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Financial Modeling Handbook

Financial Modeling Handbook

FM World Cup

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How Venture Capital Became a Component of the US Innovation System

How Venture Capital Became a Component of the US Innovation System

Richard T. Harrison & Colin M. Mason

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US VC Trends in 5 Charts for Q1 2023

US VC Trends in 5 Charts for Q1 2023

Christian A. Cansino, Jose M. Merigo, Juan P. Torres, David Diaz

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Best Pitch Deck Examples & Analysis to Help Build Pitch Decks

Best Pitch Deck Examples & Analysis to Help Build Pitch Decks

DocSend

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What to Expect for Venture Capital in 2024: Looking Backward at 2023 to Inform How to Look Forward to 2024

What to Expect for Venture Capital in 2024: Looking Backward at 2023 to Inform How to Look Forward to 2024

Luisa Beltran

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Government venture capital funds: Balancing the impact of social and financial goals on startups

Government venture capital funds: Balancing the impact of social and financial goals on startups

Jiu-Jin Li, Hung-Gay Fung & Shi An

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How Women Can Get More Venture Capital

How Women Can Get More Venture Capital

Steven N. Kaplan & Josh Lerner

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Bain Global VC Outlook

Bain Global VC Outlook

David Lee, Patricia Martinez

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A Review of Risk, Returns, and the Future of VC Allocations

A Review of Risk, Returns, and the Future of VC Allocations

Josh Lerner Ramana Nanda

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Venture capital as innovative source of financing equity capital after the financial crisis in Spain

Venture capital as innovative source of financing equity capital after the financial crisis in Spain

Harvard Business School Working Knowledge

Research paper
Financial Contracting Theory Meets the Real World: An Empirical Analysis of Venture Capital Contracts

Financial Contracting Theory Meets the Real World: An Empirical Analysis of Venture Capital Contracts

William R. Kerr, Ramana Nanda & Matthew Rhodes-Kropf

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The Value-Add of Venture Capital Due Diligence for Venture Performance

The Value-Add of Venture Capital Due Diligence for Venture Performance

Juanita González-Uribe, Robyn Klingler-Vidra, Su Wang, Xiang Yin

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The State of European Venture Capital in 2024

The State of European Venture Capital in 2024

Atomico

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Understanding Venture Capital

Understanding Venture Capital

SSRN academic author

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How's Venture Capital Changing in 2023

How's Venture Capital Changing in 2023

Endeavor Editorial Team

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The new SEC rules

The new SEC rules

SEC / VC Lab

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Venture Capital and the Tech Industry: Trends and Opportunities"

Venture Capital and the Tech Industry: Trends and Opportunities"

William H. Janeway , Ramana Nanda and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf

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AngelList Data Insights

AngelList Data Insights

Paul Allen, Lisa Hall

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Testing Business Ideas: The Ultimate Validation Experiments Library

Testing Business Ideas: The Ultimate Validation Experiments Library

Jaryd Hermann

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Venture Capital’s Role in Financing Innovation - Journal of Economic Perspectives

Venture Capital’s Role in Financing Innovation - Journal of Economic Perspectives

Josh Lerner, Ramana Nanda

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Venture Capital Booms and Start-Up Financing

Venture Capital Booms and Start-Up Financing

Dohyeon Kim & Su Yong Lee

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Speedinvest pirates - The Ultimate Guide to Startup Metrics

Speedinvest pirates - The Ultimate Guide to Startup Metrics

Speed invest partners

Newsletter
First Round Review - The First Round Review Guide to Building a Startup Culture

First Round Review - The First Round Review Guide to Building a Startup Culture

First Round Review

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Lifespans of corporate and independent venture capitalists: a systematic review

Lifespans of corporate and independent venture capitalists: a systematic review

Andreas Köhn

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Creandum Seed Data Room Template

Creandum Seed Data Room Template

Beata Klein & Creandum Team

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Does overconfidence affect venture capital firms’ investment?

Does overconfidence affect venture capital firms’ investment?

Salma Ben Amor & Maher Kooli

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YCombinator Guide to Seed Fundraising

YCombinator Guide to Seed Fundraising

Geoff Ralston & Y Combinator

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The Effective Guide to Hiring Your First Employee

The Effective Guide to Hiring Your First Employee

Effective HRM

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Women in Venture Capital: Building a More Inclusive Industry

Women in Venture Capital: Building a More Inclusive Industry

Boston Consulting Group (BCG)

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Mapping the Venture Capital and Private Equity Research

Mapping the Venture Capital and Private Equity Research

Douglas Cumming, Satish Kumar, Weng Marc Lim & Nitesh Pandey

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The Future of Venture Capital? Insights Into Data-Driven VCs

The Future of Venture Capital? Insights Into Data-Driven VCs

Abhishek Bhatia and Gary Dushnitsky

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Domicile Report

Domicile Report

VC Lab

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Determinants on Successful Investment of Venture Capitalist

