Venture Capital

Scope

Venture Capital brings together research on entrepreneurial finance undertaken by academics from different disciplines and conducted from various methodological and philosophical standpoints and using a variety of research methods. It is a forum for communication between academic researchers, venture capital practitioners and policy-makers that raises the knowledge of venture capital activity and other types of entrepreneurial finance on a global basis. Its coverage is international, focusing not only on established financial capital markets such as the USA and the European Union, but also on emerging markets. The Journal’s scope covers all aspects of entrepreneurial finance such as: -institutional venture capital and private equity -business angel and other forms of informal and quasi-informal investing, including crowdfunding -corporate venture capital -public sector venture capital -social finance and community venture capital. It also covers all aspects of the venture capital process from investment decision to exit and beyond, including studies on: -investment patterns and trends -investment decision-making -investment performance -investor-investee post-investment relationships -exits, exit routes and investment outcomes and the performance of Investee businesses -financial institutions -economic impacts and public policy