The Venture Capital Initiative brings together faculty, staff, students, and practitioners to advance and promote research and teaching on innovation and venture capital.
Venture capital plays a critical role in the innovation ecosystem, providing the financial foundation that enables entrepreneurs to transform breakthrough concepts into market-leading companies. The venture funding model has proven remarkably effective, with seven of America’s ten largest companies by market capitalization having received venture backing during their formative stages.
Our goal is to advance understanding of the venture capital and innovation ecosystem through conducting research, collecting high quality data, and developing teaching methodology. We aim to bring together leading academics and practitioners to help solve the problems that are highly relevant to entrepreneurs, financiers, policymakers, and researchers worldwide.
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