Venture++Capital

The Role of Venture Capital
( 4 slides/ 4 minutes) I will highlight the importance of Venture Capital for entrepreneurs in the US. After that the function and the process of a venture capital investment is outlined as well as the specific business stages a suitable investment target should be situated in.

Business Angels as a special form of Venture Capitalists
( 2 slides/ 2 1/2 minutes) Business Angels play an important role for startups. Besides the financial support, Business Angels offer know how and experience. These aspects are shown by focussing on the influence on entrepreneurs.

Exit Channels
( 4 slides/ 3 minutes) After investing in a company, Venture Capitalists try to increase the enterprise value. Depending on their strategy Venture Capitalists desinvest, which can be done by using different exit channel, whereas I will focus on a) IPOs and b) Trade sales giving current facts and figures.

Conclusion
( 1 slides/ 1 minute) Summarizing the main factors that contribute to the US strength and threats.

__Sources:__
 * BVK Special – “Venture Capital in the USA 2006”; [|http://www.bvk-ev.de/media /file/141.Special_USA_2006.pdf]
 * Institut für Deutsches und Internationales Bank- und Kapitalmarktrecht an der Universität Leipzig (Norman Röchert), “Venture Capital in Deutschland – Wagniskapital für Existenzgründer“; [|http://www2.uni-leipzig.de /bankinstitut/dokumente/2001 -02-01-01.pdf]
 * Journal of Private Equity, Vol.6, No.2, 2003, pgs. 7-17
 * NVCA study: “Venture Capital Fundraising 2007”
 * OECD study: “Venture Capital policy review: Norway”