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Risk types and risk assessment in venture capital investments : a content analysis of investors

  • Venture capital is an important resource for new ventures with no access to the capital market. However, venture capital companies' investment decisions could be extremely risky. Assessing and managing risk is therefore a major task of venture capital companies. Despite the topic's high practical relevance, there is very little literature in this field. We aim to extend the academic discussion by investigating the risk types and risk assessment in venture capital investments. We analysed more than 500 deal documents of nine German venture capital companies, resulting in 2,452 qualitative quotes. We categorised these quotes into seven risk types, namely financial, market, strategy, technology, production, human capital, and legal risks, implying their relevance during the VC investment process. Market risk and technology risk are mentioned the most in the due diligence and the decision papers. Financial risk with 710 quotes is the most often documented risk considering all venture capital documents.

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Document Type:Article
Language:English
Author:Dorian ProkschORCiD, Wiebke Stranz, Andreas PinkwartORCiD
Chairs and Professorships:Chair of Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1504/IJEV.2016.10001508
Parent Title (English):International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing
ISSN:1742-5360
Volume:10
Year of Completion:2018
First Page:513
Last Page:533
Content Focus:Academic Audience
Rankings:VHB Ranking / B