The Business of Venture Capital : Insights from Leading Practitioners on the Art of Raising a Fund, Deal Structuring, Value Creation, and Exit Strategies


Mahendra. Ramsinghani
Bok Engelsk 2014 · Electronic books.
Annen tittel
Utgitt
Hoboken : : Wiley, , 2014.
Omfang
1 online resource (435 p.)
Utgave
2nd ed.
Opplysninger
Description based upon print version of record.. - The Business of Venture Capital; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; PART One Raising the Venture Fund; CHAPTER 1 The Basics; RAISE THE VENTURE FUND; FIND THE RIGHT INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES; GENERATE FINANCIAL RETURNS; ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES; COMPENSATION; Carried Interests; NOTES; CHAPTER 2 Getting In; ENTRY-LEVEL POSITIONS: ANALYSTS AND ASSOCIATES; INTERNSHIPS AND CAMPUS RECRUITMENT; MIDLEVEL POSITIONS: PRINCIPALS AND MDS; HONING INVESTMENT EXPERTISE WITHIN ALLIED FIELDS; Corporate Venture Capital and Angel Networks; Institutional Investors; Service Firms and Media. - FIT WITHIN THE LP'S CURRENT PORTFOLIO MARKET TIMING; WHY LPS TERMINATE EXISTING RELATIONSHIPS; NOTES; CHAPTER 9 Performance Analysis; INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE AND ATTRIBUTION; FUND-LEVEL PERFORMANCE; COMPARISON BENCHMARKS; PUBLIC MARKET EQUIVALENTS; THE QUEST FOR THE ELUSIVE TOP QUARTILE MANAGERS; ALL THE MANAGERS ARE ABOVE AVERAGE; NOTES; CHAPTER 10 Emerging Managers: A Promise of the Future; WHY LPS SEEK EMERGING MANAGERS; A Futures Option; Creativity, Hunger, and Performance; HOW INVESTORS RANK EMERGING MANAGERS; INSTITUTIONAL ALLOCATIONS FOR EMERGING MANAGERS; A TALE OF TWO EMERGING MANAGERS. - From Entrepreneur to VC SENIOR PARTNER VERSUS JUNIOR ASSOCIATE; WHAT ABOUT LUCK?; NOTES; CHAPTER 3 Building Your Career as a Venture Capitalist; INTELLECTUAL STIMULATION AND FINANCIAL RETURNS; Intellectual Stimulation; Mentor Capitalists; Small Part of Something Big; APTITUDES AND ATTITUDES OF SUCCESSFUL PRACTITIONERS; Ability to Pick the Right Investments; VC = Value Creation; Generalist versus Specialist: Jack of All and Master of All; Tenacity: Be an Unstoppable Force; THE CHALLENGES OF A VC CAREER; NOTES; CHAPTER 4 The Universe of Limited Partners; AN OVERVIEW OF ALTERNATIVE ASSETS. - NOTES CHAPTER 6 Defining Your Fund's Investment Strategy; SECTOR-BASED STRATEGY; STAGE AND GEOGRAPHY; White Space Investing: The Venture Practitioner as a Founder; When Investment Strategy Shifts and Drifts; NOTES; CHAPTER 7 How Institutional Investors Evaluate Fund Managers; THE FUND MANAGEMENT TEAM DYNAMICS: STABILITY, SKILL SET, AND ALIGNMENT; Stability and Alignment: Will the Family Stay Together?; Identifying Complementary Skill Sets; The Importance of Soft Skills; Generalists versus Specialists; Social Capital: Who You Know Matters; NOTES; CHAPTER 8 Fund Size and Portfolio Construction. - SOURCES OF CAPITAL: LIMITED PARTNERS Pension Funds; Endowments and Foundations; Finance Companies; Insurance Companies; Family Offices and High-Net-Worth Individuals; Corporate Operating Funds; FUND OF FUNDS; FOF MODELS: VARIATION OF A THEME; Targeting the Best in Class: Top Tier Capital Partners; Laser Focused on Micro-Venture Capital Funds: Cendana Capital; Spurring Innovation and Regional Growth: Renaissance Venture Capital Fund; COMPARISON OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIPS; NOTES; CHAPTER 5 How Limited Partners Conduct Fund Due Diligence; SOURCING AND FIRST SCREENS; EVALUATING THE VENTURE FIRMS. - THE GLOBAL EMERGING MANAGER: 500 STARTUPS. - The definitive guide to demystifying the venture capital business The Business of Venture Capital, Second Edition covers the entire spectrum of this field, from raising funds and structuring investments to assessing exit pathways. Written by a practitioner for practitioners, the book provides the necessary breadth and depth, simplifies the jargon, and balances the analytical logic with experiential wisdom. Starting with a Foreword by Mark Heesen, President, National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), this important guide includes insights and perspectives from leading experts.
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1-118-92664-1. - 1-118-93164-5

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