Venture Capital Funds in Emerging Markets : Lessons from IFC's Investments

Venture Capital Funds in Emerging Markets : Lessons from IFC's Investments

Venture capital funds pool and manage money from investors seeking private equity stakes in small and medium-size enterprises with strong growth potential. These investments tend to be long term, and the industry is relatively new in emerging marke...

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Main Authors: Barger, Teresa, Carter, Laurence, Kuczynski, Irving
Format: Viewpoint
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
CAPITAL INVESTMENTS
STOCK MARKETS
LEGAL FORMS
MACROECONOMIC ANALYSIS
VENTURE CAPITAL
EQUITY FINANCE BANK GROUP
CAPITAL EXPENDITURES
CAPITAL INVESTMENT
CASH FLOW
CASH FLOWS
COMPANY
CORPORATE PLANNING
CORPORATION
DISCLOSURE
EMERGING MARKET ECONOMIES
EMERGING MARKETS
ENTREPRENEURS
EXPANSION
EXPENDITURES
FINANCIAL SECTOR
FIRMS
FOREIGN INVESTORS
GROWTH FUND
INTERNATIONAL FINANCE
INVESTMENT BANKS
INVESTMENT FUND
LIQUIDATION
MARKET VALUE
PORTFOLIO
PRIVATE CAPITAL
PRIVATE INVESTORS
SHAREHOLDERS
TRANSITION ECONOMIES
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1996/09/693099/venture-capital-funds-emerging-markets-lessons-ifcs-investments
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11611
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Summary:Venture capital funds pool and manage money from investors seeking private equity stakes in small and medium-size enterprises with strong growth potential. These investments tend to be long term, and the industry is relatively new in emerging markets. So only very recently has it been possible to draw some conclusions about the performance of these funds. The authors outline some of the lessons from IFC's portfolio.

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