Venture Capital ( definição)
Venture capital is a type of private equity capital typically provided by professional, outside investors to new, high-potential-growth companies in the interest of taking the company to an IPO. Venture capital investments are generally made as cash in exchange for shares in the invested company. A venture capitalist (VC) is a person who makes such investments. A venture capital fund is a pooled investment vehicle (often an LLC or LP) that primarily invests the financial capital of third-party investors in enterprises that are too risky for the standard capital markets or bankloans. Venture capital can also include managerial and technical expertise. Most venture capital comes from a group of wealthy investors, investment banks and other financial institutions that pool such investments or partnerships. This form of raising capital is popular among new companies, or ventures, with limited operating history, who cannot raise funds through a debt issue. The downside for entrepreneurs is that venture capitalists usually get a say in company decisions, in addition to a portion of the equity.
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Desde quando é que o objectivo do VC é, necessariamente, o de saír por IPO???
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Caro Cerberus,
Nesta definição não podemos considerar o VC como uma entidade mas sim como uma fase. O que sucede geralmente é a transição da empresa de um VC para outro, sendo cada um especializado em diferentes fases de maturidade da empresa. Porém, no final do processo, o caminho “natural” e geralmente mais desejado (depende obviamente dos interesses de cada organização) é colocar a empresa em bolsa.