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- Venture Capitalists - An Interesting Lot
- The article talks on the various features of Venture Capitalists. Venture capitalists are people who raise money from other sources like banks, rich people with extra money, pension funds, mutual funds, etc., to create a venture capital fund. Once the venture capital fund is created, the venture capital fund managers...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Success
- Corporate-sponsored venture capital funds do not have to fail. But, hybrid organizations such as Xerox Technology Ventures face considerable challenges on the road to success. Corporate-sponsored venture funds first appeared in the 1960s, about two decades after the first flowering of the venture capital industry. Ever since, they have mirrored...
- Case studies 2000-11-06
- Venture Capital Fund Cash Flows: The J-Curve
- Any attempt to analyze a venture fund must take into account the way in which, such a fund works and the resulting J-curve. This article explains that a traditional 'Net Asset Value' approach is inappropriate and is likely to give the mistaken impression during the early years of a fund's...
- White papers 2004-09-07
- Liabilities of General Partners of Venture Capital Funds: Old Legal Theories Create New Business Realities, Part 2
- Until 2002, general partners of venture capital funds have been virtually immune to legal actions by their limited partners, portfolio companies, and third parties. Previous significant liquidity events through initial public offerings or acquisitions based on exceptionally high multiples of earnings and associated returns made the liabilities theoretical only. This...
- White papers 2002-11-12
- Sources of Funds and Investment Strategies of Venture Capital Funds: Evidence From Germany, Israel, Japan and the UK
- Using a newly constructed data set, this paper compares sources of funds and investment strategies of venture capital VC funds in Germany, Israel, Japan and the UK. Sources of VC funds differ significantly across countries, e.g. banks are particularly important in Germany, corporations in Israel, insurance companies in Japan, and...
- White papers 2001-07-09
- Main Street VCs
- There are disadvantages that small-business owners need to consider before tapping a regional venture capital fund. Most of the funds are made up of less than $50 million, making it difficult for them to provide financing down the road, when entrepreneurs need bigger chunks of money. Instead, they focus on...
- White papers 2004-12-01
- How To Open A Business Using Venture Capital Funds
- There are a lot of companies who have smaller divisions underneath its umbrella. Sometimes, the only way for a company to expand is with the help of an entrepreneur. As a result, the investor becomes a capital venture firm who will be doing this not only to jumpstart something new...
- White papers 2008-01-01
- Avista Corp. Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions. Your first question comes from the line of Paul Ridzon – Keybanc. Paul Ridzon – Keybanc Capital Markets I had a few questions. First, what's the embedded price of natural gas in your Washington electric rates? Mark Thies Currently the embedded...
- Earnings calls 2009-02-18
- New Blues VC Fund Aims to Improve Healthcare
- BlueCross BlueShield Venture Partners, a new venture-capital arm of several Blue Cross and Blue Shield managed-care organizations, has made its first investment, funneling $5 million into Initiate Systems, which provides a key application for health information exchange. Eleven Blues plans formed the VC fund with the help...
- Blog posts 2008-11-10
- VC Industry In Trouble But PIPEs May Save the Day --- For Some
- Battered by the slump in global markets, venture-capital firms and their private-equity counterparts are turning to investments in public companies, usually as PIPE -- private investments in public equity -- investors. It may be the only bright part for VCs these days, as the global recession has slowed new financings...
- Blog posts 2009-04-16
- What Happens When Venture Funds Dry Up?
- The recent announcement by cloud software vendor Workday that it has raised $74 million in venture capital notwithstanding, venture funding has slowed considerably over recent months and from the looks of things, VCs may be more likely to close up shop than fund new companies. While that means tech ventures...
- Blog posts 2009-05-04
- Angels Go Where VCs Fear To Tread
- Paul Kedrosky got a lot of attention yesterday for a paper he wrote showing that venture funds are not providing investors with enough returns and suggesting that the venture capital industry should essentially right-size itself by half. The sector must shrink its way back to health if venture capital...
- Blog posts 2009-06-11
Additional Resources
- Garage.com Receives $12 Million Investment from ETRADE, ATV, Mayfield Fund, and Credit Suisse First Boston Technology Group
- PALO ALTO, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 13, 1999-- Web-based Firm Raises More Than $60 Million for 20 Technology Startups in 1999 Garage.com, a Web-based early-stage venture financing firm, today announced it has successfully completed a $12 million round of financing led by ERADE Group (NASDAQ: EGRP) with additional investments...
- Research articles 1999-09-13
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