Directories
What Is Venture Capital
Statistics
Associations
Venture Capital News
Major Books on VC
Other Financing Sources
Citing Sources

Directories

Galante's Venture Capital & Private Equity Directory - search and sort by financing stage, amount, industry preference, type of finance, and geographic coverage. Print version HG65.G24 (Information Desk1) has comparative tables for easy scanning.

PricewaterhouseCoopers MoneyTree Survey – shows which industries and companies received venture capital in the latest 2 quarters.

VentureXpert – Searchable database from Venture Economics, NVCA and PricewaterhouseCoopers with most detailed info on VC firms & the companies they finance.  For course-related and faculty research only.

Pratt's Guide to Private Equity Sources. Annual  HG65.P73 (Information Desk1)- the Venture Economics' classic directory with introductory essays.  Formerly Pratt's Guide to Venture Capital Sources 

Entrepreneur’s Top 100 Venture Capital Firms – annual survey by the magazine.

VentureSource – industry alternative to VentureXpert, from VentureOne, a Dow Jones company. Babson does not subscribe.

Directory of Venture Capital Firms: Domestic & International. HG4751.D57 (Information Desk1) - additional international coverage from Grey House Publishing. 

NVCA > NVCA Members – list with links to members web sites

What Is Venture Capital

VC Industry Explained – the big picture.  VC in the private equity marketplace, from Harvard’s Venture Capital & Private Equity Club

How Venture Capital Works by Bob Zider. Harvard Business Review, November December 1998, pages 131-139.

What is Venture Capital? The Venture Capital Industry: An Overview. - National Venture Capital Association > Industry Overview.

Venture Economics > Methodology - what and how data is collected and analyzed including benchmarking, valuations, & performance calculations.

Venture Economics > Glossary – terms used in their reports.

EVCA > PE Industry > Glossary

Statistics

Venture Economics > Press releases – reports produced jointly with NVCA and PriceWaterhouseCoopers. See tabs for US, Europe and Asia.

NVCA > Research > Venture Capital Statistics – VC totals by year and quarter, 1997 to present

PricewaterhouseCoopers MoneyTree Survey –

Venture One > Industry Information > Statistics

VentureXpert – create custom statistical reports, for course-related & faculty research only.

EVCA > PE Industry > Facts & Figures – 2001 to present, from the European Private Equity & Venture Capital Association.

Guide to Venture Capital in Asia. HG86.G85 (Reference) - from Asian Venture Capital Journal

CalPers Private Equity Performance Review - brief performance data of funds invested in by California Public Employees Retirement System

Associations

NVCA: National Venture Capital Association – list with links to members web sites

EVCA: European Private Equity & Venture Capital Association. Site provides statistics, industry standards, news

EVCA > PE Industry > Sources of info > NVCAs – list of VC associations around the world

News

Venture Capital Journal - Monthly from Venture Economics

TheDeal.com - sign up for free daily alert
Daily Deal - browse articles via ProQuest

Private Equity Analyst - monthly newsletter from DowJones Alternative Investor. On Reserve at Information Desk1.

VentureWire - sign up for VentureWire Alert

EVCA > Sources of Info > Trade & media links

Asian Venture Capital Journal - the library does not subscribe, but news is at their site.

Books

How to Raise Capital: techniques and strategies for financing and valuing your small business. By Jeffry Timmons, Stephen Spinelli & Andrew Zacharakis - on order

Venture Capital Cycle by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner.  Information Desk 1 and online via NetLibrary.

Search the Library Catalog for more books on venture capital.

Other Sources of Venture Financing

Below are guides to other sources for venture financing.

Angel Investors - research guide