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VC Industry Overview
From the National Venture Capital Association.

NVCA Yearbook
The latest edition available in PDF format

The Global Venture Capital and Private Equity Country Attractiveness Index
The annual index created by IESE Business School, University of Navarra.

Firms, Funds and Deals

Thomson One Banker - Analytics (IE browser only)
Includes VC funding data (click on 'private equity' in the left navigation). For Excel Add-in, consult a librarian

SDC
For current Stanford community; Access in Trader's Pit of the Library
Data on M&A, IPOs, VC & PE, and poison pills. Sunet ID required for login.
Quick Guide

Capital IQ

Access at the Library’s Information Desk
VC and PE firm info. Use Targeting under Screening and Analytics tab to find potential buyers, investors, and partners.

LP Source Basic
Access in Trader's Pit of Library
Profiles active limited partners and other investment firms, including investment criteria, allocation targets, preferred industries, fund histories, executives, etc.
Previously published: Galante's Venture Capital & Private Equity Directory and Directory of Alternative Investment Programs

Sand Hill Index
A timely, comprehensive, and unbiased benchmark of venture capital value. Sunet ID required for login.

Pratt’s Guide to Private Equity & Venture Capital Sources (Latest in Reference Collection: "Venture Capital")
Find it @ Business Library

The Directory of Venture Capital & Private Equity Firms, Domestic & International
(Latest in Reference Collection: "Venture Capital" section)
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Venture Capital Database - Network World Fusion: From a survey conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers, Thomson Venture Economics and the National Venture Capital Association. It lists recipients of funding from venture-capital firms for the past four quarters.

Business.gov: find resources on funding a start-up company using government programs and loans  

moreBusiness.com: On Startup page, click on the Find Funding link to explore multiple options for financing a new enterprise.

National Venture Capital Association

Venture capital journal. Key journal in print.
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Dow Jones Private Equity Analyst. Key journal in print.
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ABI-INFORM Global
Full text business/management articles.

Business Source Complete
Full-text business journals, including Harvard Business Review as well as EIU, ICON reports.

Factiva
Newspapers, magazines, company financials, and stock quotes.