This article proposes to analyze the syndication strategies of the French venture capital firms and to compare them with their European and North-American counterparts. Syndication is a strategy allowing investors to improve their performances for instance through risk-sharing-based and...

Using a sample of 212 IPOs, this paper analyzes the impact of venture capital involvement on the survival time of French IPOs. We find that the ability of venture capitalists to improve the survival of companies is related to the duration of their investment. We show that venture capitalists do...