The Venture Capital model is not broken, nor does it need to radically change. In fact, its future looks quite bright, with demand for VC-backed companies likely to rise in future.
Venture capital (VC) has fueled many of the most successful start-ups of the last 30 years. Microsoft, Apple, and Google – three of the biggest companies in the United States – were once backed by VC firms. Many well-known and highly valuable companies such as eBay, Amazon, Yahoo, and Starbucks likewise started out with funding from venture capitalists. The VC model of financing young and untested companies with high growth potential has been so successful, it has been replicated all over the world.
However, a recent study me Steven N. Kaplan and Josh Lerner of Harvard Business School, shows that the U.S. VC industry is not broken; it is simply going through the expected ups and downs of a competitive market. In the study titled It Ain’t Broke: The Past, Present, and Future of Venture Capital, we show the amount of money committed by investors to this asset class as well as the amount invested by VC firms in the last 30 years has been remarkably constant. In addition, average returns to VC funds do not appear to be unusually low or high relative to stock market returns.
In fact, based on the historic relationship between commitments to VC funds and subsequent performance, the historically low level of funds committed in 2009 and 2010 suggest that the returns to investing in these funds will be relatively strong. Moreover, the declining importance of central corporate R&D facilities in favor of buying small firms to acquire the latest technologies is another reason to be optimistic about the future of the VC industry.
The efficient man in the middle
Entrepreneurs have good ideas but sometimes do not have the money to set them in motion. Investors, on the other hand, have the resources but may lack good ideas. In this case, VC firms step in to bring entrepreneurs and investors together. They do this in three ways.
First, VCs spend a lot of time and effort screening, evaluating, and selecting investment opportunities. It is an intensive and disciplined process that typically takes place over several months. VCs scrutinise the attractiveness and risks of the external environment – market size, competition, and potential for customer adoption; the feasibility of the strategy and technology; the quality of the management team et al.
Second, VCs efficiently design contracts in such a way that if the entrepreneur is performing well, he or she is well compensated. If the company is running smoothly, VCs do not have to get involved in the company. However, if the company performs poorly, the contracts stipulate that VCs can take full control. As performance improves, the entrepreneur obtains more control rights. It also is common for VCs to include provisions that would make it very costly for the entrepreneur to leave suddenly after investors have already made a significant investment in the company.
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Venture capital (VC) has fueled many of the most successful start-ups of the last 30 years. Microsoft, Apple, and Google – three of the biggest companies in the United States – were once backed by VC firms. Many well-known and highly valuable companies such as eBay, Amazon, Yahoo, and Starbucks likewise started out with funding from venture capitalists. The VC model of financing young and untested companies with high growth potential has been so successful, it has been replicated all over the world.
However, a recent study me Steven N. Kaplan and Josh Lerner of Harvard Business School, shows that the U.S. VC industry is not broken; it is simply going through the expected ups and downs of a competitive market. In the study titled It Ain’t Broke: The Past, Present, and Future of Venture Capital, we show the amount of money committed by investors to this asset class as well as the amount invested by VC firms in the last 30 years has been remarkably constant. In addition, average returns to VC funds do not appear to be unusually low or high relative to stock market returns.
In fact, based on the historic relationship between commitments to VC funds and subsequent performance, the historically low level of funds committed in 2009 and 2010 suggest that the returns to investing in these funds will be relatively strong. Moreover, the declining importance of central corporate R&D facilities in favor of buying small firms to acquire the latest technologies is another reason to be optimistic about the future of the VC industry.
The efficient man in the middle
Entrepreneurs have good ideas but sometimes do not have the money to set them in motion. Investors, on the other hand, have the resources but may lack good ideas. In this case, VC firms step in to bring entrepreneurs and investors together. They do this in three ways.
First, VCs spend a lot of time and effort screening, evaluating, and selecting investment opportunities. It is an intensive and disciplined process that typically takes place over several months. VCs scrutinise the attractiveness and risks of the external environment – market size, competition, and potential for customer adoption; the feasibility of the strategy and technology; the quality of the management team et al.
Second, VCs efficiently design contracts in such a way that if the entrepreneur is performing well, he or she is well compensated. If the company is running smoothly, VCs do not have to get involved in the company. However, if the company performs poorly, the contracts stipulate that VCs can take full control. As performance improves, the entrepreneur obtains more control rights. It also is common for VCs to include provisions that would make it very costly for the entrepreneur to leave suddenly after investors have already made a significant investment in the company.
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