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- April 2022
- Case
Pear Venture Capital
By: Jo Tango and Alys Ferragamo
Keith Bender, Principal at Pear Venture Capital, is working over the weekend to prepare for a Monday morning investment meeting. He has three startup pitch decks in front of him, and he must choose one to recommend at the meeting. He finds that each company has its...
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Keywords:
Seed Investing;
Seed Financing;
Startup;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Presentations;
Business Startups;
Investment;
Venture Capital;
United States
Tango, Jo, and Alys Ferragamo. "Pear Venture Capital." Harvard Business School Case 822-097, April 2022.
- February 2024
- Case
Korea Venture Investment Corporation
By: Paul A. Gompers and Billy Chan
Paul Gompers, pgompers@hbs.edu; Billy Chan, bchan@hbs.edu; Andrew Mickle, amickle@hbs.edu
3/6/2024
Yes
venture capital, fund of funds, startup, startup ecosystem, south korea, han river zium, big basin capital, capstone partners
Entrepreneurship; business...
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Entrepreneurship;
Society;
Finance;
Investment;
Financial Services Industry;
Asia;
South Korea
- 2004
- Chapter
Venture Capital
By: Paul Gompers and Josh Lerner
Keywords:
Venture Capital
Gompers, Paul, and Josh Lerner. "Venture Capital." Chap. D5 of Handbook of Modern Finance, edited by James Seward and Dennis Logue. New York: Warren, Gorham & Lamont, 2004.
- 2004
- Book
Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital
By: Amar Bhidé
Academics and practitioners readily admit the importance of entrepreneurs for the wealth of nations. However, the relationship between the economic and social environment, entrepreneurship and value creation is not yet well understood. Moreover, at the micro-level, the...
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Bhidé, Amar. Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital. Vol. 9, Topics in Corporate Finance. Amsterdam: Amsterdam Center for Corporate Finance, 2004.
- February 2016
- Article
After The Break-Up: The Relational and Reputational Consequences of Withdrawals from Venture Capital Syndicates
By: Pavel Zhelyazkov and Ranjay Gulati
Traditional research has long treated reputation as an egocentric attribute, typically described as an intangible asset directly shaped by the focal actor's track record. We argue, however, that reputation is dyadic: that an actor can have different reputations with...
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Zhelyazkov, Pavel, and Ranjay Gulati. "After The Break-Up: The Relational and Reputational Consequences of Withdrawals from Venture Capital Syndicates." Academy of Management Journal 59, no. 1 (February 2016): 277–301.
- March 2001 (Revised February 2005)
- Case
Venture Capital Vignettes
By: G. Felda Hardymon
Presents three fictionalized but realistic situations in which a venture capitalist may find himself. One situation requires crisis intervention to quell a dispute between a vice president of sales and a CEO; another poses the problem of working out the composition of...
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Keywords:
Venture Capital;
Crisis Management;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Management Teams;
Executive Compensation;
Situation or Environment;
Employee Relationship Management;
Problems and Challenges;
Financial Services Industry
Hardymon, G. Felda. "Venture Capital Vignettes." Harvard Business School Case 801-408, March 2001. (Revised February 2005.)
- February 2014
- Background Note
Raising Startup Capital
By: Jeffrey Bussgang
Entrepreneurs typically focus their full energies on business-building. But raising capital is a core part of building a valuable business. Developing expertise in raising capital is more than a necessary evil, it is a competitive weapon. Master it and you will be in a...
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Keywords:
Fund Raising;
Venture Capital Term Sheet;
Venture Creation/development;
Venture Investing;
Venture Philanthropy;
Entrepreneurial Finance;
Entrepreneurial Management;
Entrepreneurs;
Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act;
Non-equity Financing;
Convertible Notes;
Convertible Debt;
Debt Financing;
Raising Capital;
National Venture Capital Association;
Venture Capital Firm Compensation;
Crowdfunding;
Crowd-funding;
Startup;
Start-up;
Startup Management;
Startups;
Angel Investors;
Angels;
Accelerator;
Venture Capital;
Financing and Loans;
Entrepreneurship;
Business Startups;
Financial Services Industry;
United States
Bussgang, Jeffrey. "Raising Startup Capital." Harvard Business School Background Note 814-089, February 2014.
- November 2022
- Course Overview Note
Launching Technology Ventures (LTV)
Bussgang, Jeffrey J. "Launching Technology Ventures (LTV)." Harvard Business School Course Overview Note 823-058, November 2022.
- 17 Oct 2019
- News
Venturing Away from Venture Capital
Illustration by Peter Arkle Illustration by Peter Arkle Sandra Oh Lin (MBA 2003) has raised enough venture capital for now, thank you very much. Lin is the founder and CEO of KiwiCo, which designs and...
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Alexander Gelfand
- Research Summary
Venture Capital Organizations and Entrepreneurial Finance
By: Paul A. Gompers
Paul A. Gompers is examining corporate control and governance issues in
venture capital organizations and entrepreneurial firms in an effort to
understand how their relationships with their investors affect the venture
capitalists' investment decisions. Using...
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- September 2011 (Revised August 2012)
- Background Note
The Venture Capital Problem Set
By: William Sahlman, Evan W. Richardson and James McQuade
This note consists of three valuation/analysis exercises often found in venture capital financing deals.
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Keywords:
Venture Capital;
Financing and Loans;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Negotiation Deal;
Valuation
Sahlman, William, Evan W. Richardson, and James McQuade. "The Venture Capital Problem Set." Harvard Business School Background Note 812-039, September 2011. (Revised August 2012.)
- 2016
- Chapter
The Origins of High-Tech Venture Investing in America
By: Tom Nicholas
The United States has developed an unparalleled environment for the provision of high-tech investment finance. Today it is reflected in the strength of agglomeration economies in Silicon Valley, but historically its origins lay in the East Coast. Notably, immediate...
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Keywords:
Venture Capital;
Investment;
Information Technology;
History;
Financial Services Industry;
United States
Nicholas, Tom. "The Origins of High-Tech Venture Investing in America." In Financial Market History: Reflections on the Past for Investors Today, edited by David Chambers and Elroy Dimson, 227–241. CFA Institute Research Foundation, 2016.
- 17 Aug 2016
- Working Paper Summaries
Venture Capital Data: Opportunities and Challenges
- 05 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Venture Capital Goes Boomor Bust?
Ninety percent of new entrepreneurial businesses that don't attract venture capital fail within three years. A software engineer at the government contractor EG&G, Don Brooks had been working on computer...
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by Paul A. Gompers & Josh Lerner
- October 2005
- Game
Venture Capital Game
By: G. Felda Hardymon and Ann Leamon
Keywords:
Venture Capital
- 10 Sep 2013
- News
How Corporate Venture Capital Helps Firms Explore New Territory
- July 2001
- Background Note
Ethics in Venture Capital
By: Ashish Nanda
Discusses potential conflicts of interest that venture capitalists face in dealing with entrepreneurs. Critiques arguments that such conflicts are easily managed and unproblematic. Suggests four ways to address potential conflicts.
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Nanda, Ashish. "Ethics in Venture Capital." Harvard Business School Background Note 902-028, July 2001.