Venture Capital Funding

A Practical Guide to Raising Finance

Stephen Bloomfield

218 pages, parution le 03/09/2005

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Résumé

Most informed business people will know something about venture capital. However, much of the detail of what actually goes on when an investment is being made is unknown to most outsiders. This absence of knowledge means that much time and effort is often fruitlessly expended trying to secure venture capital from the wrong sources or by businesses that would be better off seeking different forms of funding.

Venture Capital Funding clears some of the fog that surrounds how venture capital works. It illuminates the background processes that exist in venture capital businesses and dispels the myths. If you are thinking of using venture capital to develop your business it will enable you to understand the driving forces behind each stage of the investment process, and will equip you to deal with venture capitalists and other professionals involved.

Highly practical and accessible, this book examines the following areas:

what sort of businesses will be attractive to the different types of venture capitalist
the processes of investment
the particular targets of venture funds
the pressures on the venture capitalists themselves as individual investors

By understanding what venture capitalists want, what they are willing to invest in, and on what terms, you and your business will be one step closer to securing capital.

L'auteur - Stephen Bloomfield

Stephen Bloomfield is Associate Dean of the Ashcroft International Business School. He has an extensive background in venture fund management, having been involved in the running of three venture capital funds, leading and participating in many deals and syndications. He also has practical experience of company recovery work, and has been asked to act as a director of a number of businesses when they were experiencing periods of financial and organizational restructuring. He is now actively involved in research into the way in which venture funding is conducted nationally and regionally, and has written other books on aspects of corporate distress and lectures on corporate governance.

Sommaire

Reasons to be helpful - part 1
Reasons to be helpful - part 2
The dark side
Dealing with existing shareholders (and stakeholders)
Building - and displaying - the management team
The key issues of discovery: the 'due diligence' process
The choice of investment vehicle: existing business or newco?
Legal stages: where the going gets tough
Post-investment considerations: culture shock
Realization of the investment
Summary: do you still want venture capital?
Appendix 1: Glossary of terms
Appendix 2: Useful addresses
Index
Index of advertisers

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Kogan Page
Auteur(s)	Stephen Bloomfield
Parution	03/09/2005
Nb. de pages	218
Format	16 x 24
Couverture	Relié
Poids	558g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780749442910
ISBN13	978-0-7494-4291-0