Venture capital | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 08/01/2019

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00:03:03 1 History
00:04:09 1.1 Origins of modern private equity
00:07:09 1.2 Early venture capital and the growth of Silicon Valley
00:11:48 1.3 1980s
00:13:29 1.4 Venture capital boom and the Internet Bubble
00:15:15 1.5 Private equity crash
00:17:38 2 Funding
00:21:03 2.1 Financing stages
00:23:08 3 Firms and funds
00:23:17 3.1 Venture capitalists
00:25:10 3.2 Structure
00:26:04 3.3 Types
00:27:16 3.4 Roles
00:28:15 3.5 Structure of the funds
00:30:22 3.6 Compensation
00:31:21 3.7 Alternatives
00:34:57 4 Societal impact
00:37:20 5 Geographical differences
00:38:54 5.1 United States
00:39:59 5.2 Mexico
00:40:21 5.3 Israel
00:41:29 5.4 Canada
00:43:25 5.5 Switzerland
00:44:11 5.6 Europe
00:46:07 5.7 Asia
00:50:10 5.8 Middle East and North Africa
00:50:48 5.9 Sub-Saharan Africa
00:52:00 6 Confidential information
00:53:12 7 Governmental regulations
00:53:37 8 In popular culture
00:53:47 8.1 In books
00:54:35 8.2 In comics
00:55:35 8.3 In film
00:56:09 8.4 In television
00:56:55 9 See also
00:57:04 10 Notes and references



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Venture capital (VC) is a type of private equity, a form of financing that is provided by firms or funds to small, early-stage, emerging firms that are deemed to have high growth potential, or which have demonstrated high growth (in terms of number of employees, annual revenue, or both). Venture capital firms or funds invest in these early-stage companies in exchange for equity, or an ownership stake, in the companies they invest in. Venture capitalists take on the risk of financing risky start-ups in the hopes that some of the firms they support will become successful. Because startups face high uncertainty, VC investment do have high rates of failure. The start-ups are usually based on an innovative technology or business model and they are usually from the high technology industries, such as information technology (IT), clean technology or biotechnology.
The typical venture capital investment occurs after an initial "seed funding" round. The first round of institutional venture capital to fund growth is called the Series A round. Venture capitalists provide this financing in the interest of generating a return through an eventual "exit" event, such as the company selling shares to the public for the first time in an initial public offering (IPO) or doing a merger and acquisition (also known as a "trade sale") of the company.
In addition to Angel investing, equity crowdfunding and other seed funding options, venture capital is attractive for new companies with limited operating history that are too small to raise capital in the public markets and have not reached the point where they are able to secure a bank loan or complete a debt offering.  In exchange for the high risk that venture capitalists assume by investing in smaller and early-stage companies, venture capitalists usually get significant control over company decisions, in addition to a significant portion of the companies' ownership (and consequently value). Start-ups like Uber, Airbnb, Flipkart, Xiaomi & Didi Chuxing are highly valued startups, where venture capitalists contribute more than financing to these early-stage firms; they also often provide strategic advice to the firm's executives on its business model and marketing strategies.
Venture capital is also a way in which the private and public sectors can construct an institution that systematically creates business networks for the new firms and industries, so that they can progress and develop. This institution helps identify promising new firms and provide them with finance, technical expertise, mentoring, marketing "know-how", and business models. Once integrated into the business network, these firms are more likely to succeed, as ...