The venture capital cycle by Gompers, Paul A. (Paul Alan), Lerner, Joshua instant download

The venture capital cycle by Gompers, Paul A. (Paul Alan), Lerner, Joshua instant download

x, 569 pages : 24 cm, Includes bibliographical references (pages 533-553) and index, 1. Introduction -- I. Venture capital fund-raising -- 2. An overview of venture capital fund-raising -- 3. What drives venture capital fund-raising? -- 4. How are venture partnerships structured? -- 5. How are venture capitalists compensated? -- 6. Does the venture capital structure matter? -- II. Venture capital investing -- 7. An overview of venture capital investing -- 8. Why are investments staged? -- 9. Do fund inflows impact private equity valuations? -- 10. How do venture capitalists oversee firms? -- 11. Why do venture capitalists syndicate investments? -- 12. Does venture capital spur innovation? -- 13. Can the government be an effective venture capitalist? -- III. Exiting venture capital investments -- 14. An overview of exiting venture capital investments -- 15. Do market conditions affect the decision to go public? -- 16. Does reputation affect the decision to go public? -- 17. Do investment bank-affiliated venture capitalists exhibit conflict of interest? -- 18. Why do IPO lockups exist? -- 19. Why do venture capitalists distribute shares? -- 20. How well do venture-backed offerings perform? -- 21. The future of the venture capital cycle -- 22. A note on data sources