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(VC). | |||
Capital supplied (by venture capitalists) as high risk equity investment with the expectation of a high return commensurate with the risk taken. | Capital supplied (by venture capitalists) as high risk equity investment with the expectation of a high return commensurate with the risk taken. | ||
Typically, if the investment is unsuccessful, all of the investment will be lost. | Typically, if the investment is unsuccessful, all of the investment will be lost. | ||
* VC is generally organised into venture capital funds. | |||
* VC funds invest in larger, longer-established start up businesses. | |||
* VC funds may also invest in turnaround, or recovery situations. | |||
* Different funds will generally have different specialist areas of expertise and investment. | |||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
* [[Business angel]] | |||
* [[Crowdfunding]] | * [[Crowdfunding]] | ||
* [[Due diligence]] | |||
* [[Entrepreneur]] | |||
* [[Exit]] | |||
* [[Mezzanine]] | * [[Mezzanine]] | ||
* [[Preference shares]] | * [[Preference shares]] | ||
* [[Private equity]] | |||
* [[Series A]] | |||
* [[Unicorn]] | |||
* [[Venture Capital Schemes]] | * [[Venture Capital Schemes]] | ||
==Other resource== | |||
[http://www.treasurers.org/node/9426 Two-fifths of SMEs that seek funding are rejected, Sally Percy, The Treasurer September 2013] | [http://www.treasurers.org/node/9426 Two-fifths of SMEs that seek funding are rejected, Sally Percy, The Treasurer September 2013] | ||
[[Category:The_business_context]] | |||
[[Category:Corporate_finance]] | [[Category:Corporate_finance]] | ||
[[Category:Investment]] | |||
[[Category:Long_term_funding]] | |||
Latest revision as of 06:03, 15 September 2022
(VC).
Capital supplied (by venture capitalists) as high risk equity investment with the expectation of a high return commensurate with the risk taken.
Typically, if the investment is unsuccessful, all of the investment will be lost.
- VC is generally organised into venture capital funds.
- VC funds invest in larger, longer-established start up businesses.
- VC funds may also invest in turnaround, or recovery situations.
- Different funds will generally have different specialist areas of expertise and investment.
See also
- Business angel
- Crowdfunding
- Due diligence
- Entrepreneur
- Exit
- Mezzanine
- Preference shares
- Private equity
- Series A
- Unicorn
- Venture Capital Schemes
Other resource
Two-fifths of SMEs that seek funding are rejected, Sally Percy, The Treasurer September 2013
