Venture Capital and Private Equity: A Casebook
By Josh Lerner (Author), Felda Hardymon (Author), Ann Leamon (Author)

Over the past twenty years, the private equity industry has undergone tremendous growth and sweeping changes. With the growth of Private Equity investing, it is imperative that financial professionals fully understand this complex subject. The cases and notes in this updated edition are designed to provide readers with a better understanding of the history of the private equity industry's development and the workings of the industry today. Divided into four modules, the first examines how private equity funds are raised and structured; the second considers the interactions between private equity investors and the entrepreneurs that they finance; the third discusses the process through which private equity investors exit their investments; and the last considers the future of the private equity industry.

Maxims, Morals, and Metaphors: A Philosophical Guide to Venture Capital
By Scott Chou

As an experienced entrepreneur, technologist, and venture capitalist, Scott Chou brings you on the inside of today's startup world. Maxims, Morals, and Metaphors is a humorous and profound compilation of business metaphors assembled in a manner consistent with the teaching of venture capital. Chou's book demystifies the venture capital game for all players new to the business.

Raising Venture Capital
By Rupert Pearce (Author), Simon Barnes (Author)

Offering a deep insight into the venture capital deal-making process, Raising Venture Capital also provides valuable introduction to the subject. The book is practical in focus but based on sound academic theory, research and teaching materials gathered over the last 4 years at Tanaka Business School.

The Venture Capital Legal Handbook: Top Lawyers & Venture Capitalists on the Laws and Documents that Govern VC Deals, Raising Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, IPOs & More
By Aspatore Books

The Venture Capital Legal Handbook (italicize first 5 words) is an authoritative, insider's perspective on the ins and outs of venture capital laws and the legal aspects of all transactions, on a global scale. Featuring Partners, Chairs and Department Heads of venture capital all representing some of the nation's top law firms, this book provides a broad, yet comprehensive overview of the current shape and future state of this particular practice area. Discussing current and pivotal trends and changes affecting the venture community, as well as the intricacies of drafting, negotiating and closing investment agreements, raising critical points around the sheer vulnerability of transactions to the ever-changing laws of the day and the rampant globalization of venture capital, authors articulate the finer points around VC laws in a thoroughly comprehensive read – from beginning to end.

Executive Reports: Raising Venture Capital From a Tier 1 VC Firm - Over 50 Leading Venture Capitalists on What VCs Really Look For, Term Sheet Analysis, Due Diligence and Deal Terms
By Aspatore Books Staff, Alex Wilmerding, Jonathan Goldstein, Aspatore.com

This insider look at what it takes to raise venture capital features insider perspectives by venture capitalists from some of the world’s top firms such as TA Associates, Boston Capital Ventures, EuclidSR Partners, Battery Ventures, Bessemer Ventures, Polaris Venture Partners, Venrock Associates and over 10 tier one venture capital firms. This report includes actual term sheets, valuation methodology and analysis, assessment of stock option programs and their impact on valuations and capital structures and other real world documents used by leading venture capitalists and lawyers analyzed from multiple perspectives.

How Venture Capital Works [DOWNLOAD: PDF]
By Bob Zider

In this article, Bob Zider, president of the Beta Group, a California-based firm that invests in commercializing new technologies, presents an analysis of present-day venture capitalists and shows why its practitioners have a lot more in common with investment bankers than you might think. The popular mythology surrounding the U.S. venture-capital industry derives from a previous era.

The Kingmakers: Venture Capital and the Money Behind the Net
By Karen Southwick

The Kingmakers reveals the world of high-powered venture capitalists, following them as they interview hopeful entrepreneurs, select boards for funded companies, shepherd companies toward an IPO, and decide which industries and what companies to invest in. This is the first time a journalist has been given total access to this highly guarded business for a book-length work. It offers insight into what companies and industries will hold the key to our economic future, as well as the inner workings of the venture capitalists and investment bankers.

Inside the Minds : Venture Capitalists - Inside the High Stakes and Fast Moving World of Venture Capital
By Aspatore Books Staff (Editor)

Inside the Minds: Venture Capitalists features leading venture capitalists from companies such as Softbank, Bertelsmann Ventures, TA Associates, New Enterprise Associates, Sequoia Capital and other leading firms. These highly acclaimed VCs take us where they feel the future of the venture capital industry is going (even after the bubble burst) and how everyone can still take advantage of it on some level.

From Concept to Wall Street: A Complete Guide to Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital
By Oren Fuerst, Uri Geiger

Venture capital has never been more important to the entrepreneur. But in the past few years, the venture capital process has changed dramatically: first with the dot.com explosion, again with the dot.com collapse, and yet again as the industry has learned its lessons and begun to move forward. From Concept to Wall Street is the first book on venture capital to reflect these radical transformations and their impact on ventures creation and development. Written by two leading participants in the venture capital and entrepreneurial process, it covers all you need to know to succeed-whatever your industry, whatever your role.