Determinants on Successful Investment of Venture Capitalist

Tianyu Gui

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Algorithmic Venture Capital,Predicting valuation step-up multiple in venture backed companies through deep learning techniques

Algorithmic Venture Capital,Predicting valuation step-up multiple in venture backed companies through deep learning techniques

Casey Caruso, Francisco Enriquez, Abraham Oshotse, Gautam Pradeep

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Preparing a Venture Capital Term Sheet

Preparing a Venture Capital Term Sheet

Morgan Lewis

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Corporate Venturing: Achieving Profitable Growth Through,Startups

Corporate Venturing: Achieving Profitable Growth Through,Startups

Julia Prats, Pau Amigó, Xavier Ametller, Adrià Batlle

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While global venture capital activity shrinks, startups see silver lining for 2024

While global venture capital activity shrinks, startups see silver lining for 2024

Paul Davenport

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When Does Impact Investing Make the Biggest Impact?

When Does Impact Investing Make the Biggest Impact?

Rachel Layne

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Venture Capital Data: Opportunities and Challenges - NBER Working Paper

Venture Capital Data: Opportunities and Challenges - NBER Working Paper

Steven N. Kaplan, Josh Lerner

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Founders’ Guide to Burn and Runway

Founders’ Guide to Burn and Runway

Helen Chong

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Fundraising Strategy for an Early-Stage Startup From A to Z

Fundraising Strategy for an Early-Stage Startup From A to Z

Ilma Ibriševi?, Seedstars

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The meeting that showed me the truth about VCs

The meeting that showed me the truth about VCs

Tomer Dean

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Research on the Impact of Venture Capital Strategy on Enterprise Innovation Performance: Based on Evidence of Investment Timing and Rounds

Research on the Impact of Venture Capital Strategy on Enterprise Innovation Performance: Based on Evidence of Investment Timing and Rounds

Paul A. Gompers

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How to Raise Money

How to Raise Money

Paul Graham

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18 experiments to test a new product idea

18 experiments to test a new product idea

Pawel Huryn / LinkedIn

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A Look at the Venture Capital Landscape in Q1 2024

A Look at the Venture Capital Landscape in Q1 2024

Andrea Bellucci, Serena Fatica, Aliki Georgakaki, Gianluca Gucciardi, Simon Letout, and Francesco Pasimeni.

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How to Master Product-Market Fit, the Index Ventures Way

How to Master Product-Market Fit, the Index Ventures Way

Darrell Etherington

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Stages of Startup Funding - An Explainer

Stages of Startup Funding - An Explainer

SlideShare User

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What is the Silver Lining for 2023 Venture Capital?

What is the Silver Lining for 2023 Venture Capital?

Mario D'Ambrosio, Gianfranco Gianfrate

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Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Venture Capital: A Research Review

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Venture Capital: A Research Review

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

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State of Venture Q2’24 Report

State of Venture Q2’24 Report

Forbes Business Contributor (AllBusiness)

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SVB State of the Markets

SVB State of the Markets

Joseph Lewis, Nancy Walker

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AVC (Fred Wilson) Blog - Fred Wilson’s Blog

AVC (Fred Wilson) Blog - Fred Wilson’s Blog

Fred Wilson

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Venture Capital: A Catalyst for Innovation and Growth

Venture Capital: A Catalyst for Innovation and Growth

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

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The Past Is Prologue? Venture-Capital Syndicates’ Collaborative Experience and Start-Up Exits

The Past Is Prologue? Venture-Capital Syndicates’ Collaborative Experience and Start-Up Exits

StartUs Insights Research Team

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When Venture Capital is Patient Capital: Seed funding as a source of patient capital for high-growth companies

When Venture Capital is Patient Capital: Seed funding as a source of patient capital for high-growth companies

WilmerHale Venture Capital Practice

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Diversity Boosts Profits in Venture Capital Firms

Diversity Boosts Profits in Venture Capital Firms

Paul Gompers

Research paper
Grandstanding in the venture capital industry

Grandstanding in the venture capital industry

Paul Gompers

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Venture Capital Data

Venture Capital Data

Journal of Industry, Innovation and Science authors

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Venture Capital at the Crossroads

Venture Capital at the Crossroads

Ernst M. Falkner, Matthias R.W. Hiebl

Book
How Venture Capital Works

How Venture Capital Works

Henry Wai-chung Yeung

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Stepping Up Venture Capital to Finance Innovation in Europe

Stepping Up Venture Capital to Finance Innovation in Europe

Silicon Valley Bank

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The Role of VC in Fostering Technological Innovation

The Role of VC in Fostering Technological Innovation

International Finance Corporation (IFC)

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VC and Entrepreneurial Ecosystems

VC and Entrepreneurial Ecosystems

Louis Lehot, Andre Thiollier

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Global Venture Capital Outlook: The Latest Trends

Global Venture Capital Outlook: The Latest Trends

Edgaras Margevičius

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Venture Capital Start-up Selection

Venture Capital Start-up Selection

Australian Investment Council

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Venture Capitalists and COVID-19

Venture Capitalists and COVID-19

Finance and economics researchers

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Q1 VC investment rises, with headwinds increasing for 2023

Q1 VC investment rises, with headwinds increasing for 2023

William A. Sahlman

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ROI for Venture Capital Firms

ROI for Venture Capital Firms

Douglas J. Cumming & Jeffrey G. MacIntosh

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Will Venture Capital Market Rebound in 2024? or seek new floor?

