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A healthy venture ecosystem is an engaged ecosystem. We welcome all who are interested in venture capital and the industry’s evolution, to take advantage of the information and materials provided here.
What will your legacy be?
A healthy venture ecosystem is an engaged ecosystem. We welcome all who are interested in venture capital and the industry’s evolution, to take advantage of the information and materials provided here.
Access our list of resources that serve the venture capital community. These resources provide actionable guidance and strategies, rigorous data and analysis, and durable information.
Access our collection of resources, aimed at supporting the VC community in its DE&I, educational, research, and historical needs.
high-growth startups—across all 50 states and DC—raised venture funding in 2018 to build and growth their businesses.
of all U.S. IPOs from 1974 to 2015 were venture-backed companies, representing 63% of the market capitalization and 85% of R&D.
is the average net jobs created annually between 1980 and 2010 by high-growth startups, which account for ~50% of gross jobs created in the U.S.
U.S. venture firms are active today, managing an aggregate of $360 billion to put to work in startups.
Venture capital is an American national treasure. It has fueled the advancement of innovation, economies, and people. It has created value, jobs, wealth, and life-changing products and services. Though venture capital as an industry may be young and as an asset class may be small, high-growth startups and their long-term investors have truly changed the world.
To continue the success of the industry’s past 50 years to the next 50 years and beyond, we must expand opportunities for people of all backgrounds to access the venture ecosystem and thrive. We must educate future leaders on best practices and help them learn from the industry’s rich history. We must help firms build strong, healthy cultures and values. We must keep the public and ecosystem informed through qualitative and quantitative insights.
By investing in tomorrow’s leaders today, we shape the next era of venture capital.
high-growth startups—across all 50 states and DC—raised venture funding in 2019 to build and grow their businesses.
of all U.S. IPOs from 1974 to 2015 were venture-backed companies, representing 63% of the market capitalization and 85% of R&D.
is the average net jobs created annually between 1980 and 2010 by high-growth startups, which account for ~50% of gross jobs created in the U.S.
U.S. venture firms are active today, managing an aggregate of $444 billion in assets.
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VC: An American History
/in Book Education, History, Research ReadingTom Nicholas’ history of the venture capital industry offers readers a ride on the roller coaster of setbacks and success in America’s pursuit of financial gain.
Georges Doriot and American Venture Capital
/in Academic HistoryThe First Venture Capitalist: Georges Doriot on Leadership, Capital, and Business Organization
/in Book Education, History ReadingThis remarkable book chronicles the ideas of a great teacher, George Doriot, whose decades long career at the Harvard Business School inspired a generation of venture capitalists and Wall Street titans of a bygone era.