Raising Venture Capital

Offering a deep insight into the venture capital deal-makingprocess, Raising Venture Capital also provides valuableintroduction to the subject. The book is practical in focus butbased on sound academic theory, research and teaching materialsgathered over the last 4 years at Tanaka Business School.

Part one covers the history of the venture capital industry, shows why entrepreneurs need venture capital finance, and looks athow venture capitals raise and structure their funds. It alsocovers valuation methods for venture capital investments, andportfolio management.

Part two illustrates how successful entrepreneurs raise financefrom venture capitals, and gives details on how to approach venturecapitals, how to choose the right venture capital firm, and howventure capitals and entrepreneurs work together after thedeal is done.

Part three gives a blow-by-blow account of the structure of aventure capital deal.