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(a) “Investment manager” means the person with whom the oversight board
22enters into a contract under sub. (4).
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(b) “Oversight board” means the oversight board created under sub. (2) (c).
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1(2) Establishment of program. The corporation shall establish and administer
2a fund of funds program to invest moneys in venture capital funds that invest in
3businesses located in this state, subject to the requirements of this section. In
4establishing the program, the corporation shall do all of the following:
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(a) Create a fund of funds.
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(b) Provide that the fund of funds will continuously reinvest its assets.
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(c) Create an oversight board to conduct any activity as required by this section
8or as directed by the corporation.
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9(3) Investments in venture capital funds. (a) The investment manager shall
10request from the corporation monies to make investments through the program
11established under sub. (2) and to pay the investment manager's management fee,
12and the corporation shall, subject to the approval of the secretary of the department
13of administration, pay the monies to the investment manager from the appropriation
14under s. 20.192 (1) (c).
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(b) The oversight board shall establish investment policies for the program
16established under sub. (2), subject to all of the following conditions:
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1. All moneys paid to the investment manager under par. (a) to make
18investments shall be committed for investment to venture capital funds, subject to
19the requirements of this section, no later than 60 months after the creation of the
20fund of funds under sub. (2) (a).
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2. No more than $25,000,000 of the total moneys paid to the investment
22manager under par. (a) to make investments may be invested in any single venture
23capital fund.
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3. At least 20 percent of the investments made through the program shall be
25directed to any combination of the following:
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1a. Businesses located in parts of this state that typically do not receive
2significant investment from venture capital funds.
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b. Businesses that are at least 51 percent owned by one or more members of a
4racial minority group and the management and daily business operations of which
5are controlled by one or more members of a racial minority group.
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c. Businesses that are at least 51 percent owned by one or more women and the
7management and daily business operations of which are controlled by one or more
8women.
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(c) No investment may be made through the program in a lobbying or law firm.
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10(4) Investment manager. The oversight board shall contract with an
11investment manager who meets the qualifications established by the corporation.
12The contract shall establish the investment manager's compensation, including any
13management fee. A management fee may not annually exceed 1 percent of the total
14assets under management in the program established under sub. (2).
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15(5) Venture capital fund requirements. The investment manager shall
16contract with each venture capital fund that receives moneys through the program
17established under sub. (2). Each contract shall require the venture capital fund to
18do all of the following:
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(a) Make new investments in an amount equal to the amount of moneys it
20receives through the program in one or more businesses who are headquartered in
21this state and whose operations are primarily in this state.
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(b) At least match any moneys it receives through the program and invests in
23a business described in par. (a) with an investment in that business of moneys the
24venture capital fund has raised from sources other than the program. The
25investment manager shall ensure that, on average, for every $1 a venture capital
1fund receives through the program and invests in a business described in par. (a), the
2venture capital fund invests $2 in that business from sources other than the
3program.
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(c) Provide to the investment manager the information necessary for the
5investment manager to complete the reports under sub. (6) (a) and (c).
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6(6) Reports of the investment manager; public disclosures. (a) Annually, no
7later than 120 days after the end of the investment manager's fiscal year, the
8investment manager shall submit to the corporation a report for that fiscal year that
9includes all of the following:
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1. An audit of the investment manager's financial statements performed by an
11independent certified public accountant.
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2. The investment manager's internal rate of return from investments made
13through the program established under sub. (2).
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3. For each venture capital fund that contracts with the investment manager
15under sub. (5), all of the following:
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a. The name and address of the venture capital fund.
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b. The amounts invested in the venture capital fund through the program
18established under sub. (2).
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c. An accounting of any fee the venture capital fund paid to itself or any
20principal or manager of the venture capital fund.
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d. The venture capital fund's average internal rate of return on its investments
22of the moneys it received through the program established under sub. (2).
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4. For each business in which a venture capital fund held an investment of
24moneys received through the program established under sub. (2), all of the following: