Download or read book Boulevard of Broken Dreams written by Josh Lerner and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2012-02-26 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discussing the complex history of Silicon Valley and other pioneering centres of venture capital, Lerner uncovers the extent of government influence in prompting growth. He examines the public strategies used to advance new ventures and reveals the common flaws undermining far too many programmes.

Download or read book Venture Capital and the Finance of Innovation written by Andrew Metrick and published by John Wiley and Sons. This book was released on 2011-06-15 with total page 1153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This useful guide walks venture capitalists through the principles of finance and the financial models that underlie venture capital decisions. It presents a new unified treatment of investment decision making and mark-to-market valuation. The discussions of risk-return and cost-of-capital calculations have been updated with the latest information. The most current industry data is included to demonstrate large changes in venture capital investments since 1999. The coverage of the real-options methodology has also been streamlined and includes new connections to venture capital valuation. In addition, venture capitalists will find revised information on the reality-check valuation model to allow for greater flexibility in growth assumptions.

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 The Masters of Private Equity and Venture Capital written by Robert Finkel and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2009-12-21 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ten Leading private investors share their secrets to maximum profitability In The Masters of Private Equity and Venture Capital, the pioneers of the industry share the investing and management wisdom they have gained by investing in and transforming their portfolio companies. Based on original interviews conducted by the authors, this book is filled with colorful stories on the subjects that most matter to the high-level investor, such as selecting and working with management, pioneering new markets, adding value through operational improvements, applying private equity principles to non-profits, and much more.

Download or read book Private Equity and Venture Capital in Europe written by Stefano Caselli and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2018-01-26 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Global financial markets might seem as if they increasingly resemble each other, but a lot of peculiar aspects qualify different markets with different levels of development. Private equity investors can take advantage of these variations. Structured to provide a taxonomy of the business, Private Equity and Venture Capital in Europe, Second Edition, introduces private equity and venture capital markets while presenting new information about the core of private equity: secondary markets, private debt, PPP within private equity, crowdfunding, venture philanthropy, impact investing, and more. Every chapter has been updated, and new data, cases, examples, sections, and chapters illuminate elements unique to the European model. With the help of new pedagogical materials, this Second Edition provides marketable insights about valuation and deal-making not available elsewhere. Covers new regulations and legal frameworks (in Europe and the US) described by data and tax rates Features overhauled and expanded pedagogical supplements to increase the versatility of the Second Edition Focuses on Europe Includes balanced presentations throughout the book

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 A Vision for Venture Capital written by Peter A. Brooke and published by UPNE. This book was released on 2009 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An insider's look at the frontier of international finance

Download or read book 2009 Venture Capital Directory III Print and Downloadable TOME III Version II written by Heinz Duthel and published by . This book was released on 2009-08-13 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2009 Venture Capital Directory (Print and Downloadable) * All Active Global Venture Capital Firms and Private Investors * Comprehensive, High Confidence Data * Intuitive Browse and Search Functionality * Information on Both Firms and Their Portfolio * Contacts for Thousands of Venture ProfessionalsFirm and private Investors Listings Contain * Firm Website or Private Investor Direct Contact * Primary Office Locations * Primary Mailing Addresses * Primary Telephone Numbers * Primary E-mail Addresses * Names of Firm Management * Management Contact Info * Firm History / Overview * Specific Services Offered * Specific Investment Criteria * Target Investment Sectors * Target Investment Stages * Capital Under Management * Portfolio Companies * Date Stamp

Download or read book Delayed Project Terminations in the Venture Capital Context written by Dominik Steinkühler and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2010 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Venture capital plays an important role in the entrepreneurial process of providing financing and management support to young, rapidly growing companies. While venture capital investment success stories such as those of Microsoft, Apple and Google are well known, such "home runs" are rather rare. Many investments provide little or no return so that accurately evaluating the prospects of portfolio companies and terminating further engagement in unsuccessful ventures in time is key to the overall portfolio performance of venture capital firms. When venture capitalists act rationally it should be expected that investment terminations are neither systematically premature nor systematically delayed. However, recent studies have discovered a systematic tendency toward delayed project terminations of unsuccessful investments that cannot be reconciled with a model of rational decision making. The present study examines such delayed project terminations in the venture capital industry and investigates whether escalation of commitment may provide an appropriate perspective on the phenomenon and contribute to its explanation. The study develops a comprehensive theoretical framework that synthesizes and integrates several economically irrational drivers of project escalation. A large scale survey among European venture capitalists provides the basis for the empirical analysis of the hypothesized relationships. The analysis yields valuable new insights into the interaction of different escalation drivers, which are much more intertwined than previously supposed by the literature, and permits to suggest effective escalation countermeasures for practice. The considerations and findings of the study are generalizable beyond the venture capital context to a wide variety of settings in which organizations routinely make sequential investment decisions.

