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Title: Introduction to Venture Capital


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Chapter 1
  • Introduction to Venture Capital

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What is a VC?
  • (1) A VC is a financial intermediary, meaning
    that they take the investors capital and invest
    it directly in portfolio companies.
  • (2) A VC will only invest in private companies.
    This means that once the investments are made,
    the companies cannot be immediately traded on a
    public exchange.
  • (3) A VC takes an active role in monitoring and
    helping the companies in his portfolio.
  • (4) A VCs primary goal is to maximize his
    financial return by exiting investments through a
    sale or an initial public offering (IPO).
  • (5) VCs invest in order to fund the internal
    growth of companies.

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THE FLOW-OF-FUNDS IN THE VENTURE CAPITAL CYCLE
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ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS
Private Equity
Mezzanine
Distress
Hedge Funds
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What Do VCs and Buyout Firms Do?
  • Investing
  • Monitoring
  • Exiting

6
Private Equity
  • Illiquid investments
  • Who should invest in illiquid assets?

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Chapter 2
  • The VC Players

8
Investment, Pre-Boom
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Investment, Boom and Post-Boom
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Stages of Growth
  • Early-Stage
  • Seed
  • Startup
  • Other Early-Stage
  • Mid-Stage (expansion)
  • Late-Stage
  • Generic Late Stage
  • Bridge/Mezzanine

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Investment by Stage
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Investment by Industry
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