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date: 25 April 2018

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Venture capital has, in recent years become a substantial and growing area of academic research. It is still a comparatively young field and several of the fundamental questions raised by scholars working within it remain to be answered. The survey in this article aims to provide an overview of the current scholarly answers to several questions. In doing so it attempts as far as possible to cut through the jargon and hyperbole endemic to the subject and to provide convenient access to the main issues.

Keywords: venture capital, economic and finance, academic research, fund providers, capital investment, venture capital contracts

Robert Cressy

Robert Cressy is Corporation of London Professor of SME Finance at the Cass Business School, City University. He was formerly Professor of Finance and Director of Research at the University of Hull Business School, and Assistant Director of Warwick University Business School's Centre for Small and Medium Enterprises. His research on entrepreneurial finance has consistently emphasized the role of human capital in determining both capitalization of the business and its survival. He is a consultant to the EC Enterprise Directorate and has been a regular contributor to EU reports. He was also a member of the Bank of England's panel on small business finance.

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