The persistent effect of initial success: evidence from venture capital
An 8% increase on the initial public offering (IPO) rate is predicted on subsequent investments for each additional IPO among the first ten investments made […]
Venture Capital
How do venture capitalists make decisions?
When selecting investments, the organization’s management team is the key determinant for a venture capitalist’s (VCs) decision, according to new insights by Paul A. Gompers […]
Let your portfolio companies exchange themselves!
Juanita González-Uribe (London School of Economics) studies cross-company exchanges that can help to boost profits from inventions between early-stage companies and venture capital (VC) investors. […]
Why do more and more large public firms consider and establish corporate venture capital (CVC) divisions to make equity investments in early-stage entrepreneurial ventures?
In his recent work, Song Ma from Yale School of Management investigates the full lifecycle of corporate venture capital by asking why industrial firms start […]
Are unicorns overvalued?
One example receiving a lot of attention in the venture capital industry is the work by Ilya Strebulaev (Stanford GSB) and Will Gornall (UBC Sauder). […]