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December 2004
7 x 9, 581 pp., 22 illus.
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The Venture Capital Cycle, 2nd Edition
Paul Gompers and Josh Lerner

Acknowledgmentsvii
1Introduction
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IVenture Capital Fund-Raising
2An Overview of Venture Capital Fund-Raising23
3What Drives Venture Capital Fund-Raising?33
4How Are Venture Partnerships Structured?65
5How Are Venture Capitalists Compensated?91
6Does the Venture Capital Structure Matter?127
IIVenture Capital Investing
7An Overview of Venture Capital Investing157
8Why Are Investments Staged?171
9Do Fund Inflows Impact Private Equity Valuations?201
10How Do Venture Capitalists Oversee Firms?241
11Why Do Venture Capitalists Syndicate Investments?255
12Does Venture Capital Spur Innovation?273
13Can the Government Be an Effective Venture Capitalist?309
IIIExiting Venture Capital Investments
14An Overview of Exiting Venture Capital Investments345
15Do Market Conditions Affect the Decision to Go Public?355
16Does Reputation Affect the Decision to Go Public?377
17Do Investment Bank-Affiliated Venture Capitalists Exhibit Conflict of Interest?399
18Why Do IPO Lockups Exist?423
19Why Do Venture Capitalists Distribute Shares?459
20How Well Do Venture-Backed Offerings Perform?483
21The Future of the Venture Capital Cycle515
22A Note on Data Sources519
References533
Index
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