venture capital industry - Publications - Faculty & Research

11 Dec 2014
News

Improving the business of medicine

As founder and managing partner of KBL Ventures, Dr. Marlene Krauss (MBA 1967, MD 1979) combines her business and medical training to bring health care device and bio-tech ventures to market. (Published December 2014) View Details

11 Mar 2008
News

Soak the Rich?

pay-as-you-go legislation. At issue was whether venture capital, private equity, and hedge fund partners should continue to pay the 15 percent capital gains tax rate on their earnings. Lawmakers had proposed... View Details

Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

15 Dec 2024
News

Forward Thinking

You can ask the internet anything, but getting an answer via generative artificial intelligence consumes about 10 times more electricity than a traditional Google search. Consequently, the data centers where AI tools are trained and run are guzzling more and more... View Details

Keywords: Janine White; Illustrations by Richard Borge; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

Profile

Leila Meliani

In the January break between semesters this year, Leila Meliani participated in the Tech Club's WesTrek to Silicon Valley and arrived at a welcome epiphany. "We heard several venture capital partners... View Details

Keywords: Consulting

Arjun Goyal

Dr. Arjun Goyal is a Co-Founder and Managing Director of Vida Ventures, a leading US-based life sciences venture capital firm with a ~$1.8 billion in AUM. Arjun focuses on creating and investing in companies... View Details

Keywords: Finance

07 Feb 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research: February 7

milestones: the birth of the silicon chip and the development of the venture capital industry. From humble beginnings, Valentine became a legendary salesman at Fairchild Semiconductor and National... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

14 Dec 2020
Blog Post

Our Top 5 Blog Posts of 2020

Venture Capital at Harlem Capital Walking into Harvard Business School as friends, roommates, and colleagues in 2017, Henri Pierre-Jacques (MBA 2019) and Jarrid Tingle (MBA... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

24 Mar 2015
First Look

First Look: March 24

Africa still relevant and achievable? Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/715010-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 815-108 Venture Capital and Private Equity Simulation... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

2001
Report

The Diana Project: Women Business Owners and Equity Capital: The Myths Dispelled

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

Keywords: Business Ventures; Gender; Capital

Citation

01 Mar 2012
News

Social Investing Pioneers

renowned venture capital firm he cofounded in 1972. In 2007, he cofounded and became a nonexecutive director of Social Finance, a London-based nonprofit social investment advisory that is pioneering ways to... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

Matthew Reardon

Matthew Reardon is a partner in the firm’s Business Law department and a member of the Technology M&A practice. Matt represents the companies, firms, and institutions that power innovation in the technology and life sciences industries, including entrepreneurs, View Details

Keywords: Legal

01 Sep 2005
News

Making History, Starting Over

knighthood, recognizing his contributions to the venture capital industry.) Out of that study came a series of policy recommendations aimed at creating a sustainable system for investments in deprived areas,... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance

24 Apr 2014
News

Investing in new technologies to accelerate change

Girish Nadkami (MBA 1988), a venture capitalist in Switzerland, talks about the impact of investing in new technologies for communications, robotics, and environmental start-ups. (Published April 2014) View Details

18 Dec 2023
Blog Post

Climate Symposium 2023: Adopting Climate Solutions at Scale

The overarching theme of the 2023 Annual Climate Symposium was “Adopting Climate Solutions at Scale”, exploring not only the existing climate solutions but also the crucial aspects of capital and policy deployment required to accelerate... View Details

Profile

Alex Slusky

started the program.” The best simulation of business experience Alex pursued the MBA because he had an interest in venture capital and wanted “to find a way to combine technology and strategy – how do we go... View Details

Web

Diversity & Entrepreneurship: Race & Gender Gaps Persist - Race, Gender & Equity

$1 million from venture capitalists Women of Color White Women Men of Color White Men 31% of tech founders received venture capital funding. Of these founders, white men... View Details

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Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Curriculum Social Enterprise Student Club Social Entrepreneurship Summer Fellows Technology for Good Transformative Impact Tri-Sector Impact Reimagining Capitalism in Practice: SE Summer Fellow Mitsushiro Mitch Hirai (MBA 2024) Mitch... View Details

03 Feb 2009
First Look

First Look: February 3, 2009

Why Public Efforts to Boost Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Have Failed—and What to Do About It Author: Josh Lerner Publication: Princeton University Press, forthcoming Abstract In response to the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

April 1999 (Revised September 2001)
Case

Penelope's Personal Pocket Phones

By: Paul A. Gompers

Provides students with an opportunity to use simple real options analysis to value a startup. Penelope Phillips is deciding whether to start a company to make wireless phones. Students get experience using traditional discounted cash flow valuation and a real options... View Details

Keywords: Valuation; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Capital Budgeting; Corporate Finance; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry