关键词：风险投资；经营历史；企业融资来源；高增长潜力；IT；生物技术
摘 要：Venture capital is a source of financing for new businesses that have limited operating history and are unable to raise capital through debt issuance. It is a form of private equity involving financing provided to small and early stages of firms with high growth potential or those already showing high growth rate. In return, venture capitalists receive an ownership stake in the invested company. Most start-ups are usually from hi-tech industries such as IT and biotechnology. The major lead venture investment is done in the initial seed funding round. Mostly, the venture capital comes from investment banks, wealthy investors, and other financial institutions that pool such investments.
目 录：

PART 01: Executive summary

Highlights

PART 02: Scope of the report

Market overview

PART 03: Market research methodology

Research methodology

Economic indicators

PART 04: Introduction

Key market highlights

Venture capital investment overview

PART 05: Market landscape

Market overview

Market investment and forecast

Five forces analysis

PART 06: Geographical segmentation

Geographical segmentation

Americas

APAC

EMEA

PART 07: Market drivers

Governmental support in creating the right funding

Growth of Internet-based business ecosystem

Huge capital investments in digital coin start-ups firms

PART 08: Impact of drivers

PART 09: Market challenges

Uncertainties over investment outcome

Unbalanced global economic recovery

Reduction in internal rate of return (IRR)

PART 10: Impact of drivers and challenges

PART 11: Market trends

Increase in competition boosting venture capital

funding

Advanced and early seed capital/angel funding

Continuous rise in accelerators and incubators

PART 12: Vendor landscape

Competitive landscape

Other prominent vendors

PART 13: Key vendor analysis

Benchmark Capital

First Round Capital

Lowercase Capital

Sequoia Capital

Union Square Ventures

PART 14: Appendix

List of abbreviations