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What are Venture Capital OKRs?
The OKR acronym stands for Objectives and Key Results. It's a goal-setting framework that was introduced at Intel by Andy Grove in the 70s, and it became popular after John Doerr introduced it to Google in the 90s. OKRs helps teams has a shared language to set ambitious goals and track progress towards them.
Crafting effective OKRs can be challenging, particularly for beginners. Emphasizing outcomes rather than projects should be the core of your planning.
We have a collection of OKRs examples for Venture Capital to give you some inspiration. You can use any of the templates below as a starting point for your OKRs.
If you want to learn more about the framework, you can read our OKR guide online.
The best tools for writing perfect Venture Capital OKRs
Here are 2 tools that can help you draft your OKRs in no time.
Tability AI: to generate OKRs based on a prompt
Tability AI allows you to describe your goals in a prompt, and generate a fully editable OKR template in seconds.
- 1. Create a Tability account
- 2. Click on the Generate goals using AI
- 3. Describe your goals in a prompt
- 4. Get your fully editable OKR template
- 5. Publish to start tracking progress and get automated OKR dashboards
Watch the video below to see it in action 👇
Tability Feedback: to improve existing OKRs
You can use Tability's AI feedback to improve your OKRs if you already have existing goals.
- 1. Create your Tability account
- 2. Add your existing OKRs (you can import them from a spreadsheet)
- 3. Click on Generate analysis
- 4. Review the suggestions and decide to accept or dismiss them
- 5. Publish to start tracking progress and get automated OKR dashboards
Tability will scan your OKRs and offer different suggestions to improve them. This can range from a small rewrite of a statement to make it clearer to a complete rewrite of the entire OKR.
Venture Capital OKRs examples
You'll find below a list of Objectives and Key Results templates for Venture Capital. We also included strategic projects for each template to make it easier to understand the difference between key results and projects.
Hope you'll find this helpful!
OKRs to successfully launch a venture capital fund
- ObjectiveSuccessfully launch a venture capital fund
- KRIdentify and establish connections with at least 50 potential portfolio startups
- Set up follow-up meetings with interested startups
- Send introductory emails to identified startups
- Research contact details of potential portfolio startups
- KRSecure investment commitments worth $20 million from initial seed investors
- Research and identify potential seed investors
- Arrange meetings with prospective investors
- Craft business proposal highlighting potential returns
- KRSet up legal and compliance standards for fund operations
- Identify relevant local and international laws for fund operations
- Develop a comprehensive compliance framework addressing these laws
- Train employees on new legal and compliance standards
OKRs to optimize the performance of our venture capital portfolio
- ObjectiveOptimize the performance of our venture capital portfolio
- KRConduct 30+ thorough due diligence to identify promising start-ups for investment
- Present and discuss findings with the investment committee for decision making
- Compile a list of potential startups based on industry trends and financial health
- Conduct a detailed analysis of each startup's business model and market potential
- KRIncrease portfolio ROI by 15% through strategic investments and diversification
- Review current portfolio, identify underperforming assets
- Conduct market research for profitable investment opportunities
- Develop and implement a diversification strategy
- KRDecrease underperforming investments by 20% by performing comprehensive risk assessments
- Conduct comprehensive risk assessments on each asset
- Identify underperforming investments in your portfolio
- Strategically sell off 20% of underperforming assets
OKRs to secure venture capital funding for Plika's Latam expansion
- ObjectiveSecure venture capital funding for Plika's Latam expansion
- KRSecure a minimum of $1million in funding committed by at least 2 investors
- Conduct engaging pitch meetings with selected investors
- Identify and connect with potential investors
- Develop a comprehensive, persuasive business plan presentation
- KRArrange pitch meetings with a minimum of 10 prospective Venture Capital investors
- Identify and research 10 prospective Venture Capital investors
- Prepare a compelling investment pitch presentation
- Schedule meetings via email or phone calls
- KRIdentify and prioritize 20 potential Venture Capitalists suitable for our expansion strategy
- Research and compile a list of 20 potential venture capitalists
- Analyze each prospect's investment tendencies and records
- Rank potential investors based on alignment with our expansion strategy
OKRs to expand investor network with five strategic VC firms
- ObjectiveBuild relationships with 5 top VC firms
- KRAttend 2 industry events hosted by each VC firm
- KRArrange meetings with decision makers from 5 VC firms
- KRSecure 3 introductions to portfolio companies from each VC firm
- KRCollect and analyze data on 10 potential leads from each VC firm
Venture Capital OKR best practices
Generally speaking, your objectives should be ambitious yet achievable, and your key results should be measurable and time-bound (using the SMART framework can be helpful). It is also recommended to list strategic initiatives under your key results, as it'll help you avoid the common mistake of listing projects in your KRs.
Here are a couple of best practices extracted from our OKR implementation guide 👇
Tip #1: Limit the number of key results
The #1 role of OKRs is to help you and your team focus on what really matters. Business-as-usual activities will still be happening, but you do not need to track your entire roadmap in the OKRs.
We recommend having 3-4 objectives, and 3-4 key results per objective. A platform like Tability can run audits on your data to help you identify the plans that have too many goals.
Tip #2: Commit to weekly OKR check-ins
Don't fall into the set-and-forget trap. It is important to adopt a weekly check-in process to get the full value of your OKRs and make your strategy agile – otherwise this is nothing more than a reporting exercise.
Being able to see trends for your key results will also keep yourself honest.
Tip #3: No more than 2 yellow statuses in a row
Yes, this is another tip for goal-tracking instead of goal-setting (but you'll get plenty of OKR examples above). But, once you have your goals defined, it will be your ability to keep the right sense of urgency that will make the difference.
As a rule of thumb, it's best to avoid having more than 2 yellow/at risk statuses in a row.
Make a call on the 3rd update. You should be either back on track, or off track. This sounds harsh but it's the best way to signal risks early enough to fix things.
Save hours with automated OKR dashboards
Your quarterly OKRs should be tracked weekly if you want to get all the benefits of the OKRs framework. Reviewing progress periodically has several advantages:
- It brings the goals back to the top of the mind
- It will highlight poorly set OKRs
- It will surface execution risks
- It improves transparency and accountability
We recommend using a spreadsheet for your first OKRs cycle. You'll need to get familiar with the scoring and tracking first. Then, you can scale your OKRs process by using Tability to save time with automated OKR dashboards, data connectors, and actionable insights.
How to get Tability dashboards:
- 1. Create a Tability account
- 2. Use the importers to add your OKRs (works with any spreadsheet or doc)
- 3. Publish your OKR plan
That's it! Tability will instantly get access to 10+ dashboards to monitor progress, visualise trends, and identify risks early.
More Venture Capital OKR templates
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