[vc_row row_space=”remove_padding_top” css=”.vc_custom_1496072413072{padding-top: 30px !important;}”][vc_column][gva_block_heading title=”Venture Capital” style=”style-3″ align=”align-left” desc=”Venture capitalists (VCs) represent the most glamorous and appealing form of financing to many entrepreneurs. VC’s are known for backing high-growth companies in the early stages, and many of the best-known entrepreneurial success stories owe their growth to financing from venture capitalists.
VCs can provide large sums of money, advice and prestige by their mere presence. Just the fact that your client has obtained venture capital backing means your business has, in venture capitalists’ eyes, at least, considerable potential for rapid and profitable growth.
VCs make loans to–and equity investments in young companies. Unlike banks and other lenders, venture capitalists frequently take equity positions as well. That means clients don’t have to pay out hard-to-get cash in the form of interest and principal installments. Instead, client’s give a portion of their or other owners’ interest in the company in exchange for the VCs’ backing.
Venture capitalists typically invest in companies they anticipate being sold either to the public or to larger firms within the next several years. Companies they will consider investing in usually have the following features:

Rapid, steady sales growth
A proprietary new technology or dominant position in an emerging market
A sound management team
The potential for being acquired by a larger company or taken public in a stock offering
In addition, venture capitalists often define their investments by the business’ life cycle: seed financing, start-up financing, second-stage financing, bridge financing, and leveraged buyout. VC’s prefer to invest in firms only during start-up, where the risk is highest but so is the potential for return. Other venture capital firms deal only with second-stage financing for expansion purposes or bridge financing where they supply capital for growth until the company goes public. Finally, there are venture capital companies that concentrate solely on supplying funds for management-led buyouts. (MBO)

There are several types of venture capital:
Private venture capital partnerships are perhaps the largest source of risk capital and generally look for businesses that have the capability to generate a 30 percent return on investment each year. They like to actively participate in the planning and management of the businesses they finance and have very large capital bases to invest at all stages.
Industrial venture capital pools usually focus on funding firms that have a high likelihood of success, like high-tech firms or companies using state-of-the-art technology in a unique manner.
Investment banking firms traditionally provide expansion capital by selling a company’s stock to public and private equity investors. Some also have formed their own venture capital divisions to provide risk capital for expansion and early-stage financing.”][gva_block_heading title=”Ask Your Questions” style=”style-3″ align=”align-left” desc=”Capitalize on low hanging fruit to identify a ballpark value added activity to beta test. Override the digital divide with additional clickthroughs from DevOps. Nanotechnology immersion along the information highway will close the loop on focusing solely on the bottom line.”][contact-form-7 id=”236″][/vc_column][/vc_row]