VC : : An American History / / Tom Nicholas.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019
• VerfasserIn: Nicholas, Tom,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2019]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (352 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Introduction. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF HISTORY --; 1. Whaling Ventures --; 2. The Early Development of Risk Capital --; 3. The Rise of Private Capital Entities --; 4. The Market versus the Government --; 5. The Limited Partnership Structure --; 6. Silicon Valley and the Emergence of Investment Styles --; 7. High-Tech, an Evolving Ecosystem, and Diversity during the 1980s --; 8. The Big Bubble --; Epilogue. FROM THE PAST TO THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE --; Notes --; Acknowledgments --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674240100; 9783110652031
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674240100
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Tom Nicholas.

From nineteenth-century whaling to a multitude of firms pursuing entrepreneurial finance today, venture finance reflects a deep-seated tradition in the deployment of risk capital in the United States. Tom Nicholas’s history of the venture capital industry offers a roller coaster ride through America’s ongoing pursuit of financial gain.