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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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The downside of repeated ties syndicated capital investments /

Khanna, Poonam, January 1900 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2007. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references.
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Linking venture-capital investment to new-firm formation /

Xiao, Fengxia, January 2007 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Dallas, 2007. / Includes vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 118-128)
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Theoretical studies of tournaments and the venture capital industry

Fang, Dawei January 2014 (has links)
This thesis consists of three essays. In essay 1, we examine the optimal contract design in the venture capital (VC) industry when a general partner (GP) cannot commit to putting effort into an existing partnership. We show that the first-best contract, a layered debt issued to investors, induces the GP's efficient investment decision and prevents him from diverting effort from the partnership, but its feasibility depends on economic conditions and on whether the GP's ability is observed. The model suggests a procyclical pattern of investment funding and a countercyclical pattern of industrial performance. Moreover, new GPs' fundraising and performance are more sensitive to business cycles than those of established ones. In essay 2, we study investment duration of a VC fund based on a simple agency conflict between a GP and investors. A short duration financing arrangement can minimize agency conflicts but may offer investors rents. When the rents offered to investors are too large, which may occur when the rate of return of a successful investment is high, the GP has an incentive to use less efficient but rent-saving financing arrangements. We show that there can be cases in which the GP uses a long investment duration financing arrangement or is willing to have the fund capital-constrained. In essay 3, we study contests where, subject only to a capacity constraint on mean performance, contestants, facing a rank-dependent payoff function, choose arbitrary performance distributions. In the case of symmetric capacity, we derive closed-form solutions for equilibrium performance distributions and analyze the effect of contest structure on equilibrium behavior. We show that equilibrium performance distributions are never dispersion-maximizing and are always right-skewed when the contest is selective. When contestants' capacities are private information, contests serve as a selection mechanism. We analyze the effect of changing contest parameters on strategies, payoffs, and contest selection efficiency and study the selection properties of different contest designs.
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Venture capital organisations as actors in emerging economy systems of innovation : case studies of South Africa and Hungary

Iliev, Ilian Petkov January 2015 (has links)
No description available.
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Does Governmental Venture Capital Spur Innovation? : A comparison with private venture capital in Sweden

Astorsdotter, Dennis, Chang, Yunxin January 2021 (has links)
Governments have increased their commitment to spur innovation by increasing the amount of venture capital (VC) flowing to the venture capital market over the last decades. Still, research shows that governmental venture capital (GVC) has no impact on innovation. The literature comparing governmental and private venture capital’s effect on innovation is scarce. Therefore, this study explores how different types of VC affects innovation in Swedish entrepreneurial companies. Based on VC data from the Swedish Venture Capital Association (SVCA), we use 440 VC-backed companies and 440 control companies to test the effects of governmental venture capital, private venture capital (PVC), and mixed venture capital (MVC, a combination of GVC and PVC) on four innovation indicators - patent grants, passive citations, trademarks, and industrial design rights. We use fixed-effects models to compare different VC types and Difference-in-Differences models to draw inferences about causality. Our findings show that all types of venture capital positively affect innovation, while MVC has the most substantial effects. PVC spur innovation mainly through trademarks, while GVC increases both trademarks and patent quality. We argue that MVC has access to an immense amount of capital and can allocate its non-financial resources better than both PVC and GVC separately. We also suggest that GVC focuses more on innovation quality and PVC focuses more on commercializing innovations and bringing them to the market.
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Venture Capital vid en vägkorsning : En kvalitativ studie om hur Venture Capital marknaden tros utvecklas utifrån en tid av finansiell osäkerhet

