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Subscription Amount
$10,000+ Quarterly
Subscription Period
1 Quarter
Management Fee
2% per year over 10 years
Carry
20%
Admin Fee (annualized)
$2.5k + 0.2% of contributed capital
Invest Account
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Note from Zach Coelius
This Rolling Fund is a sidecar to Coelius Capital 2, a $33.3m early stage fund. The intention is to create a way that friends, AngelList Backers and new LPs can invest alongside me on flexible terms.
The rolling fund will participate in parallel to any early stage (Series A and earlier) venture investment I make on the exact same terms as CC2.
As of Jan 5,2023 my gross IRR is 45.51% across $86m deployed over the last eight years.
On request I am more than happy to make the spreadsheet of individual investments with marks available.
Strategy: At my core I am an entrepreneur. I love the process of building companies and spend as much time as I can with entrepreneurs. My investment strategy evolves from that deal flow.
Most of the time I am waiting around the rim looking for the first indication of product market fit. I am quite comfortable investing before this shows up in month over month metrics - once that happens the rounds become hyper competitive and alpha is significantly decreased. The key for me is the articulation of value in the minds of customers.
Once I am involved with a company I like to selectively invest over the lifecycle when it feels the risk reward ratio is correct. I like to say I invest from Seed to C.
Focus Areas: I invest in three types of deals. The first group are founders I know well; in this business founders are everything. I am very comfortable backing superstars based on little more then their involvement (though that rarely happens as they almost always have a great idea.)
The second group is sectors where I have a great deal of experience such as ad tech, marketing, email, saas, some consumer tech and data. I look hard for original, defensible ideas that have the potential to become huge. I would rather lose on a bunch of companies than to miss out on one of the big ones. This is a business of swinging for home runs and being comfortable with striking out. Cruise Automation is a great example of this strategy. When we invested in Cruise a lot of folks thought it was a weird investment; six months later it was sold to GM for a billion dollars
The third type is where I can spend a great deal of time with the entrepreneur and build a longitudinal understanding of them as individuals and the dynamic of their markets. As Mark Suster correctly points out, it is much easier to invest in lines vs dots.
Here are a couple podcasts where I discuss my investment thesis and approach:
AngelList syndicate: One of the my biggest superpower’s is the amazing AngelList syndicate I am blessed to have as a partner in this journey. Over two thousand awesome people are now part of the syndicate with a diverse collection of industry executives, engineers, PMs, investors, founders, and every other background you could imagine. They serve as a source of deal flow, diligence, market information, feedback and most importantly they tell me when I am being stupid. Why have a couple partners when I can have two thousand?
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Zach Coelius
Investment Details
Subscription Start Date
April 1, 2024
Minimum Quarterly Subscription
$10,000
Management Fee
2% per annum over each fund's 10-year life, payable quarterly over the first four years
Carry
Twenty percent (20%)
Admin Fee (annualized)
$2.5k + 0.2% of contributed capital
Fees for each quarterly fund in the Rolling Fund Program will vary based on each quarterly fund’s capital contributions since the fee includes a flat fee component. Last quarter, this fund closed $404.5k in capital. Learn more about how to estimate your commitment’s fees at our help center.
GP Commitment
Zach Coelius' personal subscription per quarter will be at least 1% of each quarterly fund's total committed capital in total. Zach Coelius will satisfy their GP commitment in part by waiving a portion of management fees otherwise owed to them by the fund.
Special Disclosure
Zach controls or is affiliated with other investment vehicles including Coelius Capital, ZC Opportunities, and Coelius Capital Opportunities. These vehicles will have first priority for any pro rata rights of their existing investments.
For new on-thesis investment opportunities, Coelius Capital Rolling Fund will receive 50% of the available allocation up to its maximum check size. Once Coelius Capital Rolling Fund has invested its maximum check size any excess allocations could be shared with other vehicles.
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Subscription Amount
$10,000+ Quarterly
Subscription Period
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Management Fee
2% per year over 10 years
Carry
20%
Admin Fee (annualized)
$2.5k + 0.2% of contributed capital
Invest Account
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