Download or read book The Price of Rapid Exit in Venture Capital Backed IPOs written by Silvia Rossetto and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper proposes an explanation for two empirical puzzles surrounding initial public offerings (IPOs). Firstly, it is well documented that IPO underpricing increases during hot issue periods. Secondly, venture capital (VC) backed IPOs are less underpriced than non venture capital backed IPOs during normal periods of activity, but the reverse is true during hot issue periods: VC backed IPOs are more underpriced than non VC backed ones. This paper shows that when IPOs are driven by the initial investor's desire to exit from an existing investment in order to finance a new venture, both the value of the new venture and the value of the existing firm to be sold in the IPO drive the investor's choice of price and fraction of shares sold in the IPO. When this is the case, the availability of attractive new ventures increases equilibrium underpricing, which is what we observe during hot issue periods. Moreover, I show that underpricing is affected by the severity of the moral hazard problem between an investor and the firm's manager. In the presence of a moral hazard problem the degree of equilibrium underpricing is more sensitive to changes in the value of the new venture. This can explain why venture capitalists, who often finance firms with more severe moral hazard problems, underprice IPOs less in normal periods, but underprice more strongly during hot issue periods. Further empirical implications relating the fraction of shares sold and the degree of underpricing are presented.
Download or read book IPOs of Venture Capital Backed Ventures written by Christian Mehrer and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2003-11-02 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2002 im Fachbereich BWL - Investition und Finanzierung, Note: 1,3, European Business School - Internationale Universität Schloß Reichartshausen Oestrich-Winkel (-), Veranstaltung: Seminar des Wahlpflichtfaches Finanzierung und Banken, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: The topic of this paper is the difference of venture capital (VC) backed initial public offerings (IPOs) and non backed IPOs and the share price performance of the companies after the IPO. Compared to non-backed IPOs, VC backed IPOs consist on average of younger and less profitable firms. Nevertheless, VC backed companies have better underwriters, more institutional investors and less underpricing (i.e. a discount on the initial share price due to asymmetrical information). It is therefore considered that the venture capitalist (VCist) has an important impact on the share price performance of the young firm due to his certification role. By screening and mentoring the backed venture in earlier stages of the VC cycle, he can well assess the business’ opportunities. Thus, if he invests in the venture and keeps shares after the IPO, he can proof credibility to other investors (credibility hypothesis). However, younger VCists tend to bring companies too quickly to the stock markets, because they need an IPO for building up a reputation (grandstanding hypothesis). This may be adverse to the venture. Our findings also outline that there is no clear advantage of VC-backed firms on the long-run. Thus, we conclude that it is not only important to think about a VC backing, but also about the VCist that is backing. Choosing the wrong VCist may even have a negative impact on the company’s future.
Download or read book Post Ipo Performance and the Exit of Venture Capitalists written by Tilo Kraus and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We test several implications of venture capital investment for the post-IPO performance of firms using data of 312 IPOs on Germany's Neuer Markt. Through tighter corporate control, third party certification and a reduced heterogeneity of opinions companies financed by Venture Capital firms might outperform their counterparties in the aftermarket of an IPO. However, this positive effect of VC backing on aftermarket performance could be reversed when Venture Capitalists seek exit from their investment. The discontinuation of a blockholder's exercised corporate control, signalling of insider knowledge as well as possible downward sloping demand curves provide an analytical framework that explains why the return series of VC backed IPOs might show a significant breakpoint at the time when Venture Capitalists exit from their investments. Our empirical evidence suggests that the expiration of lock-up periods as the earliest possible point of time for an exit represents such as breakpoint as Venture Capital backed IPOs outperform their counterparts before, but underperform around and after the expiration.
Download or read book How Venture Capital Works written by Phillip Ryan and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2012-07-01 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explanations to the inner workings of one of the least understood, but arguably most important, areas of business finance is offered to readers in this engaging volume: venture capital. Venture capitalists provide necessary investment to seed (or startup) companies, but the startup is only the beginning, there is much more to be explored. These savvy investors help guide young entrepreneurs, who likely have little experience, to turn their businesses into the Googles, Facebooks, and Groupons of the world. This book explains the often-complex methods venture capitalists use to value companies and to get the most return on their investments, or ROI. This book is a must-have for any reader interested in the business world.
