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If you are an inventor or an entrepreneur with your eyes set on development or starting a business, then funding is a prime concern of yours. All the ideas in the world will not bring a pay check to your bank if you do not have the capital to evolve those ideas into a solid, workable business. The phrase, "You have to spend money to make money" is incredibly true, at least when it comes to start ups and creating the business of your dreams. Luckily, the funding you need is available through venture capital. You may have heard of it, but you may not know exactly what it is, or if such a thing can help you. This guide explores almost every avenue of venture capital investing; what it is, who are venture capitalists, how to qualify for it, how to interest a venture capital firm and much, much more. The capital you need is out there, IF you know how to get it, and this book can help you do that. It truly is everything the Entrepreneur needs to know about Venture Capital and Start-up Fundraising.
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Table of Contents
Venture capital
What is Venture capital
Venture capitalists generally:
Private Equity Investing
What is a Venture Capitalist?
Investment Focus
Length of Investment
Corporate Venturing
Commitments and Fund Raising
Capital Calls
Illiquidity
Other Types of Funds
Advisors and Fund of Funds
Disbursements
Exits
IPO
Mergers and Acquisitions
Valuations
Management Fees
Carried Interest
Venture Capital Firm
Finding a Ventura Capital Firm
Obtaining Ventura Capital For Business Startup
Venture Capital Financing Tips
Attracting Ventura Capital
Four Steps Towards Attranting Ventura Capital Investments
How To Raise Venture Capital
Its Launch Time
Know the investors
Back to the basics
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
Maintenance
Elements of a Term-Sheet
Basics of the terms:
Liquidation Preference Example:
Rejecting Reasons
Venture capital
Venture capital represents financial investment in a highly risky proposition in the hope of earning a high rate of return. While the concept of venture capital is perhaps as old as the human race, the practice of venture capitalism has remained somewhat fragmented and individualized through its long history. Only in the last four decades or so has the field of venture capital acquired a certain coalescence, maturity and sophistication, particularly in the US.
The origin of venture capital in its modern form may be traced to General Doriot, who established the American Research and Development Fund at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1946, to finance the commercial exploitation of new technologies developed in US universities. The small business act of the US permitted the Small Business Administration to license and even support financially small business investment companies engaged in venture capital finance, provided fuel to the growth of venture capital finance.
Larger companies in the US like Xerox, 3M and General Electric entered the field with their venture capital divisions. These examples from the US stimulated the development of venture capital throughout the world. Though the initial efforts made in the early seventies to introduce venture capital were rather unsuccessful, the changed environment of the eighties witnessed a phenomenal growth of hi-tech industries and provided a fertile ground for the blossoming of venture capital.
Venture capital plays a helping hand in the financing of startup and early stage businesses, as well as businesses in ""turn around"" situations. Firms raise funds from different sources. Some funds like share capital are kept permanently in the business. Some funds like debentures are kept for long periods; while some funds are kept for short periods. The entire composition of these funds in an organization is generally termed a financial structure. Generally, the short-term funds are excluded since they are shifting often and the composition of longterm funds is known as capital structure.
What is Venture capital
Venture capital is money provided by professionals who invest alongside management in young, rapidly growing companies that have the potential to develop into significant economic contributors. Venture capital is an important source of equity for start-up companies.
Professionally managed venture capital firms generally are private partnerships or closely-held corporations funded by private and public pension funds, endowment funds, foundations, corporations, wealthy individuals, foreign investors, and the venture capitalists themselves.
Venture capitalists generally:
Finance new and rapidly growing companies;
Purchase equity securities;
Assist in the development of new products or services;
Add value to the company through active participation;
Take higher risks with the expectation of higher rewards;
Have a long-term orientation
When considering an investment, venture capitalists carefully screen the technical and business merits of the proposed company. Venture capitalists only invest in a small percentage of the businesses they review and have a long-term perspective. Going forward, they actively work with the company's management by contributing their experience and business savvy gained from helping other companies with similar growth challenges.
