Venture Capital

A small business looking to grow often needs money for expansion. Venture capital is designed to help such early stage businesses.

Venture capital firms are generally funded by institutional investors such as pension funds, insurance companies, foundations, or high net worth individuals. These investors allocate some of their investment capital to venture firms in hopes of getting a piece of a young company that turns out to be highly profitable.

The goal of venture capital firms is to identify early stage companies with high growth potential. Ideally, they invest early for a significant ownership stake. While it is risky to invest in startups, venture capitalists don’t expect every company to make it. They use a portfolio-based approach where a lot of failed companies are more than redeemed by the success of a few profitable company sales or initial public offerings (IPOs).

Raising venture capital money is complicated. You should be sure to do your homework, hire good attorneys, and be truly certain you need outside investment before accepting venture capitalists as co-owners of your business.

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• A Glimmer of Light in Venture-Capital Land

  
  WSJ.com: Digits — Authority: 577
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  Xconomy — Authority: 712
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• D’Arcy Replaces Hunt As the CEO of Grubb

  
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• Genuity Research on wireless trends at Open Mobile Summit

  
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• Startup Ecosystems Take Time

  
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• Bank of Ireland Launches Seed and Early Stage Equity Fund

  
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• Where Are the Software Deals? WA Firms Raised $70M in October, Mostly in Healthcare, Gaming

  
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• San Diego’s Gizmo5 Reportedly Acquired by Google

  
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• Accel Partners Feels Like a Billion Dollars Today…No, Really!

  
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• It’s a pretty good day — and year — for Accel Partners

  
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• Putting entrepreneurs first

  
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• Accel Keeps the Hits Coming With AdMob, Playfish

  
  WSJ.com: Digits — Authority: 577
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• Google bets big on mobile advertising in $750-million acquisition of AdMob

  
  L.A. Times Tech Blog — Authority: 745
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• EA Swoops Up London-based Playfish for $400M

  
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• PaxVax Gets $2M For Oral Flu Vaccines

  
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• Founder Collective fund rounds up Flickr, LiveOps co-founders and $40 million

  
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