Venture Capital Funding

• Author : Stephen Bloomfield
• Publisher : Kogan Page Publishers
• Release : 03 August 2008

The business of helping firms to become 'investment ready' has long been seen as vital to the long-term development of any economy, but the process of identifying and attracting the right kind of investor can be a difficult process for many small- and medium-sized businesses. Venture Capital Funding gives you a detailed, step-by-step guide to obtaining venture capital - from building a management team, through to the maze of due diligence procedures and necessary legal procedures. The practicalities of competing

• Author : Ron Peterson
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 28 February 2007

Observing how frustrating the process of obtaining entrepreneurial capital proves to be, and how infrequently a deserving company actually finds the money it needs, Ron Peterson wrote this essential book to show just how many different options exist for receiving funding. Plenty of companies in the past found money before the first venture capital fund was ever formed. New companies need to know the highly clever and insightful methods that were used then?and are still being used today?along

• Author : Joseph McCahery,Luc Renneboog
• Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
• Release : 07 July 2022

Venture capitalists are specialized intermediaries that channel capital to firms and professional services to companies that might otherwise be excluded from the corporate debt market and other sources of private finance. Venture capital financing is used to invest mainly in small and medium size firms with good growth and exit potential. Typically, venture capital firms concentrate in industries with a great deal of uncertainty, where the information gaps among entrepreneurs and venturecapitalist are commonplace. Venture capital firms are active in

• Author : Nicole Gravagna,Peter K. Adams
• Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
• Release : 15 August 2013

Secure venture capital? Easy. Getting a business up and running or pushing a brilliant product to the marketplace requires capital. For many entrepreneurs, a lack of start-up capital can be the single biggest roadblock to their dreams of success and fortune. Venture Capital For Dummies takes entrepreneurs step by step through the process of finding and securing venture capital for their own projects. Find and secure venture capital for your business Get your business up and running Push a product

• Author : Steffen Schupp,Elias Gansel
• Publisher : GRIN Verlag
• Release : 25 October 2006

Seminar paper from the year 2005 in the subject Business economics - Banking, Stock Exchanges, Insurance, Accounting, grade: 1,0, Technical University of Darmstadt (Department of Banking and Finance), course: Venture Capital and Private Equity, 53 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: In the last decades venture capital has emerged as the major source of financing for young and innovative firms, replacing more and more bank credits, but also creating a new market niche for start-ups with a high risk of failure that

• Author : Vandana Panwar
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 01 January 2009

Venture capital is a form of equity financing in which the investor actively participates in the venture being financed. Although the concept as such is very old, a formal market for venture capital in the US started only after World War II. A venture capital firm manages funds provided by investors and directs them to the most promising ventures, mainly in the form of equity. This volume, which includes 13 case studies, provides an exhaustive account of the theory and practice

• Author : Brad Feld,Jason Mendelson
• Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
• Release : 27 August 2019

Help take your startup to the next step with the new and revised edition of the popular book on the VC deal process—from the co-founders of the Foundry Group How do venture capital deals come together? This is one of the most frequent questions asked by each generation of new entrepreneurs. Surprisingly, there is little reliable information on the subject. No one understands this better than Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson. The founders and driving force behind the Foundry

• Author : Stephen Bloomfield
• Publisher : Kogan Page Publishers
• Release : 07 July 2022

Most informed business people will know something about venture capital. However, much of the detail of what actually goes on when an investment is being made is unknown to most outsiders. This absence of knowledge means that much time and effort is often fruitlessly expended trying to secure venture capital from the wrong sources or by businesses that would be better off seeking different forms of funding. Venture Capital Funding clears some of the fog that surrounds how venture capital

• Author : Bernard Guilhon,Sandra Montchaud
• Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
• Release : 05 February 2020

The funding of innovative projects that are fundamentally ambiguous often leads to situations where decision-making is difficult. However, decision-making can be improved by practices such as syndication and step-by-step funding. The dynamic of this industry requires us to consider the economic and institutional variables that make this system coherent in English-speaking countries, but conversely reduce it to a privileged niche by the leading authorities in Europe and France. This book proposes two guiding ideas. The first idea presents innovation as

• Author : Nicolas Klein
• Publisher : GRIN Verlag
• Release : 01 September 2013

Seminar paper from the year 2010 in the subject Economics - Finance, grade: 1,3, Technical University of Munich, language: English, abstract: This paper gives an overview on the main drivers for venture capital fundraising, and their impact on the supply and demand side of investments. First the differences between captive and independent venture capital firms and the difference between the supply and demand of venture capital investment are explained to prevent misunderstandings. The determinants of venture capital fundraising identified here are the

• Author : Andrew Romans
• Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
• Release : 16 August 2013

40 leading venture capitalists come together to teach entrepreneurs how to succeed with their startup The Entrepreneurial Bible to Venture Capital is packed with invaluable advice about how to raise angel and venture capital funding, how to build value in a startup, and how to exit a company with maximum value for both founders and investors. It guides entrepreneurs through every step in an entrepreneurial venture from the legalities of raising initial capital to knowing when to change tactics. Andrew Romans

• Author : James Baker
• Publisher : Lulu Press, Inc
• Release : 12 October 2015

Having your own business is one of the dreams and goal of the average person. Most of us would rather be their own boss than become someone else’s employee. Unfortunately having your own business is not easy. Money is difficult to earn and more difficult to find, well unless you are already well off. Would you like to know how you can start your own business without the pain of not having money? A Venture Capital Fund can help

• Author : Tarang Shah,Shital Shah
• Publisher : Apress
• Release : 17 November 2011

"This is probably the single most valuable resource for the entrepreneurs aspiring to build successful companies"—Ron Conway, Special Adviser, SV Angel, and investor in Facebook, Google, Twitter, Foursquare, PayPal, Zappos "I highly recommend Venture Capitalists at Work. This book captures the personalities and approaches of a number of leading VC practitioners and displays the heart and soul of the venture capital process, by offering an exclusive window into the voice of the practitioners."—Gus Tai, Trinity Ventures "Venture Capitalists

• Author : Gerald A. Benjamin,Joel B. Margulis
• Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
• Release : 18 February 2005

Get the business insight that has raised millions in capital funding for over 50,000 entrepreneurs. If you're an entrepreneur or own a small, fast-growing businesses, Angel Capital provides a complete toolkit for raising capital in today's challenging economic landscape. The authors, who manage the largest angel network in the U.S., offer real-world advice on how to find investors and take control of the private placement process. Using revolutionary typology and unmatched proprietary research, they explain all stages of raising capital,

• Author : Mark Van Osnabrugge,Robert J. Robinson
• Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
• Release : 02 May 2000

They deliver more capital to entrepreneurs than any other source.And they often receive an incredible return on their investments.They're angel investors, some of the most important--and leastunderstood--players in business today. The United States has closeto three million angels, whose investments in startups exceed $60billion per year. Some of our most successful companies were fundedby angels--companies like Ford, AOL, and Amazon.com. But until now,little has been written about these angels, due in part to theirpreference for anonymity.