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Chapter 1
The VC Industry
CHAPTER OUTLINE
1.1 What is Venture Capital?

1.2 What do Venture Capitalists do?
1.3 The History of Venture Capital
1.4 Patterns of VC Investment in the United States
1.4.1 Investments by Stage
1.4.2 Investments by Industry
1.4.3 Investments by U.S. Region
Summary
Key Terms
KEY TERMS
Venture capital (VC) and Corporate venture capital

Venture capitalists (VCs) Preboom, boom, postboom periods
Screen Early-stage, mid-stage (expansion), late-stage
Monitor Mezzanine
Exit Growth capital
Financial intermediary Leveraged buyouts (LBOs)
Limited partnership, limited partner, general Distress investing = special situations
partner Hedge funds
Portfolio companies Term sheet
Small Business Investment Companies (SBICs) Due diligence
Initial public offering (IPO) Management fees
Angel investors = angels Carried interest
Alternative investments Seed stage, Startup stage
Private equity Financing round, First round (Series A), Second
Strategic investing round (Series B)
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TEACHING NOTES
1.1 What is Venture Capital?
Students should be able to define the following terms: venture capital (VC), venture capitalists
(VCs), financial intermediary, portfolio company, exiting, initial public offering (IPO), limited
partnership, general partner (GP), limited partner (LP), angel investor or angel, private equity,
strategic investing, corporate venture capital, early-stage, mid-stage or expansion-stage, late
stage, hedge fund, growth capital, leveraged buyouts (LBOs), and distress investing or special
situations.
This section seeks to give students an understanding of the five defining characteristics of VC
investing.
(1) A VC is a financial intermediary, meaning that it takes the investors’ capital and invests it
directly in portfolio companies.
(2) VCs invest in private companies. This makes investments difficult to mark to market and
less liquid.
(3) VCs leverage their knowledge and network to create value for their portfolio companies.
Typically, VCs take at least one position on a portfolio company’s board. This allows them to
provide advice and support at the company’s highest level and also influence the company’s
material decisions.
(4) A VC’s objective is to exit through an IPO or an acquisition. Therefore, VCs must invest in
businesses with abnormally high growth potential.
(5) VCs seek to grow their portfolio companies organically, rather than through acquisitions.
This “internal growth” strategy distinguishes VC investing from other types of private equity.
Exhibit 1-2 illustrates the different types of alternative investments. The two rectangles
represent hedge funds and private equity. Hedge funds invest primarily in public companies
over short time horizons. In contrast, private equity funds invest in illiquid assets and use a long
term strategy. VC investing falls into the category of private equity. The spheres show the
overlap between different types of alternative investments.
1.2 What do Venture Capitalists do?

Students should be able to define the following terms: investing, monitoring, screening, term
sheet, due diligence, closing, and exiting.
VC activities can be broken into three main groups: investing, monitoring, and exiting.
Investing activities include the following:

 Sorting through hundreds of possible investments to find those that merit a preliminary
offer (screening).
 Extending a preliminary offer with a term sheet. A term sheet outlines the proposed
valuation, type of security, and proposed control rights for the investors.
 Performing extensive due diligence.
 Negotiating the final terms, drafting the formal contract, and closing the deal.
Through monitoring activities, the VC seeks to add value to the company. These activities
include attending board meetings, recruiting, and giving regular advice.
Successfully exiting investments allows VCs to fulfill their obligation to return capital to their
investors. The IPO historically represents the most lucrative exit. Sales to strategic buyers (i.e. a
large corporation) can also be very profitable if there is significant competition for the deal.
1.3 The History of Venture Capital
Students should be able to define the following terms: Small Business Investment Companies
(SBICs), management fees, carried interest, preboom period, boom period, postboom period.
The modern organizational form of venture capital dates back to 1946. A decade later, the
government still recognized a significant need for VC investments. The Small Business Act of
1958 created Small Business Investment Companies (SBICs). SBICs succeeded in training
many future VC professionals.
The limited partnership arrangement, developed in the 1960s, requires LPs to pay management
fees and carried interest to the GPs (the VC firm). Chapter 2 discusses limited partnerships in
detail. For now, it is sufficient for the students to recognize that the limited partnership
contributed to the modernization of the VC industry by creating incentives to pursue risky
ventures with significant upside.
In 1979, the relaxation of investment rules for U.S. pension funds freed up substantial capital for
VC investing. Pension funds continue to supply nearly half of all the money for venture capital
in the United States.

Investment climbed steadily throughout from 1980 to 1994: the preboom period. The dawn of
the Internet era led to a jump in VC investments during the boom period. The boom period
ended abruptly in 2000.
Exhibit 1-3 illustrates the relatively small amount of investment in VC during the preboom
period.
Exhibit 1-4 shows the dramatic increase in VC investments during the boom period, as well as
the subsequent drop in investing activity investments during the postboom period. Despite the
drop, yearly VC investments in the postboom period far exceed those during the preboom period.
1.4 Patterns of VC Investment in the United States
Investments by Stage:
Early Stage Financing – Includes the seed/start-up stage and early stage. Seed stage financing
provides the entrepreneur with capital to prove a concept. Early stage financing gives capital to
companies in the testing or pilot production phase of product development.
Expansion Stage Financing – Applies working capital to facilitate the initial expansion of a
company. The company’s business is growing rapidly, but it may or may not be profitable.
Later Stage Financing – Contributes capital to companies that have reached a stable growth rate
and may be considering an IPO.
VC firms primarily invest in health care and information technology (IT). Businesses in these
industries have large, addressable markets and potential for rapid growth.
The Silicon Valley is the epicenter of VC activity, with a consistent share of about one third of
the total U.S. VC investment per year.
Exhibits 1-6, 1-7, and 1-8 compare VC investments by stage, industry and U.S. region. You may
wish to ask students to identify specific trends apparent in these exhibits.

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Teaching Notes to accompany Venture Capital and the Finance of Innovation

Venture Capital and the Finance of Innovation Metrick 2nd

Full chapter at: https://testbankbell.com/product/solution-manual-for-venture-capital-and-the-

1.1 What is Venture Capital?

Venture capital (VC) and Corporate venture capital

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1.1 What is Venture Capital?

1.2 What do Venture Capitalists do?

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Investing activities include the following:

1.3 The History of Venture Capital

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1.4 Patterns of VC Investment in the United States

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