Download or read book Acquisition and IPO Strategies for VC backed Companies written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides insider's perspectives on the best practices for venture capitalists who are pursuing an exit. The essays discuss the internal and external factors in timing an exit, as well as strategies for evaluating potential profitability.
Download or read book IPOs Trade Sales and Liquidations written by Pierre Giot and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Exit Decision in Venture Capital How to Choose Exit Timing and Exit Route written by Heinrich Stilling and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2019-10-23 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Academic Paper from the year 2014 in the subject Business economics - Investment and Finance, grade: 1,7, Technical University of Munich, language: English, abstract: The focus of this paper lies on answering the questions, what factors should be considered to successfully exist a venture with regard to exit timing and routing and how these strategic choices are interrelated. The divestment process plays a critical role in the Venture Capital (VC) business model. Typically, a VC invested venture is not able to pay dividends prior to its exit as the business has not fully matured yet. Therefore, a Venture Capital Firm (VCF) generates virtually all of its income by realizing capital gains at the time of the venture’s exit. This indicates that a VCF heavily depends on a successful divestment transaction - in most cases, a poor exit execution leads to an inferior return on investment which in turn can ruin the VCF’s overall performance. A VCF therefore plans its exits carefully and evaluates its strategic choices. In this context, the two most important exit decision variables considered by a VCF are the choice of exit route and the choice of exit timing. By choosing the right exit route and pursuing good exit timing, a VCF can significantly increase its proceeds for a given venture. The primary focus of this paper lies on answering these aforementioned questions by drawing together the empirical research on these two dominant strategic exit choices.
Download or read book Venture Capital written by Douglas Cumming and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-04-29 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An essential guide to venture capital Studies have shown that venture capital backed entrepreneurial firms are on average significantly more successful than non-venture capital backed entrepreneurial firms in terms of innovativeness, profitability, and share price performance upon going public. Understanding the various aspects of venture capital is something anyone in any industry should be familiar with. This reliable resource provides a comprehensive view of venture capital by describing the current state of research and best practices in this arena. Issues addressed include sources of capital-such as angel investment, corporate funds, and government funds-financial contracts and monitoring, and the efficiency implications of VC investment, to name a few. Opens with a review of alternative forms of venture capital Highlights the structure of venture capital investments Examines the role venture capitalists play in adding value to their investee firms This informative guide will help you discover the true potential of venture capital.
Download or read book Venture Capitalists Exit Strategies under Information Asymmetry written by Matthias Eckermann and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-10-17 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Matthias Eckermann analyzes how venture capitalists (VCs) integrate information efficiency considerations into their exit strategies. He shows that VCs adopt specific strategies to cope with information gaps upon exit in terms of timing, exit vehicles and promotion efforts. On this basis he develops a framework to help VCs to improve profitability through decisive exit strategies.
Download or read book Venture Backed Ipos written by Tereza Tykvova and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We analyze the venture capitalist's decision on the timing of the IPO, the offer price and the fraction of shares he sells in the course of the IPO. Under certain assumptions about the parameters and the structure of the model, we obtain a single equilibrium in which high-quality firms separate from low-quality firms. The latter are liquidated after the first period, while the former go public either after having been financed by the venture capitalist for two periods or after one financing period using a lock-up.
Download or read book Venture Capital in Europe written by Greg N. Gregoriou and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Until recently, only the United States had an active venture capital market. This is changing rapidly, as many other countries have experienced rapid growth in venture capital financing over the past five years. This book contains new scientific articles showcasing the latest research on venture capital in Europe. Venture capital investment remains a hot topic with portfolio managers, individual investors, academics worldwide. This book examines in detail all the major issues regarding venture capital investment: contracting, financing, regulation, valuation, etc. and identifies new trends in the venture capital arena. Features a foreword by Josh Lerner. *The only book in which academics from around the world present the latest research on venture capital in Europe *Covers all of Europe as well as including overview papers about venture capital industry, public and private venture capital, valuation, financing, contracting, structuring, regulation, etc. *Comprehensive, authoritative coverage
Download or read book VC written by Tom Nicholas and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2019-06-03 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From nineteenth-century whaling to a multitude of firms pursuing entrepreneurial finance today, venture finance reflects a deep-seated tradition in the deployment of risk capital in the United States. Tom Nicholas’s history of the venture capital industry offers a roller coaster ride through America’s ongoing pursuit of financial gain.
