Venture capital involves private equity investments made to help launch and expand new companies. Venture capitalists sift through many investment opportunities to identify a few promising startups to finance. They provide funding and support to entrepreneurs by helping with tasks like recruiting and connecting with customers. Venture capital aims to achieve high returns through backing companies that experience exponential growth, with the expectation that many investments may fail but a few will achieve returns 10 times the initial investment or higher.

1. An Introduction To Venture Capital Anand Lunia Executive Director & CFO, SEEDfund [email_address]

2. What is Venture Capital

4. How VC’s work Investor Investor Investor VC fund Investor Startup Startup Startup

5. Capital Lifecycle Seed (< € 1 mil) Early Stages (€ 1 - 10 mil) Expansion/ (€ 10+ mil) development Angels Incubators Accelerators Venture Capital Private Equity & Merchant Banks

11. Deciding whom to give money

14. Stages of Investment

15. Stage v/s Return

17. Assessing Portfolio Risk

19. Which VC to go with?

23. Want to raise VC money?

26. The Business Plan -MYTH + + + = Marine Lines

30. Trends in VC investing

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