Management Fee
정의
A management fee is the annual charge a venture fund's general partners collect from committed capital, typically 2 percent per year, to cover salaries, operating costs, and running the firm, separate from any profit they earn through carried interest.
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Founders rarely negotiate management fees directly since they are paid by the fund's LPs, not the company, but the fee shapes how a fund behaves, including how much pressure a GP feels to deploy capital and how long a fund's active investment period lasts.
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How is a management fee different from carried interest?
The management fee is a fixed annual charge on committed capital regardless of performance, while carried interest is a share of profits the GP only earns if the fund actually makes money for its LPs.
Does the management fee change over a fund's life?
Many funds charge the full rate during the active investment period, roughly the first five years, then step it down on a smaller base as the fund shifts to managing existing portfolio companies.