Download or read book Why Do Some Venture Capitalists Cash Out While Others Retain Their Stakes How Fund Dynamics Influence Venture Capital Exit Decisions written by Maximilian Schmidt and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although venture capital (VC) exits have been studied for over 20 years, major drivers are still in question. We examine the determinants of exit timing in initial public offerings (IPOs). The results from a proprietary dataset of 292 U.S. VC-backed IPOs from 1991 to 2008 imply that VC firm characteristics and fund dynamics have a significant influence on the exit extent and may not always be in line with limited partners' interests. In particular, first-time funds keep their shares longer after an IPO, whereas funds satisfied with current fund performance cash out soon after the end of the lockup period.
Download or read book The Decline in Venture Backed IPOs written by Susan Chaplinsky and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The decline in initial public offerings (IPOs) has raised concerns about the vitality of the venture capital industry. We examine capital recovery in the VC industry using returns for 1,215 M&A and 1,401 IPO exits from U.S. based venture-backed companies during 1985 to 2008. We find that mean and median returns for IPO exits are significantly higher than M&A exits, with the median M&A exit having a negative return. A decomposition of returns into its fundamental components - investor stakes, capital allocated to portfolio companies (money-in), and capital recovered from portfolio companies (money-out) - shows that returns are five times more sensitive to money-in than money-out, with more disciplined capital allocation being especially important for generating high M&A returns. In all market conditions, IPOs have average exit returns in excess of 125% whereas M&A returns are lower and exhibit more variation. Taken together, the results suggest that it is more difficult to achieve outsized returns from M&A than IPO exits. For the industry as a whole, the dollars realized from M&A exits do not keep pace with their growth as a proportion of total exits over time. Increasing numbers of exits must be produced to recover the total capital at risk, suggesting that industry concerns about a decline in IPO exits and their likely higher capital recovery are well-founded.
Download or read book A Pecking Order of Venture Capital Exits written by Carsten Bienz and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We develop a model of exits from venture capital backed companies based on post-exit moral hazard. It captures the trade-off between the two most important exit choices: IPOs and trade sales. The model shows that highly profitable companies that need few oversight will go public, while less profitable companies that require more control will be sold in a trade sale. This suggests that the common notion that IPOs per se are more profitable than sales is wrong and observed returns suffer from a measurement bias. This is consistent with empirical evidence that IPOs have indeed higher rates of return than trade sales.
Download or read book Concentrated Corporate Ownership written by Randall K. Morck and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2007-12-01 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Standard economic models assume that many small investors own firms. This is so in most large U.S. firms, but wealthy individuals or families generally hold controlling blocks in smaller U.S. firms and in all firms in most other countries. Given this, the lack of theoretical and empirical work on tightly held firms is surprising. What corporate governance problems arise in tightly held firms? How do these differ from corporate governance problems in widely held firms? How do control blocks arise and how are they maintained? How does concentrated ownership affect economic growth? How should we regulate tightly held firms? Drawing together leading scholars from law, economics, and finance, this volume examines the economic and legal issues of concentrated ownership and their impact on a shifting global economy.
Download or read book Inside the Minds written by Aspatore Books Staff and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presenting a true insider's view of what venture capitalists look for when making an investment in a company or entrepreneur, this book reveals the true checkpoints and barometers they use when evaluating investment opportunities. Written by a collection of leading venture capitalists who invest in all stages and types of companies, it covers topics such as non-disclosure agreements, term sheets, valuations, and assessing what companies are really worth on a pre-money (before venture capitalists invest) basis.
