This paper aims to connect two strands of the venture capital literature: the inter-relationships among venture capitalists (VCs) on the one hand, and between VCs and their funds providers on the other hand. It examines the existence of a relationship between type of fund provider and skill...

La littérature consacrée aux déterminants du capital-risque insiste sur la relation positive existant entre le montant des fonds investis dans cette activité et la situation prévalant sur les marchés financiers. Cependant, au cours des dernières années, la relation entre marchés...

La littérature consacrée aux déterminants du capital-risque insiste sur la relation positive existant entre le montant des fonds investis dans cette activité et la situation prévalant sur les marchés financiers. Ceci n'est pas surprenant dans la mesure où des anticipations d'introductions...

Our paper sheds light on the reasons for which a rational venture capitalist decides to reallocate his or her portfolio from later to early-stage investment. We explain why, during certain periods, there is a strong correlation between the performance of financial markets and the funds invested...

The topic of this paper is to analyze comparatively the interest and the advantages of the existence of heterogeneous institutions in the Venture Capital activity. We focus on the duality relevant in Europe between Independent Venture Capitalists and the Bank-Affiliated ones. We first discuss in...

Venture Capital investments combine skills and financial risks. The capacity of financial intermediaries to assume financial risk has to meet managerial skills able to screen the projects, then to increase the number and the return of the successful projects among the selected ones. The...

The literature dedicated to the determinants of venture capital insists on the positive relation existing between the amount of capital invested in this activity and the situation prevailing on financial markets. However, during last years, the relation between financial markets and venture...