Download or read book Global Venture Capital Investors Guide Special Edition 2008 2009 written by Heinz Duthel and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2008-10-18 with total page 692 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tome I: 2000 Venture Capitalist with all key data's from:USA 1553, United Kingdom 280, Canada 131, Argentina 5, Afghanistan 44, Australia 66, Austria 14, Belgium 45, Bolivia 1,Brazil 22, Chile 2, Croatia 1China-Hong Kong 87, Czech Rep. 16, Denmark 35, Estonia 3, Finland 58, France 89, Germany 158, Greece 5, Hungary 14, Iceland 4, India 25, Ireland 21, Iraq 46, Iran 89, Indonesia 12, Israel 319, Italy 75, Japan 54, Kenya 12, Kuwait 32, Latvia 8, Lithuania 2, Luxembourg 26, Malaysia 40, Mexico 3, Moldova 1, Morocco 6, Netherlands 52, New Zealand 15, Norway22, Papua New Guinea 1, Philippines 21, Poland 28, Portugal 4, Romania 39, Russia 189, Singapore 154,Slovakia 12, Slovenia 28, South Africa 10, South Korea 36, Spain 52, Sri Lanka 1, Sweden 118, Switzerland 187, Taiwan 29, Thailand 89, Ukraine 12, UAE 32, Uruguay 1, Venezuela 89, Yugoslavia 19, Cayman Islands 19, Pakistan 67, Turkey 19

Download or read book 2009 Venture Capital Directory IV Print and Downloadable TOME IV Version II written by Heinz Duthel and published by . This book was released on 2009-08-13 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2009 Venture Capital Directory (Print and Downloadable) * All Active Global Venture Capital Firms and Private Investors * Comprehensive, High Confidence Data * Intuitive Browse and Search Functionality * Information on Both Firms and Their Portfolio * Contacts for Thousands of Venture Professionals Firm and private Investors Listings Contain * Firm Website or Private Investor Direct Contact * Primary Office Locations * Primary Mailing Addresses * Primary Telephone Numbers * Primary E-mail Addresses * Names of Firm Management * Management Contact Info * Firm History / Overview * Specific Services Offered * Specific Investment Criteria * Target Investment Sectors * Target Investment Stages * Capital Under Management * Portfolio Companies * Date Stamp

Download or read book Structuring Venture Capital Private Equity and Entrepreneurial Transactions 2009 written by Jack S. Levin and published by Aspen Publishers. This book was released on 2009-06-18 with total page 887 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This combination offer includes both the print and CD-ROM versions of Jack S. Levin's Structuring Venture Capital, Private Equity and Entrepreneurial Transactions, 2009 Edition. This resource will help you minimize your clients' tax liability and avoid legal pitfalls, as well as maximize returns on successful transactions and be prepared for all of the potential benefits. Structuring Venture Capital, 2009 Edition provides one-step-at-a-time, start-to-finish structural guidance for the following common business transactions: Venture capital financing New business start-ups Brains-and-money deals Growth-equity investments Leveraged and management buyouts Industry consolidations Troubled company workouts and reorganizations Going public Selling a business Forming a private equity fund. Guided by Levin's dynamic, transaction-by-transaction approach, you'll make the tax, legal, and economic structuring consequences of every deal benefit your client every time. In this extraordinary hands-on resource by the most sought-after authority in the field, you'll see exactly how to: Distribute the tax burden in your client's favor Maximize returns on successful transactions Control future rights to exit a profitable investment And turn every transaction into a winning venture! Click here to view Highlights of the new 2009 Edition.