Hahr, William, Walberg, Erik January 2023 (has links)
Bakgrund: Startups har svårt att generera kassaflöden under de första åren de är aktiva. För att kunna växa och utveckla sina produkter behöver de kontinuerligt resa kapital. Det är här Venture Capital bolag kommer in och hjälper med finansieringen. 2021 var ett rekordår för den svenska Venture Capital marknaden med höga värderingar som präglade marknaden. En nu pågående lågkonjunktur med hög inflation och höga räntor har gjort marknaden osäker. En sämre noteringsmarkand och svårare finansieringsmöjligheter har utmanat VC marknaden och dess utveckling framgent. Syfte: Studien syftar till att analysera svenska Venture Capital marknadens utveckling framöver utifrån relevanta aktörers uppfattning. Detta utförs genom att analysera investeringsmönster samt delar av investeringsprocessen hos Venture Capital bolag under tider av finansiell osäkerhet. Genomförande: Studien genomfördes med bakgrund i tidigare forskning som fanns inom områden som typiska Venture Capital bolag arbetar med, exempelvis finansiering, investeringsprocessen och exits. Empirin samlades in genom en kvalitativ metod baserat på intervjuer med ett semi-strukturerat intervjuformat från relevanta aktörer inom Venture Capital. Detta analyserades sedan med en induktiv ansats. Slutsats: Slutsatserna som kan dras är att en stor del av studien är i linje med tidigare forskning. Denna finansiella osäkerhet har påverkat VC marknaden genom att VC bolagen har tagit ett större aktivt ägande och har ställt om till ett portföljbolagsfokus för att säkerställa bolagens överlevnad. Vidare kommer VC:s finansieringsmöjligheter troligtvis minska med grund i sämre avkastning. Detta härleds till begränsade exit-möjligheter för tillfället, att det gjordes dåliga investeringar tidigare samt det höga ränteläget. Avslutningsvis menar VC:s att svenska marknaden har blivit mer konkurrensutsatt under senaste åren vilket satt sina spår i investeringsprocessen. Den har med grund i den ökade konkurrensen inte utförts ordentligt vilket satt sina spår. En finansiell osäkerhet visas av studien ha en påverkan på VC:s strategier men strategierna förändras inte över en natt, VC:s är långsiktiga investerare. Svenska VC marknaden har kommit för att stanna, den tros blir mer konkurrensutsatt men fortsätta växa.
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Venture capital, att investera i en startup : En undersökning för att ta reda på de viktigaste investeringsfaktorerna utifrån venture capital-bolagens och startupföretagens perspektiv. / Venture capital, to invest in a startup : A study aiming to investigate the most important investment factors from both venture capital firms and startups perspective.

Solaimani, Mariamvi, Bertholdsson, Sofie January 2016 (has links)
Idag anses startupföretag vara en viktig del av samhället, både för den ekonomiska tillväxten och ekonomiskt välstånd. Främst bidrar de med innovation, nya arbetstillfällen och välstånd. Dock är det endast hälften som lyckas skapa avkastning på investerat kapital. Att anskaffa riskkapital anses vara ett av de största problemen för en startup och är avgörande för dess tillväxt. Det finns ett antal kriterier som venture capital-bolag, VC-bolag, värderar högst vid ett investeringsbeslut hos en startup, de faktorerna har studerats tidigare av många teoretiker. Frågan är dock om teorierna stämmer överens med dagens samhälle med tanke på att läget ser annorlunda ut. Samtidigt är det intressant att veta om startupförtag fokuserar på det VC-bolagen värderar högst vid investeringsbeslutet. Studiens syfte är att se vilka faktorer som främst bidrar till att dagens startupföretag får riskkapital. Vidare undersöks vad startupföretag tror är de mest relevanta faktorerna i VC-bolagens investeringsbeslut. Slutligen visar undersökningen om teorier som finns inom området är applicerbara på svenska venture capital-bolags investeringsbeslut idag. Studien utgår från en kvantitativ ansats med ett deduktivt förhållningssätt och ett positivistiskt perspektiv. All empirisk data är insamlad genom en surveyundersökning med ett urval på 125 företag och vald forskningsdesign är tvärsnitt. Vidare analyseras det insamlade materialet med valda teorier, för att därefter besvara forskningsfrågorna i slutsatsen. Studien ger en detaljerad bild över de kriterier som används vid ett VC-bolags investeringsbeslut i en startup. De viktigaste faktorerna är marknadens behov av produkten, tillväxtpotential inom marknaden och marknadens storlek. Studien har även kommit fram till att startupföretag har en god uppfattning om vad VC-bolag värderar högst vid ett investeringsbeslut. Utöver det här är den har studien kommit fram till att entreprenörens egenskaper har mindre betydelse vid ett investeringsbeslut än vad tidigare teorier betonar. Studien bidrar befintlig teori med nya synsätt av vad dagens svenska VC-bolag värderar högst vid ett investeringsbeslut hos en startup. / Today startups are considered to be an important part of the society, regarding both the economic growth and economic affluence. Foremost they contribute to innovation, job creation and prosperity. Out of ten startups it is only five who succeed in yielding return on invested capital. To procure venture capital is considered to be one of the biggest problems for a startup but also essential for their growth. There are a number of criteria that venture capital firms evaluate before investing in a startup, these criteria have been studied by many theorists. The question is if the theories are relevant to society today, considering it is forever changing. At the same time, it is interesting to research if startups have the same idea regarding the relevance of the criteria that venture capital firms evaluate when making an investment decision. The aim of this study is to evaluate which criteria are contributing to a startup company receiving venture capital. Also what startups think are the most relevant criteria in a venture capital firm’s investment decision are investigated. Finally, the study examines if the existing theories on the subject are still applicable on Swedish venture capital firms’ investment decision. The study is based on a quantitative method with a deductive approach and a positivistic perspective. All empirical data is gathered through a survey with a selection of 125 companies and the research design is cross-sectional. The empirical data is analyzed with the explained theories in order to answer research questions in the conclusion section. The research provides a detailed overview of the criteria that venture capital firms use when making an investments decision for startups. The most important criteria are market need for the product, growth potential of the market and size of the market. The study shows that startups has a good perception of what venture capital firms are valuing the most in an investment decision. In addition to this, the research discovered that entrepreneurial characteristics has less value in an investment decision than previous theories stresses. In conclusion, the study provides a developed view to already existing theories about the criteria used by Swedish venture capital firms when making a decision to invest in a startup today.
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Are Swedish venture capitalists stuck in the past? : An explorative study on Swedish venture capitalists' position in the funding landscape of new technology-based firms / Är svenska venture kapitalister fast i dåtiden?

