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- August 2003 (Revised May 2009)
- Background Note
Basic Venture Capital Formula, The
By: William A. Sahlman and Matthew Willis
Briefly summarizes the process that venture capitalists use to analyze high-risk, long-term investments. Contains information on methods that can be used to calculate valuation, share price, percent ownership, implied valuation, dilution, and option pools. View Details
Sahlman, William A., and Matthew Willis. "Basic Venture Capital Formula, The." Harvard Business School Background Note 804-042, August 2003. (Revised May 2009.)
- 22 Sep 2004 - 25 Sep 2004
- Conference Presentation
The Role and Participation of Women in the Venture Capital Industry
By: C. G. Brush, N. M. Carter, E. J. Gatewood, P. G. Greene and Myra M. Hart
- 2018
- Working Paper
Coordination Frictions in Venture Capital Syndicates
By: Ramana Nanda and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf
An extensive literature on venture capital has studied asymmetric information and agency problems between investors and entrepreneurs, examining how separating entrepreneurs from the investor can create frictions that might inhibit the funding of good projects. It has... View Details
Nanda, Ramana, and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf. "Coordination Frictions in Venture Capital Syndicates." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 17-089, April 2017. (Revised January 2019. Published in The Oxford Handbook of Entrepreneurship and Collaboration.)
- 20 Jan 2020
- News
Is Venture Capital Worth The Risk?
- 2007
- Other Unpublished Work
Positions of Power and Status: Reciprocity in the Venture Capital Industry
By: Mikolaj Jan Piskorski
This paper proposes a straightforward way of differentiating between central network positions that confer power from those that confer status. I argue that actors achieve high status by receiving numerous exchanges from actors who receive numerous exchanges from... View Details
Piskorski, Mikolaj Jan. "Positions of Power and Status: Reciprocity in the Venture Capital Industry." March 2007.
- December 2016
- Simulation
Venture Capital and Private Equity Game
By: Matthew Rhodes-Kropf, Josh Lerner, G. Felda Hardymon and Nathaniel Burbank
The Venture Capital and Private Equity Simulation enables groups of students to play the role of either an early or later stage private equity firm. Within the simulation, students raise funds, search for companies to invest in, complete deals, and manage a portfolio... View Details
- 26 Jan 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Women Can Get More Venture Capital
hypothesis that if there were more women who were venture capitalists then there would be more points of intersection with women entrepreneurs. In our research using information from 1995 and 2000, we documented all the women in the View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark & Martha Lagace
- October 1995
- Exercise
Venture Capital Method - Valuation Problem Set
By: William A. Sahlman and Andrew S. Janower
Presents a short problem set designed as an introduction to the venture capital method of problem solving. View Details
Sahlman, William A., and Andrew S. Janower. "Venture Capital Method - Valuation Problem Set." Harvard Business School Exercise 396-090, October 1995.
- 06 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital 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 the... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner
- Article
The Venture Capital Revolution
By: Paul A. Gompers and J. Lerner
Keywords: Venture Capital
Gompers, Paul A., and J. Lerner. "The Venture Capital Revolution." Journal of Economic Perspectives 15, no. 2 (Spring 2001): 145–168.
- Web
Venture Capital Advisors - Entrepreneurship
BoxGroup Melody Koh NextView Ventures Juan Leungli Tectonic Ventures Lisa Lewin Primary Venture Partners Jennifer Lum Biospring Partners Boston, MA Christina Melas-Kyriazi Bain... View Details
- 20 Dec 2013
- News
Learning a lesson from venture capital
- October 2005
- Teaching Note
Venture Capital Game (TN)
By: G. Felda Hardymon and Ann Leamon
Keywords: Venture Capital
- 1999
- Book
The Venture Capital Cycle
By: P. Gompers and J. Lerner
Keywords: Venture Capital
Gompers, P., and J. Lerner. The Venture Capital Cycle. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1999. (Beijing: Economic Science Press, 2001 (Chinese edition). Tokyo: Springer-Verlag Tokyo, 2001 (Japanese edition). Seoul: Kukil Securities and Economics Research Institute, 2001 (Korean edition))
- October 1996 (Revised April 2011)
- Module Note
Venture Capital and Private Equity: Module III
By: Josh Lerner, G. Felda Hardymon and Ann Leamon
Provides an overview of a module that focuses on existing venture capital and other private equity investments. View Details
Lerner, Josh, G. Felda Hardymon, and Ann Leamon. "Venture Capital and Private Equity: Module III." Harvard Business School Module Note 297-042, October 1996. (Revised April 2011.)
- Program
Private Equity and Venture Capital
and Venture Capital raises your level of investment expertise. As you examine the full range of industry models—from venture View Details
- October 1996 (Revised November 1997)
- Background Note
Venture Capital and Private Equity: Course Overview
By: Josh Lerner
Provides an overview of the Venture Capital and Private Equity modules. View Details
Lerner, Josh. "Venture Capital and Private Equity: Course Overview." Harvard Business School Background Note 297-045, October 1996. (Revised November 1997.)
- 2019
- Chapter
Coordination Frictions in Venture Capital Syndicates
By: Ramana Nanda and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf
An extensive literature on venture capital has studied asymmetric information and agency problems between investors and entrepreneurs, examining how separating entrepreneurs from the investor can create frictions that might inhibit the funding of good projects. It has... View Details
Nanda, Ramana, and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf. "Coordination Frictions in Venture Capital Syndicates." In The Oxford Handbook of Entrepreneurship and Collaboration, edited by Jeffrey J. Reuer, Sharon Matusik, and Jessica F. Jones. New York: Oxford University Press, 2019.
- 2003
- Chapter
Short-Term America Revisited? Boom and Bust in the Venture Capital Industry and the Impact on Innovation
By: Josh Lerner and Paul A. Gompers
This chapter seeks to understand the implications of the recent decline in venture activity for innovation. It argues that the situation may not be as grim as it initially appears. While there are many reasons for believing that on average venture capital has a... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Innovation and Invention; Business Cycles; Financial Services Industry; United States
Lerner, Josh, and Paul A. Gompers. "Short-Term America Revisited? Boom and Bust in the Venture Capital Industry and the Impact on Innovation." In Innovation Policy and the Economy, Volume 3, edited by Adam B. Jaffe, Josh Lerner, and Scott Stern, 1–28. MIT Press, 2003.
- April 2023
- Technical Note
Venture Capital Firms: What Drives Success?
By: Jo Tango and Alys Ferragamo
With the rapid growth of venture capital (“VC”) in recent decades, we might wonder: who succeeds at VC and why? This is a complicated question, as many factors come into play. VC partnerships are comprised of individual investors with varying backgrounds, experiences,... View Details
Tango, Jo, and Alys Ferragamo. "Venture Capital Firms: What Drives Success?" Harvard Business School Technical Note 823-115, April 2023.