venture capital industry - Publications - Faculty & Research

31 Mar 2025
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MBAs Are Launching Venture Capital Funds to Back Their Classmates. Now, Harvard Business School Has One, Too.

02 Jan 2016
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The first venture capitalists: Fin-tech

29 Sep 2022
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Minority-Owned Managers in PE and Venture Capital Face Barriers in Raising Their First Funds. Researchers Explore Why.

01 Mar 2006
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Venture Capital, Post-Dot Bomb

At Cyberposium, a student-run technology conference held last November at the School, HBS professor Bill Sahlman sparked a frank discussion on the current climate for venture capital investing. “In the... View Details

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

01 Jun 2017
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The Exchange: Venture Forth

illustration by Peter Arkle When Professor Paul Gompers began studying the venture capital industry in the late 1980s, colleagues often wondered why. “They’d say that it’s such... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Apr 2001
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New Ventures New Gains

(both MBA 1996) proposed the contest as a project for Professor Josh Lerner’s Venture Capital and Private Equity elective. “We looked at it as not just a theoretical paper for class but a sustainable plan,”... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna and Susan Young; Martin Dubilier (MBA 1952); Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

28 Feb 2020
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Filling the White Space

At Able Partners, Amanda Eilian (MBA 2006) and Lisa Blau (MBA 2003) have focused primarily on women-led wellness companies, including businesses such as Goop, Moon Juice, and Daily Harvest. Now the New York–based investment firm has turned its attention to Compass... View Details

Keywords: venture capital; pharmaceutical research; innovative investing

02 Jun 2017
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Venture capital’s gender gap is costly for firms and the economy

09 Aug 2010
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Obama acts as clean-tech venture capitalist

14 Jan 2022
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Harvard Business School’s Former Dean Joins Kushner’s Thrive Capital

28 Jun 2021
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Caretaking Concierge Startup Raises $35 Million Series B

Keywords: healthcare; women founders; venture capital; entrepreneurship; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

01 Dec 2019
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Capitalizing the Corner Shop

to macro shocks in the global economy, and there were few places to turn to for financial support. “There’s not much venture capital now, and for sure there wasn’t much venture... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

22 Sep 2010
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Homecoming Day: Private Equity And Venture Veterans Go Back To School

12 Feb 2013
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Clayton Christensen Wants to Transform Capitalism

01 Jun 2011
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New Venture Winner Mines E-Waste

Representing the HBS Association of Northern California, BioMine, cofounder and CEO Bradoo’s company, received the 2011 Alumni New Venture Contest’s $25,000 first prize for its plan to mine the 40 million tons of “e-waste” generated... View Details

Keywords: contests; awards; Mining (except Oil and Gas); Mining