This paper presents a cash flow based analysis of the return and risk characteristics of European Private Equity Funds. For that purpose a comprehensive data set has been provided by Thomson Venture Economics. We document the typical time pattern of cash flows for European private equity funds....

The relationship between (a) private and public equity market valuations and (b) financial statement information is examined for a sample of 502 venture capital backed companies from six different industries over the 1993-2003 period. Financial statement information explains a sizable component...

This study is the first to examine the role offinancial statement information in a broad cross-section of industries in theventure-backed, private equity market. First, a discussion of prior research onventure-backed private equity valuation is offered. Next, data on the privateand public equity...

Bill Draper examines the relationship between venture capitalists and entrepreneurs, discusses how to evaluate innovative ideas and the role of political leadership in creating opportunity, and provides real-life examples