VINTAGE YEAR
Год основания фонда или год, когда фонд начал делать инвестиции.

Indicates the year that a fund held its final close and/or began making investments. Venture funds are generally benchmarked to funds of the same vintage year.
The term «vintage year» refers to the milestone year in which the first influx of investment capital is delivered to a project or company.

This chart shows the median and weighted net multiples for venture capital funds by vintage year between 1996 and 2014.

A recent report from the British Business Bank found that UK venture funds with a vintage year between 2002 and 2006 outperformed US funds.