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Investment, Duration, and Exit Strategies for Corporate and Independent Venture Capital‐Backed Start‐Ups
Author(s) -
Guo Bing,
Lou Yun,
PérezCastrillo David
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of economics and management strategy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.672
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1530-9134
pISSN - 1058-6407
DOI - 10.1111/jems.12097
Subject(s) - venture capital , initial public offering , duration (music) , investment (military) , business , social venture capital , exit strategy , monetary economics , information asymmetry , finance , economics , marketing , politics , art , literature , political science , law
We propose a model of investment, duration, and exit strategies for start‐ups backed by venture capital (VC) funds that accounts for the high level of uncertainty, the asymmetry of information between insiders and outsiders, and the discount rate. Our analysis predicts that start‐ups backed by corporate VC funds remain for a longer period of time before exiting and receive larger investment amounts than those financed by independent VC funds. Although a longer duration leads to a higher likelihood of an exit through an acquisition, a larger investment increases the probability of an IPO exit. These predictions find strong empirical support.