Economics of Venture Capital Firm Operations in India

Studies investment, portfolio involvement and exit strategies of venture capital firms investing in high-technology early-stage start-ups in India.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Ecosystem and strategic decision making; 3. Context and methods; 4. Fund raising: systematic and non-systematic influences; 5. High-tech clusters in India; 6. Investment strategies; 7. Involvement and value-add in investee ventures; 8. Venture capital exits: what drives success?; 9. Conclusion; References; Index.

About the author

Kshitija Joshi is Assistant Professor at National Institute of Advanced Studies, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. She is part of the Reserve Bank of India programme on interdisciplinary approaches to economic issues, which aims to probe core economic problems using the lens of non-economic disciplines. Dr Joshi is currently working on a project that assesses the Demand side of Financial Inclusion in rural Karnataka – in particular, the contours of formal and informal finance.

Summary

This study is the first of its kind in India based on a sample of about seventy venture capital firms that cover about 85% of the funded deals between 2010 and 2014. An in-depth review of the policies in the context of start-ups in general and venture capital and entrepreneurial ecosystem in particular is also provided.

Product details

• Authors: Kshitija Joshi, Kshitija (Indian Institute of Science Joshi, Joshi Kshitija Joshi
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2020
• EAN: 9781108836340
• ISBN: 978-1-108-83634-0
• No. of pages: 214
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Advertising, marketing; Business and Management, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship, macroeconomics, Business & management, E-commerce: business aspects, Operational research, Economics of industrial organisation, Economics of industrial organization, Entrepreneurship / Start-ups