Characteristics of a Successful Venture Capital Process

Abstract

What do FedEx, Apple Computers, Microsoft, and Starbucks have in common? They all were started with venture capital investments. Venture capital investments have been an important aspect of many successful companies and will continue that importance in future business growth and development. During the forty plus, years that venture capital investments have been a part of business development many changes and morphologies have taken place. Despite this, the process and procedures that define how venture capital companies operate and make decisions can be generally classified into a five stage process.

The characteristics of these stages along with the investment opportunities are examined. The amount of funds invested in each of these stages is analyzed to determine if there are trends in the investing patterns of the venture capital companies.

Notes

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Thesis Completion

2004

Semester

Spring

Advisor

Winters, Drew

Degree

Bachelor of Science (B.S.)

College

College of Business Administration

Degree Program

Finance

Subjects

Business Administration -- Dissertations, Academic; Dissertations, Academic -- Business Administration

Format

Print

Identifier

DP0021863

Language

English

Access Status

Open Access

Length of Campus-only Access

None

Document Type

Honors in the Major Thesis

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