Thursday, May 10, 2018

How Venture Capital Funding Works

By Gary Hill


Most people have heard of venture capital from movies or from businessmen during their coffee table talks. However, not many people really know what venture capital funding is. For those interested to know more about it, here is a small breakdown about what this type of endeavor is all about.

Before knowing how this type of investment medium works, it is important to know what it is. Basically, it is a kind of fund that pools together money from various investors or capitalists, in order to help run the startup. Investors who are interested in ventures usually look for small companies because they usually have a high return of investment.

Just to give an idea, these types of companies are the kinds that are on to something revolutionary and groundbreaking. Investors who invest in these kinds types of companies often look for crazy ideas that will make a big difference in the world. These days, it is usually tech related companies that were able to create an amazing software or app that these kinds of capitalists are after.

Of course, these types of funds differ from the more common funds such as the mutual fund or the hedge fund. Mutual funds or hedge funds are not very particular where their money goes as long as there is a decent return of investment. Ventures, on the other hand, specifically target the small and revolutionary companies to invest in it and also get a seat in the board of directors.

Now the next thing that one should know is how exactly do investors in this field operate. It was mentioned beforehand that these types of investments are very risky because the idea or concept might just fall flat. This is why capitalists have to use a lot of money management techniques to make sure they do not have losses.

This is why these kinds of capitalists always invest in more than one young startups as they believe that at least one will prevail. And it will only take one to make do since capitalists in this field only invest in extremely high return companies. If one takes off and skyrockets, then the losses from the other investments are covered.

In these types of funds, there may be more than one or two investors depending on how attractive the idea of the young startup is. However, most funds like this would also have a limit, especially if the company will want to start out small first. The fund also charges its investors a fee which will be used for paying salaries of the general or managing partners.

So for those who are interested in ventures and investing in potential young startups, here are a few things to know of. Now, before one would do this, one has to make sure he studies the idea very well and also believes in it. He must also do a lot of research on how the startup wants to do the implementation to check how feasible it is.




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