RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Value-Added Investing
JF The Journal of Private Equity
FD Institutional Investor Journals
SP 13
OP 29
DO 10.3905/jpe.2005.516844
VO 8
IS 3
A1 Leslie Pratch
YR 2005
UL https://pm-research.com/content/8/3/13.abstract
AB Besides supplying capital and taking board seats, what do venture capitalists do to add value to their portfolio companies? This article presents a framework that describes how one early stage venture capital firm makes its expertise and contacts available to an often inexperienced management team in order to move a portfolio company further and faster along the process leading to an IPO or sale. This conceptual framework should be of interest to venture capitalists and private equity investors wanting to think systematically about how they can work with their portfolio companies and provides case studies.