool for our new fund in Western North Carolina, supporting both short-term recovery efforts and long-term growth capital in the wake of Hurricane Helene. The model is flexible, intuitive, and easy to use, making it an excellent resource for fund managers navigating complex investment scenarios. Beyond the tool itself, Taylor was incredibly helpful and responsive when we needed customizations, providing clear guidance that made a meaningful difference in adapting the model to our specific needs. We are deeply appreciative of both the product and the support, highly recommended for anyone in the venture space!”
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Highlights
Forecast the full life of a venture capital fund, capital deployment, follow-ons, proceeds, distributions, and every standard performance metric (Gross/Net IRR, Multiple, RVPI, DPI, TVPI). Quarterly cash flows over up to 20 years. Built for GPs, emerging managers, and LPs who need a real model behind a fund strategy.
What you'll do with it
Forecast a fund from first close to final distribution. Capital deployment, follow-on reserves, graduation rates, exits, distributions, and management fees, quarterly, over up to 20 years. Every standard performance metric (Gross/Net IRR, Multiple, RVPI, DPI, TVPI) calculated automatically.
Built for emerging managers who need a real model to underwrite the fund strategy, established GPs who want to pressure-test changes, and LPs evaluating fund mechanics from the inside.
Use it to model funds, rolling funds, SPVs, syndicates, or any vehicle deploying venture capital. Not just a fund, anywhere VC investing structure matters.
Edit with AI
Every cell open. Inputs in blue, formulas in black, rows documented. Built so you and your AI can extend it without breaking the underlying logic.
- Context primer, paste into Claude or ChatGPT before any change.
- Prompt guide, ready-made prompts for setup, portfolio construction, scenario analysis, LP reporting.
- Connect MCP, Claude Desktop or Claude.ai pulls model context automatically.
- Verify before trusting, AI introduces subtle errors. Sanity-check prompts catch wrong references and confused metrics.
How it's structured
Get Started, primary fund inputs (size, term, fee structure, deployment pace)Portfolio Construction, check sizes, follow-on reserves, graduation rates, exit valuations and timingForecast, capital deployment, proceeds, cash flows, fund metrics (calculated)Financials, statement of operations, financial condition, cash flows (quarterly)Management Company, budget the expenses of the entity running the fundKey Reports, charts and metrics for LP and IC discussions
Background reading: How to Model a Venture Capital Fund · Portfolio construction
Common questions
Funds only, or other VC vehicles?
Use it for funds, rolling funds, SPVs, syndicates, or angel structures. The fund-specific waterfall and management fee logic can be turned off or bypassed.
What if I just want to understand fund economics first?
Start with the Fund Economics Tool, free, simpler, no operational-level cash flow modeling. Get the shape, then move up to this if you need the full forecast.
European or American waterfall?
Both. Plus SPV waterfalls. Multi-tiered carry, preferred return, and GP catch-up are all prebuilt.
Excel or Google Sheets?
Both. All formulas open, no macros.
Learn venture capital modeling
Guided walkthroughs of fund economics, portfolio construction, waterfalls, and management company budgeting, free, in the docs. Or attend a live workshop.
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“Clearly comprehensive and useful. Taylor's models and insights have proven incredbly valuable at this early stage of our fund. His expertise in this area is unmatched and we feel fortunate to have been able to tap into this resource.”
“Taylor was remarkably helpful in taking the templated model and customizing it so that it worked for our specific and very complicated use case. It was a smooth process that would not have been possible with someone who was equally great at spreadsheets but lacked Taylor's deep knowledge of venture capital.”
“Excellent tool for conceptualizing outcomes of different strategies.”
“I love this spreadsheet and recommend it highly.”
Andrew Muir· Investment Director, Future Planet Capital