Venture Capital Funding
Aimed at SMEs looking to raise new finance, Venture Capital Funding provides a detailed examination of the funding options available, the most effective approaches to venture capitalists, and new material on the legal and regional perspectives.
The business of helping firms to become 'investment ready' has long been seen as vital to the long-term development of any economy, but the process of identifying and attracting the right kind of investor can be a difficult process for many small- and medium-sized businesses. Venture Capital Funding gives you a detailed, step-by-step guide to obtaining venture capital - from building a management team, through to the maze of due diligence procedures and necessary legal procedures.
The practicalities of competing for, and winning, additional capital are broken down into key areas, such as:
- the significance of the business plan;
- types of investor
- targeting and attracting a funder;
- negotiation and initial valuations;
- the due diligence process; and
- the available investment vehicles.
It also explores the many reasons why companies seek out additional funding, and discusses the points in the business life cycle when such injections are appropriate.
REVIEWS :“Does a very good job of analysing the different situations which
companies might find themselves in when seeking finance and the possible
solutions available, and breaks down the process into easily digestible
steps.”
Young Company Finance
“Given the failure rate among applicants for VC funding, this
volume is extremely welcome and should be viewed as indispensable for
anyone who is considering applying.”
European Business
“Valuable, practical advice… This very readable and practical
guide represents a valuable information source for SMEs seeking outside
finance. It will also be of interest to students and teachers of
corporate finance.”
Economic Outlook and Business Review
“The book reads like a cosy chat over a pint with an old pal
you’ve turned to for advice. Bloomfield’s easy writing style makes the
heavy issues involved with raising capital for business seem so obvious
that you could be forgiven for thinking that the process of getting
finance will be no sweat at all. If you need to raise money for your
business this is a good place to start.”
Professional Manager
“Looks at what sort of businesses will be attractive to the
different types of VC, the processes of investment, the particular
targets of VC funds, and the pressures on the VCs themselves as
individual investors.”
Cambridge Evening News
Paperback, 256 Pages, Dimensions 234 x 153 MM Language English.
Stephen Bloomfield is Associate Dean of the Ashcroft International Business School. He has an extensive background in venture fund management, having been involved in the running of three venture capital funds, leading and participating in many deals and syndications.
He also has practical experience of company recovery work, and has been asked to act as a director of a number of businesses when they were experiencing periods of financial and organizational restructuring.
He is now actively involved in research into the way in which venture funding is conducted nationally and regionally, and has written other books on aspects of corporate distress and lectures on corporate governance.