Venture Capong Zhang ziran Sun hui Xiao min
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What is VC?
• Venture capital (VC) is a type of private equity that is invested in promising new business with high growth potential.
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Mature markets
• Different VCs may target different industries such as: –IT further split into niche areas –Agri related – Bioinformatics –Manufacturing - new materials – Service
• In the year of 2008, while VC funding were still majorly dominated by U.S. money ($28.8 billion invested in over 2550 deals in 2008), compared to international fund investments ($13.4 billion invested elsewhere), there has been an average 5% growth in the venture capital deals outside the USA, mainly in China and Europe.Geographical differences can be significant. For instance, in the UK, 4% of British investment goes to venture capital, compared to about 33% in the U.S.