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Investment Horizon by Category

Maximum typical holding period, shortest to longest across key investor categories.

Crypto / Digital Assets
4 yrs
Hedge Funds
5 yrs
Venture Capital
10 yrs
Private Equity
10 yrs
Family Offices
20 yrs
Pension Funds
30+ yrs
Sovereign Wealth Funds
30+ yrs
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Investor Type
Typical Check Size
Stage Focus
Investment Horizon
Control
Structure
Target Returns
Angel Investors
$25K – $1.5M
Pre-seed – Seed
3 – 10 yrs
Low
Equity
Venture-scale
Venture Capital
$250K – $50M+
Seed – Growth
5 – 10 yrs
Medium
Equity
Venture-scale
Family Offices
$5M – $250M+
All Stage
7 – 20+ yrs
Majority & Minority
Direct / Equity
Long-term compounding
Private Equity
$10M – $500M+
Growth – Buyout
4 – 10 yrs
Majority / Control
Buyout / Equity
15 – 25%+ IRR
HNWIs / UHNWI
$5M – $250M+
All Stage
7 – 20+ yrs
Majority & Minority
Direct / Co-invest
Long-term compounding
Corporate Investors
$5M – $250M+
All Stage
3 – 10+ yrs
Minority / Strategic
Strategic Equity
Strategic + financial
Sovereign Wealth Funds
$100M – $5B+
All Stage
10 – 30+ yrs
100% or Minority
Direct / Fund
Long-term, stable
Pension Funds
$50M – $2B+
All Stage
10 – 30+ yrs
LP / Passive
Fund / LP
Stable, liability-matched
Endowments & Foundations
$10M – $500M+
All Stage
10 – 30+ yrs
LP / Passive
Fund / LP
Long-term compounding
Infrastructure Funds
$50M – $2B+
Assets / Projects
10 – 30+ yrs
Control / Co-control
Direct / Project
Stable, yield-focused
Private Credit / Debt Funds
$5M – $250M+
Any Stage
2 – 5+ yrs
Senior / Subordinated
Debt
8 – 14%+ target
Hedge Funds
$10M – $1B+
Public / Liquid
2 – 5 yrs
Absolute Return
Liquid / Trading
Uncorrelated alpha
Distressed / Special Situations
$10M – $200M+
Distressed
1 – 5 yrs
Control / Influence
Debt / Equity
15 – 25%+ target
Secondary Market Investors
$10M – $500M+
Existing Funds
3 – 7 yrs
LP / GP-led
Secondary
Discounted entry
Corporate Venture Capital (CVC)
$500K – $50M+
Early – Growth
3 – 10+ yrs
Strategic & Financial
Equity
Strategic + financial
Impact / ESG Investors
$1M – $100M+
All Stage
5 – 15+ yrs
Measurable Impact
Equity / Blended
Competitive + impact
Funds & Fund of Funds (FoF)
$10M – $500M+
Manager-Level
7 – 15+ yrs
LP
Fund
Diversified, risk-adjusted
Crypto / Digital Asset Funds
$1M – $100M+
Token / Protocol
1 – 4 yrs
Asymmetric
Liquid / Venture
High convexity
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