Download or read book 2009 Venture Capital Directory V Print and Downloadable TOME V Version II written by Heinz Duthel and published by . This book was released on 2009-08-13 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2009 Venture Capital Directory (Print and Downloadable) * All Active Global Venture Capital Firms and Private Investors * Comprehensive, High Confidence Data * Intuitive Browse and Search Functionality * Information on Both Firms and Their Portfolio * Contacts for Thousands of Venture Professionals Firm and private Investors Listings Contain * Firm Website or Private Investor Direct Contact * Primary Office Locations * Primary Mailing Addresses * Primary Telephone Numbers * Primary E-mail Addresses * Names of Firm Management * Management Contact Info * Firm History / Overview * Specific Services Offered * Specific Investment Criteria * Target Investment Sectors * Target Investment Stages * Capital Under Management * Portfolio Companies * Date Stamp

Download or read book Raising Venture Capital for the Serious Entrepreneur written by Dermot Berkery and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2007-10-01 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get the Funding You Need From Venture Capitalists and Turn Your New Business Proposal into Reality Authoritative and comprehensive, Raising Venture Capital for the Serious Entrepreneur is an all-in-one sourcebook for entrepreneurs seeking venture capital from investors. This expert resource contains an unsurpassed analysis of the venture capital process, together with the guidance and strategies you need to make the best possible deal_and ensure the success of your business. Written by a leading international venture capitalist, this business-building resource explores the basics of the venture capital method, strategies for raising capital, methods of valuing the early-stage venture, and techniques for negotiating the deal. Filled with case studies, charts, and exercises, Raising Venture Capital for the Serious Entrepreneur explains: How to develop a financing map How to determine the amount of capital to raise and what to spend it on How to create a winning business plan How to agree on a term sheet with a venture capitalist How to split the rewards How to allocate control between founders/management and investors

Download or read book Venture Capital and Private Equity Contracting written by Douglas J. Cumming and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2013-08-21 with total page 781 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Other books present corporate finance approaches to the venture capital and private equity industry, but many key decisions require an understanding of the ways that law and economics work together. This revised and updated 2e offers broad perspectives and principles not found in other course books, enabling readers to deduce the economic implications of specific contract terms. This approach avoids the common pitfalls of implying that contractual terms apply equally to firms in any industry anywhere in the world. In the 2e, datasets from over 40 countries are used to analyze and consider limited partnership contracts, compensation agreements, and differences in the structure of limited partnership venture capital funds, corporate venture capital funds, and government venture capital funds. There is also an in-depth study of contracts between different types of venture capital funds and entrepreneurial firms, including security design, and detailed cash flow, control and veto rights. The implications of such contracts for value-added effort and for performance are examined with reference to data from an international perspective. With seven new or completely revised chapters covering a range of topics from Fund Size and Diseconomies of Scale to Fundraising and Regulation, this new edition will be essential for financial and legal students and researchers considering international venture capital and private equity. An analysis of the structure and governance features of venture capital contracts In-depth study of contracts between different types of venture capital funds and entrepreneurial firms Presents international datasets from over 40 countries around the world Additional references on a companion website Contains sample contracts, including limited partnership agreements, term sheets, shareholder agreements, and subscription agreements

Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Venture Capital written by Douglas Cumming and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-04-20 with total page 1126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Venture capital (VC) refers to investments provided to early-stage, innovative, and high growth start-up companies. A common characteristic of all venture capital investments is that investee companies do not have cash flows to pay interest on debt or dividends on equity. Rather, investments are made with a view towards capital gain on exit. The most sought after exit routes are an initial public offering (IPO), where a company lists on a stock exchange for the first time, and an acquisition exit (trade sale), where the company is sold in entirety to another company. However, VCs often exit their investments by secondary sales, wherein the entrepreneur retains his or her share but the VC sells to another company or investor buybacks, where the entrepreneur repurchases the VC`s interest and write-offs (liquidations). The Oxford Handbook of Venture Capital provides a comprehensive picture of all the issues dealing with the structure, governance, and performance of venture capital from a global perspective. The handbook comprises contributions from 55 authors currently based in 12 different countries.

Download or read book The Directory of Venture Capital and Private Equity Firms written by Laura Mars-Proietti and published by . This book was released on 2009-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new edition has been extensively updated and broadly expanded with hundreds of new entries and thousands of enhancements, to offer direct access to over 3,500 Domestic and International Venture Capital & Private Equity Firms, including detailed contact information and extensive data on Investments and Funds. Features current contact data, including address, phone & fax numbers, email addresses and web sites for both primary and branch locations. Entries also include details on the firm's Mission Statement, Industry Group Preferences, Geographic Preferences, Average and Minimum Investments and Investment Criteria along with details that are available nowhere else, including the Firm's Portfolio Companies and extensive information on each of the firm's Managing Partners, such as Education, Professional Background and Directorships held, along with the Partner's email address. The Directory of Venture Capital & Private Equity Firms offers five important indexes: Geographic Index, Executive Name Index, Portfolio Company Index, Industry Preference Index and College & University Index. With its comprehensive coverage and detailed, extensive information on each company, The Directory of Venture Capital & Private Equity Firms is an important addition to any finance collection.