Fahnehjelm, Charlotte, Larsson, Joakim January 2018 (has links)
Currently, there are indications that Europe is facing an innovation deficit. The main explanation to the lack of innovation is considered to be that new technology-based firms are facing difficulties in receiving funding and consequently do not establish on the market. As new technology-based firms have an important role in technology development and overall growth, a consequence thereof could be a long- lasting negative effect on technological change and economic growth. The venture capital industry is frequently put forward as the actor that can provide financing for these types of firms. This study aimed to investigate the contemporary role that Swedish traditional venture capitalists and government supported venture capitalists have in the funding landscape of new technology-based firms. To fulfill this purpose, the study analyzed both the investors' preferences and the challenges with investing into new technology-based firms. The findings were acquired through performing eight semi- structured interviews with highly knowledgeable practitioners. In addition, literature was scrutinized. The study concluded that the preferences of the venture capital firms are heavily misaligned with investments into new technology and that digital companies present a better aligned investment alternative. More specifically, venture capitalists perceived the teams of new technology-based firms to be lacking, which is misaligned with the venture capitalists' strong emphasis on the team. New technology-based firms were also perceived to be associated with great risks, which is misaligned with the risk aversion of venture capitalists. The high risk was found to be related to the high degree of novelty, the perceived difficulties in finding syndication partners, the venture capitalists' lack of specific knowledge and experience, the long time to market and the large funding need in early stages. Further, the long time to market is ill-suited with the fund structure of traditional venture capital firms. On the other hand, digital companies were found to be well aligned with the venture capitalists' risk profile and preference for investing large amounts of capital at once. When it comes to government-supported venture capitalists, the study concluded that Industrifonden's preferences are similar to those of traditional venture capitalists and that Almi Invest, due to its structure, faces specific barriers for investing. Based on these findings, the conclusion was drawn that the likelihood is low that venture capitalists will invest in new technology-based firms. In order to be able to draw conclusions regarding the impacts on innovation and technological change, further research on the capabilities and preferences of informal venture capital is necessary. Further research could also attend to the demand of financing to increase the understanding of the innovation deficit. / Idag finns indikationer på innovationsbrist i Europa. En huvudsaklig orsak till innovationsbristen anses vara att bolag med ny teknologi har svårt att få finansiering och därmed etablera sig på marknaden. Eftersom ny teknologi spelar en viktig roll i teknologisk utveckling och ekonomisk tillväxt, är en möjlig konsekvens av innovationsbristen långtgående negativa effekter på teknologisk utveckling och ekonomisk tillväxt. Venture capital industrin framhålls ofta som en aktör som kan finansiera denna typ av bolag. Denna studie syftade till att undersöka vilken roll svenska traditionella venture capital fonder och statliga venture capital fonder har i finansieringslandskapet av ny teknologi. För att uppnå detta syfte analyserade studien både investerarnas preferenser och utmaningarna med att investera i ny teknologi. Resultaten nåddes genom att genomföra semistrukturerade intervjuer med åtta erfarna praktiserande i industrin. Intervjuobjekten hade antingen erfarenhet från traditionellt eller statligt venture capital. Utöver detta granskades litteratur på området. Studien fann att venture capital industrins preferenser på flera vis inte matchar investeringar i ny teknologi medan digitala bolag väl passar in i preferenserna. Mer specifikt ansåg venture capitalisterna att teamen för ny teknologiska bolag saknar viktiga kvalitéer, något som missmatchar venture capitalisternas starka fokus på teamet. Nyteknologiska bolag ansågs också vara associerade med hög risk, vilket står i stark kontrast till venture capitalisternas riskaversion. Den höga risken ansågs vara relaterad till investeringens nya natur, den upplevda svårigheten att hitta syndikteringspartners, venture capitalisters avsaknad av specifik erfarenhet, den långa tiden till marknaden och de stora kapitalbehoven i tidiga skeden. Vidare fann studien att den långa tiden till marknaden var misspassat till fondstrukturen hos traditionella venture capitalister. Och andra sidan visade studien att digitala bolag passar väl med venture capitalisters riskprofil och preferens för att investera stora belopp på en gång. När det kommer till statliga venture capital fonder fann studien att Industrifondens preferenser är mycket lika de traditionella venture capitalisternas preferenser och att Almi Invest står inför särskilda barriärer för att investera i ny teknologi. Baserat på dessa resultat konkluderade studien att sannolikheten är låg att venture capitalister investerar i ny teknologi. Forskning på kapaciteterna och preferenserna för informellt kapital är dock nödvändigt för att kunna dra slutsatser kring effekterna på innovation och teknisk utveckling. Framtida forskning bör också fokusera på efterfrågan på kapital för att förstå innovationsbristen.
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Venture capital in China: growth and prospects

