The exit process in venture capital (VC) financing is important to understand since many venture capital firms provide funding to initial public offerings (IPOs) for only a limited amount of time.The decision to disinvest is based on a variety of factors, which are explored here.An explanation...

We analyze the disinvestment decision of venture capitalists in the course of the initial public offering (IPO) of their portfolio firms. Due to informational asymmetries, the capital market learns of the project quality only in the period following the IPO. Venture capitalists with high-quality...