What is a venture capital fund?

Venture capital funds are private equity investment vehicles that seek to invest in firms that have high-risk/high-return profiles, based on a company's size, assets, and stage of product development. Venture capital funds differ fundamentally from mutual funds and hedge funds in that they focus on a very specific type of early-stage investment.

What is the history of venture capital?

The founding of the American Research and Development Corp. (ARDC) by three Boston-area academics and industrialists in 1946 ushered in today’s venture capital structure, raising money for the first time from pension funds, endowments, and other institutional investors.

What is a retail venture capital fund?

These funds, also known as Retail Venture Capital or Labour Sponsored Investment Funds (LSIF), are generally sponsored by labor unions and offer tax breaks from government to encourage retail investors to purchase the funds. Generally, these Retail Venture Capital funds only invest in companies where the majority of employees are in Canada.

What is a venture capital meeting?

These meetings have a wide variety of participants, including other partners and/or members of their venture capital firm, executives in an existing portfolio company, contacts within the field of specialty, and budding entrepreneurs seeking venture capital.