Deal Terms - The Finer Points of Venture Capital Deal Structures, Valuations, Term Sheets, Stock Options and Getting VC Deals Done
By Alex Wilmerding, Aspatore Books Staff, Aspatore.com

Deal Terms is the first ever in-depth look at valuations, preferred stock, stock options and other variables that affect deal structure, written by Alex Wilmerding (a venture capitalist at Boston Capital Ventures and best selling author of Term Sheets & Valuations). Written from a venture capital perspective, however applicable for all types of financings, Deal Terms includes actual term sheets, valuation methodology and analysis, assessment of stock option programs and their impact on valuations and capital structures and other real world documents used by leading venture capitalists and lawyers analyzed from multiple perspectives.

Term Sheets & Valuations - A Line by Line Look at the Intricacies of Venture Capital Term Sheets & Valuations
By Alex Wilmerding, Aspatore Books Staff, Aspatore.com

Term Sheets & Valuations is the first ever in-depth look at the nuts and buts of terms sheets and valuations. The book, written by leading venture capitalist Alexander Wilmerding of Boston Capital Ventures, covers topics such What is a Term Sheet, How to Examine a Term Sheet, A Section-by-Section View of a Term Sheet, Valuations, What Every Entrepreneur & Executive Needs to Know About Term Sheets, Valuation Parameters, and East Coast Versus West Coast Rules. In addition, the book includes an actual term sheet from a leading law firm with line by line descriptions of each clause, what can/should be negotiated, and the important points to pay attention to. A must have book for any executive, entrepreneur, or financial professional.

The Venture Imperative
By Heidi Mason, Tim Rohner

In this groundbreaking book, Heidi Mason and Tim Rohner-leading voices in venture strategy-prove that corporate venturing is the best way to intelligently and successfully test and launch innovative corporate growth strategies. Venturing drives corporate strategy by harnessing internal and external innovation, while limiting financial risks. The process starts with the right environment: the Venture Business Office-a group that directly connects individual ventures to the parent investor and the larger venture community.

The Money of Invention: How Venture Capital Creates New Wealth
By Paul A. Gompers, Josh Lerner

Industry experts Paul Gompers and Josh Lerner provide the first cool-headed explanation of the venture capital industry and the role it plays in our economy. They underscore that, regardless of the economic conditions, innovation is incredibly difficult to finance, take to market, and translate into value. While venture capital has evolved to address these problems-the industry has fueled innovation, economic growth, and wealth creation for decades-features of the venture industry have left it vulnerable to boom-and-bust cycles. In the near future, say the authors, the industry must transform dramatically, with important implications for industry players and the entrepreneurs and organizations they serve.

Inside Secrets to Venture Capital
By Brian E. Hill, Dee Power

Based on the authors experience as consultants, as well as the results of numerous surveys, Inside Secrets to Venture Capitalism teaches entrepreneurs seeking to grow their business how to find venture capital, how to make their business attractive to venture capitalists, how to protect themselves in negotiating an agreement, and how to deal with the venture capitalists once the agreement is signed.

Done Deals: Venture Capitalists Tell Their Stories
By Udayan Gupta (Editor)

In Done Deals, journalist Udayan Gupta provides a revealing history of this phenomenal industry as told through first-person accounts of its most influential players. Organized into five parts, the book chronicles the industry's humble beginnings and extraordinary present, highlights the key differences between West Coast and East Coast firms, and presents a vision of the future as told by industry veterans.

The Venture Capital Cycle: Second Edition
By Paul Gompers, Josh Lerner

In The Venture Capital Cycle, Paul Gompers and Josh Lerner correct widespread misperceptions about the nature and role of the venture capitalist and provide an accessible and comprehensive overview of the venture capital industry. Bringing together fifteen years of ground-breaking research into the form and function of venture capital firms, they examine the fund-raising, investing, and exit stages of venture capitalists. Three major themes run throughout the process: venture investors confront tremendous information and incentive problems; venture capital processes are inherently interrelated, and a complete understanding of the industry requires a full understanding of the venture cycle; and, unlike most financial markets, the venture capital industry adjusts very slowly to shifts in the demand for and the supply of investment capital.

Fundamentals of Venture Capital
By Joseph W. Bartlett

Written in highly readable layman's language, Fundamentals of Venture Capital is a concise introduction to the key issues facing both investors and entrepreneurs as they embark on the journey of turning a good idea into a profitable reality.