Now is the time to shape the future of venture capital, its narrative, and its legacy.
What will your legacy be?
We’ve created this list of readings and research materials that support industry knowledge and understanding. Click the links below to access the full materials:
Highlights
The research readings listed here revolve around one of Venture Forward’s four mission pillars: Research – conducting and sharing meaningful research on VC trends and impact. In curating these materials, we prioritize readings that provide industry insights with data and analysis or durable information, as opposed to opinion pieces or non-data-driven commentary.
This is not an exhaustive list of readings or research resources available, but rather, one focused on providing meaningful, long-term value.
If you have a suggestion for reading material or research resources that meets our criteria, please reach out to Rhianon Anderson at rhianon@ventureforward.org.
SVB 2020 Startup Outlook Report
/in Report Research Reading /by ASCreativeFor SVB’s 11th annual Startup Outlook Report, they asked founders and executives in the US, the UK, China and Canada to share their perspectives on the year ahead.
Table Stakes | Highlighting and shifting the equity gap
/in Study Human Capital, Research Reading /by Rhianon AndersonOnly 1 in 3 people in venture-backed companies is a woman, and women are granted less equity on average. Read the 2019 study using anonymized Carta data to learn what’s behind the gender equity gap.
VCs, Founders, and the Performance Gender Gap
/in Study Human Capital, Research Reading /by ASCreativeIn this paper, Dr. Raina compares the gender gap in performance between startups initially financed by syndicates led by VCs with only male GPs and startups financed by syndicates led by VCs with female GPs…