In How Do Venture Capitalists Make Decisions? (NBER Working Paper 22587), Paul Gompers, William Gornall, Steven N. Kaplan, and Ilya A. Strebulaev report on the results of a survey of 885 institutional venture capitalists (VCs) conducted between November 2015 and March 2016. The survey asked detailed questions covering business practices. Most respondents were graduates of top MBA programs or Kauffman Fellows. Some were recruited from a list of individual members of the National Venture Capital Association and the VentureSource database. Eighty-two percent of respondents were partners in their firms.
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It is important to note that ownership percentages and equity stakes in companies are regularly tracked through a capitalization table. Such a document details the ownership structure and ensures transparency between all parties involved.
Over the past 30 years, venture capital has been a vital source of financing for high-growth start-ups. Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Gilead Sciences, Google, Intel, Microsoft, Whole Foods, and countless other innovative companies owe their early success in part to the capital and coaching provided by VCs. Venture capital has become an essential driver of economic value. Consider that in 2015 public companies that had received VC backing accounted for 20% of the market capitalization and 44% of the research and development spending of U.S. public companies.
Interestingly, many investors with specific theses often bend their own rules. For example, an investor focused on sustainability might still invest in a software company that sells to solar farms.
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Published October 11, 2022.