SCSU Hilton C. Buley Library: Entrepreneurship: Funding

Where do I start?

Where do I start? Cash infusion is likely your primary goals to seek VC funding for your startup. However, you may also be looking for marketing expertise, and/or management or legal help.

National Venture Capital Association represents U.S. venture capital community. In addition to a wealth of data on the VC industry, the website provides a number of resources helpful to entrepreneurs. The website also offers free annual Venture Capital Yearbook.
Nuts and Bolts of New Ventures is a beginner's guide to VC from MIT (Sloan School of Business) and helps understand how the venture capital industry works and lists factors that entrepreneurs should consider before seeking venture funding.
Pitchbook News & Analysis offers reports, market updates, market maps, business models, industry drivers, segment outlooks, and more.

Venture Capital Resources

Center for Venture Research at University of New Hampshire
Angel Market Analysis Reports provide insights into various aspects of angel market for entrepreneurs, private investors and policy makers.
Valuation Guidelines
Equity managers may be required to carry out periodic valuations of Investments as part of the reporting process to investors in the Funds they manage. The valuation guidelines are meant to investors in private equity funds make better economic decisions.
Money Tree Survey
This quarterly survey of equity investments by venture capitalists in private companies in US serves as a barometer of regional and national economic health demonstrated through entrepreneurial developments, and identifies promising industry segments.
National Venture Capital Association Statistics
Find reports and statistics on venture investments, fundraising, benchmarking, exits, and performance.

Private Equity Resources

American Investment Council Research
Find a wealth of information including articles, white papers, case studies, and statistics on private equity investments.
Global Private Capital Association Research
Find special reports, case studies, limited partner surveys, bulletins on legal and regulatory issues, and EMEA guidelines meant to serve as framework for constructive dialogue amongst all stakeholders – policymakers, regulators and investors.
Private Equity Research and News (Prequin)
Find latest trends in alternative assets, as well as benchmarking tools, useful presentation slide decks from recent conferences and much more.
Small Business Investor Alliance
Investment insight reports covering lower middle market. SBIA defines lower middle market as a subset of the US economy that represents small to medium sized businesses that earn between $10m and $100m in annual revenues; deals for businesses between $10m and $100m in total enterprise value; and private equity funds that raise up to $500m in capital.