Will Venture Capital Market Rebound in 2024? or seek new floor?

Goingvc

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The power of market: Venture capital and enterprise digital transformation

The power of market: Venture capital and enterprise digital transformation

Huan Peng, Sulidan Bumailikaimu, Ting Feng

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Optimal investment and exit decision of venture capitals with multiple heterogeneous Beliefs

Optimal investment and exit decision of venture capitals with multiple heterogeneous Beliefs

Zhuming Chen & Xue Luo

Book
Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist

Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist

Brad Feld Jason Mendelson

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5 Benefits of Joining a Sector-Focused Venture Capital Fund

5 Benefits of Joining a Sector-Focused Venture Capital Fund

Natan Reddy

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Investors Have Got Your Number — Navigating the Data-Driven Shift in Venture Capital

Investors Have Got Your Number — Navigating the Data-Driven Shift in Venture Capital

Douglas B. Laney,

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When venture capitalists are attracted by the experienced

When venture capitalists are attracted by the experienced

Job J. Andreoli,Johannes A. ten Rouwelaar

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Venture Capital Due Diligence Checklist

Venture Capital Due Diligence Checklist

QVentures

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NVCA Yearbook

NVCA Yearbook

John Doe, Jane Smith

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Dealroom Global VC Data

Dealroom Global VC Data

Jeremy Greenwood, Zvi Hercowitz & Per Krusell

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Techstars Annual Report

Techstars Annual Report

VC Café Editorial Team

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Venture Capital Due Diligence

Venture Capital Due Diligence

Justin J. Camp

Research paper
CB Insights Global VC Report

CB Insights Global VC Report

SSRN academic authors

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Innovation and Venture Capital Exits

Innovation and Venture Capital Exits

Sophie Manigart, Harry Sapienza

Article
Venture Capital a Catalyst for Start-Ups to Overcome the “Valley of Death”: Lithuanian Case

Venture Capital a Catalyst for Start-Ups to Overcome the “Valley of Death”: Lithuanian Case

Haixia Hao,Lihong Guo,Jianwei Dong

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Venture capital investment selection: an exploratory assessment of the role of entrepreneur personality traits

Venture capital investment selection: an exploratory assessment of the role of entrepreneur personality traits

Josh Lerner, Ramana Nanda

Article
How Does Venture Capital Work?

How Does Venture Capital Work?

Academic research team

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Preqin Global Venture Capital Report 2023

Preqin Global Venture Capital Report 2023

Ofer Eldar , Jillian Grennan and Katherine Waldock

Article
The Impact of Venture Capital on Innovation: Beyond Portfolio Companies

The Impact of Venture Capital on Innovation: Beyond Portfolio Companies

Foley & Lardner LLP Insights Team

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Preqin Private Capital Review

Preqin Private Capital Review

Michael Wilson, Sarah Johnson

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Deloitte Technology Fast 500

Deloitte Technology Fast 500

Christopher Anderson, Laura Hernandez

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Trends in Venture Capital Investment

Trends in Venture Capital Investment

Paul Gompers, Anna Kovner, Josh Lerner & David Scharfstein

Report
PwC MoneyTree Report

PwC MoneyTree Report

EY (Jeffrey Grabow)

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How to Run Your Startup in a Downcycle

How to Run Your Startup in a Downcycle

Sequoia Capital

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VC Lab's Venture Partner Agreement Template

VC Lab's Venture Partner Agreement Template

VC Lab

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Oversubscribed: A Founder’s Guide to Seed Fundraising

Oversubscribed: A Founder’s Guide to Seed Fundraising

Mike Wilner & Max Nussenbaum

Article
How Does Venture Capital Financing Improve Efficiency in Private Firms?

How Does Venture Capital Financing Improve Efficiency in Private Firms?

Asta Savaneviciene, Vitalija Venckuviene, Lina Girdauskiene

Article
What Is Venture Capital?

What Is Venture Capital?

Adam Hayes

Article
Private captive fund providers and the likelihood of achieving successful venture capital exits

Private captive fund providers and the likelihood of achieving successful venture capital exits

Academic research team (T&F journal)

Article
A guide to seed fundraising

A guide to seed fundraising

Thokozani Patmond Mbhele

Report
2024 VC Disruption Index

2024 VC Disruption Index

CB Insights