Tse, Yin-wing, Jason., 謝彥穎. January 2005 (has links)
published_or_final_version / abstract / China Development Studies / Master / Master of Arts
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Venture Capital in Taiwan

蘇家義, sossa,jair Unknown Date (has links)
這個論文的題目就是台灣的創業投資. 研究包括五家公司作創業投資. 三家公司是普通的創投公司, 一家是人壽保險公司. 最後一家是工業銀行. / The venture capital investment model was established in Taiwan in 1983, following a similar scheme from the United States. Since its inception, it has played a decisive roll in the development of the high technology industry in Taiwan. It helps enterprises by providing them with capital funding, necessary for the creation of innovative projects with high potential to become successful business activities in the future. Taiwan has one of the most developed Venture Capital markets in the world. By December 31, 1999 the aggregate number of Venture Capital firms came to 145 with a total investment of NT$ 81.1 billion. With this thesis, an analysis of the investment strategies that five financial institutions adopt for their venture capital will be executed. A number of variables that define the framework of venture capital investing will be examined in order to have a clear picture of those investment strategies. In one hand we will have three “traditional” Venture Capital firms which have their own criterion and procedure on why and how to do investments in this field. In the other hand, we will study other types of investors, a life insurance company and an industrial bank. For this study, a qualitative approach was adopted. Interviews with members of those five venture capitalists’ top management team were held. Interesting results were taken from the empirical study as it was found that not all “traditional” venture capital companies share the exactly same view on how to do venture capital investments. Results regarding the life insurance company were mostly in line with expectations as well as results from the industrial bank.

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