PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Nicholas Racculia
TI  - VC Specialization Improves IPO Performance
AID  - 10.3905/jpe.2014.17.4.065
DP  - 2014 Aug 31
TA  - The Journal of Private Equity
PG  - 65--74
VI  - 17
IP  - 4
4099  - https://pm-research.com/content/17/4/65.short
4100  - https://pm-research.com/content/17/4/65.full
AB  - Venture capital industry specialization enhances the performance of funded initial public offerings. Initial public offering survival rates and performance are higher when backed by single-industry venture capitalists. This presents useful investment analysis for portfolio managers, when adding venture capital to their investment portfolio. The study benefits from data, specifically the Capital IQ venture capital dataset, which have not been used in other venture capital research articles.TOPICS: Private equity, equity portfolio management, performance measurement, statistical methods