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How The Venture Capital System Works

  • Published December 14, 2022 7:27AM UTC
  • Publisher Osama Hassan
  • Categories Capital Raising Tips

The venture capital industry has four main players:

1) entrepreneurs who need funding;

2) investors who want high returns;

3) investment bankers who need companies to sell; and

4) the venture capitalists who make money for themselves by making a market for the other three.

Written in 1998, this is a classic by Harvard Business Review on “How the Venture Capital Industry Works” –

Great read for anyone that wants a birds-eye view on how the industry works.

Click here to view the original Linkedin post.

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