Do venture capital backed companies show value added performance? : a study of growth in Norwegian venture capital backed companies compared to benchmarks of non venture capital backed comparable companies

The government venture capital firm Finnish Industry Investment (FII), was established in 1995 to promote the development of venture capital in Finland. In 1997, TE-centres

Nevertheless, considering employment changes three years after investment for venture firms, PE-backed firms reduce their employment on average by 4.38 fewer workers compared

The results also show that venture capital firms after receiving venture capital (C) tend far less often to partner up with R&D firm, lab, or institution than do

In this final chapter, we will answer these questions and relate the findings. We will also discuss the limitations of the thesis and suggest areas for future

Hypothesis 2: status as tech company, amount of pre-IPO funding, IPO size, and negative profitability are all negatively correlated with three-month return, excluding first-day

The analyses find significant differences between corporate venture capital funds and independent venture capital funds, with the corporate funds showing a tendency to

The overview is mainly based on characteristics listed in the article “Why and How to Invest in Private Equity” published by the European Private Equity and Venture Capital

Considering the large variations in terms of motivation, governance and value-added contributions of the different venture capital investors, it is unlikely that SMEs investing