The Business of Venture Capital: Insights from Leading Practitioners on the Art of Raising a Fund, Deal Structuring, Value Creation, and Exit Strategies (Wiley Finance) 2nd Edition
Description
The raising of funds and the structuring of investments are discussed at length in this definitive guide to venture Capital, aptly titled, “The Business of Venture Capital: Insights from Leading Practitioners on the Art of Raising a Fund, Deal Structuring, Value Creation, and Exit Strategies.”
The book is an impressive work of depth without having to alienate its readers with highfaluting words and jargon. Here, logic and wisdom are balanced out to create a corpus worthy of the attention of even a layman.
The book wears a badge of credibility in that it Mark Heesen, President of the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), wrote the foreword for it. On top of that, the author, Mahendra Ramsinghani, took the opinion of leaders and leading experts in the industry.
The book covers the following topics:
- The process of raising the venture fund (includes the identification and assessment of Limited Partnership)
- Due-diligence in funding
- Terms in fund investment
- The investment process
- Insights, short narratives, and wisdom from experienced practitioners
- Interviews conducted by Leading Limited Partners
- Fund-of-Funds with Credit Suisse
Reader reviews agree that the book, “The Business of Venture Capital” is a work that every businessman, trader, and an investor should have in their library. They deem it as valuable, insightful, and altogether purposeful.
About the Author
Mr. Mahendra Ramsinghani holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics Engineering and an MBA, majoring in Marketing and Finance. He has served his disciplines well by investing in what is called, fifty “pre-seed” and “seed” stage companies. He founded a cybersecurity seed fund based in the San Francisco Bay Area named Secure Octane. He also co-authored the book, “Startup Boards” another book on finance in 2014.
Table of Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
PART ONE: Raising the Venture Fund
- Chapter 1: The Basics
- Chapter 2: Getting In
- Chapter 3: Building Your Career as a Venture Capitalist
- Chapter 4: The Universe of Limited Partners
- Chapter 5: How Limited Partners Conduct Fund Due Diligince
- Chapter 6: Defining Your Fund’s Investment Strategy
- Chapter 7: How Institutional Investors Evaluate Fund Managers
- Chapter 8: Fund Size and Portfolio Construction
- Chapter 9: Performance Analysis
- Chapter 10: Emerging Managers: A Promise of the Future
- Chapter 11: The Venture Capital Firm, Operations, and Culture
- Chapter 12: The Fund-Raising Process
- Chapter 13: Terms of Investment: The Limited Partnership Agreement
- Chapter 14: The Role of Placement Agents in Fund-Raising
PART TWO: Making Investments
- Chapter 15: Sourcing Investment Opportunities
- Chapter 16: The Art of Conducting Due Diligence
- Chapter 17: Management Team Diligence
- Chapter 18: Diligence beyond Management
- Chapter 19: Structuring Investment Transactions
- Chapter 20: Serving on the Board
- Chapter 21: Board Culture, Composition, and Orientation
- Chapter 22: Board Value Creation and Evaluation
- Chapter 23: Challenges in the Boardroom
- Chapter 24: Exit Strategies
- Chapter 25: Acquisitions: The Primary Path to an Exit
- Chapter 26: Initial Public Offering
- Chapter 27: Human Psychology
- Afterword
- About the Author
- About the Companion Web Site
- Index
