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Venture fund IRR deciles by vintage

AngelListSeptember 2026
Venture fund IRR deciles by vintage
Chart by AngelList. Source: angellist.com

A table displaying the distribution of internal rate of return (IRR) percentiles by vintage year from 2017 to 2024 according to AngelList data. Recent vintage years like 2021 show a noticeable drop in median (50th percentile) IRR compared to 2017-2019 vintages.

LabelValue shown on the chart
2017 50th percentile14.6%
2018 50th percentile15.5%
2019 50th percentile15.6%
2020 50th percentile9.8%
2021 50th percentile2.6%
2022 50th percentile4.3%
2023 50th percentile5.6%
2024 50th percentile4.0%
2024 10th percentile-16.3%
2024 90th percentile39.4%

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