SimCap VC Information

SimCap is the world’s premier simulation putting users in the seat of venture capital (“VC”) fund managers. SimCap is a game for experiencing the risky judgments early-stage VC firms’ investment committees (“ICs”) must make. The game’s user is an IC member whose diligence team presents a suite of startups with a range of strengths and weaknesses. Based on information presented, the user determines whether to invest and, of the investments, which subset is worthy of continued investment. Outputs entail both performance and behavioral insights. Performance metrics discern the quality of the user’s judgment making investment decisions. Behavioral insights include understanding risks the user considers relatively more acceptable, strengths to which the user gravitates, whether the user prefers to keep companies alive or bet on winners in follow-on investing, and the pace at which the user deploys capital. Who should use SimCap? SimCap distills quality and style of decisions users would make as VCs, thereby enabling both learning and evaluation of VC judgment. Primary user groups include: (1) LPs Investing in VC Funds: Learn emerging fund managers’ judgments and behaviors. Simulations are top tools for sophisticated hiring processes, and investors into VC funds effectively “hire” VCs to manage capital. Looking inward, many LPs have never worked as a VC; SimCap enables insight into the minds of VCs through experiential learning. (2) VC Fund Managers: Evaluate full-time and part-time hires based on their repeated judgments and risk behaviors. Outside of hiring, better understand the risk preferences of team members to work better together as a team. (3) Educators (Universities/Accelerators): Strengthen understanding of first-time entrepreneurs and aspiring VCs on how investors evaluate startups.