Volume : I, Issue : VII, December - 2012

Venture Capital Practices in India

Dr. V. Santhi, S. Revathy

Abstract :

Starting and growing a business always require capital. There are a number of alternative methods to fund growth. These include the owner or proprietor’s own capital, arranging debt finance, or seeking an equity partner, as is the case with private equity and venture capital. Private equity is a oad term that refers to any type of non-public ownership equity securities that are not listed on a public exchange. Private equity encompasses both early stage (venture capital) and later stage (buy-out, expansion) investing. In the oadest sense, it can also include mezzanine, fund of funds and secondary investing. Venture capital (VC) is financial capital provided to early-stage, high-potential, high risk, growth startup companies. The venture capital fund makes money by owning equity in the companies it invests in, which usually have a novel technology or business model in high technology industries, such as biotechnology, IT, software, etc. The typical venture capital investment occurs after the seed funding round as growth funding round (also referred as Series A round) in the interest of generating a return through an eventual realization event, such as an IPO or trade sale of the company. It is important to note that venture capital is a subset of private equity. Therefore all venture capital is private equity, but not all private equity is venture capital. India is poised for technological revolution with the emergence of new eed of entrepreneurs with required professional temperament and technical know how. To make the innovative technology of the entrepreneurs a successful business venture, support in all respects and more particularly in the form of financial assistance is all the more essential. This has necessitated the setting up of venture capital financing Division/ companies during the latter part of eighties.

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Dr.V. Santhi, S. Revathy Venture Capital Practices in India International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol.I, Issue.VII Dec 2012

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