Publications

08 Dec 2021
Blog Post

The Drive to Succeed: Silvio Memme (MBA 2020) and the Transition to Venture Capital

others say is impossible and finding a way. And specifically, how Memme found a way to break into Venture Capital from the automotive industry and launch a new stage of his career, all while hearing time and... View Details

2001
Report

An Investigation of Women-Led Firms and Venture Capital Investment

By: Candida G. Brush, Patricia G. Greene, Myra M. Hart, Nancy Carter and Elizabeth Gatewood

Keywords: Business Ventures; Venture Capital; Gender

Article

Optimal Investment, Monitoring, and the Staging of Venture Capital

By: Paul A. Gompers

Keywords: Investment; Venture Capital

January 2001
Article

Patterns of Venture Capital Funding: Is Gender a Factor?

By: Myra M. Hart, P. Greene, C. Brush and P. Saparito

Keywords: Venture Capital; Gender; Finance

03 Nov 2014
Working Paper Summaries

Adding Value Through Venture Capital in Latin America and the Caribbean

Keywords: by Josh Lerner, Ann Leamon, James Tighe & Susana Garcia-Robles; Financial Services

10 Sep 2013
News

How Corporate Venture Capital Helps Firms Explore New Territory

12 May 2020
Blog Post

Leaving a Career in Tech for Venture Capital and Entrepreneurship

program at HBS. I was particularly drawn to HBS after hearing about the experience of my friends who had not only found a supportive entrepreneurial community at HBS, but co-founders as well. I spoke with alumni who were part of the View Details

16 Dec 2014
News

Baker Library Exhibit Focuses on Father of Venture Capital

May 1999
Teaching Note

Venture Capital in Ireland: Getting Their ACT Together TN

By: Paul A. Gompers

Teaching Note for (9-298-001). View Details

Keywords: Financial Services Industry; Republic of Ireland

17 Jan 2013
News

Social Impact Investing Will Be the New Venture Capital

2001
Book

The Money of Invention: How Venture Capital Creates New Wealth

By: Josh Lerner and Paul Gompers

Keywords: Money; Innovation and Invention; Venture Capital; Wealth

March 1998 (Revised March 2005)
Case

ONSET Ventures

By: Michael J. Roberts and Nicole Tempest

ONSET Ventures, is a venture capital firm focused on seed-stage start-ups. Describes the principles and strategies the firm has developed over its life. Also presents an in-depth discussion of one of the seed-stage companies ONSET has been incubating. View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital; Financing and Loans

October 2012 (Revised July 2014)
Background Note

The Role of the Government in the Early Development of American Venture Capital

By: Josh Lerner and Tom Nicholas

Whether the government or markets, or a mixture of both, can provide efficient and effective incentives for encouraging entrepreneurial activity and new venture financing is an age-old question. Public promotion efforts are controversial and in most cases they tend to... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital; Business and Government Relations; United States

Spring 2012
Article

The Roadmap for Private Equity, Venture Capital and Hedge Funds in Mexico: Alternative Assets as an Accelerator of Credit to Firms in Emerging Markets

By: Roberto Charvel

This article shows how alternative assets could be a good way for banks to start providing more loans to firms in emerging markets and finance growth, while giving local institutional investors access to new asset types. View Details

June 2024 (Revised September 2024)
Case

Sequoia Capital

By: Jo Tango, Christina Wallace, Srimayi Mylavarapu and Johnson Elugbadebo

Sequoia Capital, a venture capital firm founded in 1972, quickly grew to become one of the most storied venture capital firms in the world. Fueled by a strong culture, Sequoia's investment track record included the names of some of the largest global successes.... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital; Organizational Culture; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Restructuring; Corporate Strategy; Financial Services Industry