Venture Capital and Private Equity Industry
Company Directories & Rankings
Capital IQ
Capital IQ features data on public and private companies, investment firms, M&A, private equity and capital transactions, as well as extensive information on people. Sophisticated retrieval and personalization tools permit the ability to screen and analyze data in a variety of ways.
Galante's Venture Capital & Private Equity Directory
Asset Alternatives, Inc., published annually
Ref. HG4961 .G3
Company entries include: name, location, key executives, capital under management,
investment criteria and preferences. Available on CD in library.
Tip: Indexing is a strong feature of Galante's, with the ability to search
by firm location (country and city), funding stage preference (R&D, seed,
bridge, LBO, distressed debt, etc.), industry stage preference, size, and assets
under management.
Asian Private Equity 300
AVCJ Group Ltd , published annually
Ref. HG5701 .A853
Details the top Venture Capital and Private Equity firms in Asia. Includes Venture Capital industry statistics, top transactions, country overviews, and indexes by fund name, firm name and location.
Pratt's Guide to Private Equity Sources
Thomson Financial/Venture Economics, published annually
Ref. HG64 .P73
International directory includes locations, list of project preferences, type
of financing, minimum investment, preferred investment, and contact person.
The introductory chapters provide a useful overview of the VC industry with
chapters on "Background on Venture Capital," "How to Raise Venture Capital," and "Sources of Business Development Financing.”
Venture Capital Report Directory
Venture Capital Report, published annually
Ref. HG 70 .V3
Detailed information on how to prepare business plans. Profiles include firm
history, sources of funds, fees, decision-making processes, key management,
and profiles of investments. One volume is about the U.K. and second volume
about the rest of Europe.
Venture Xpert Web
(Current HBS only)
Venture Economics
Information on venture funds, private equity firms, executives, venture-backed
companies, and limited partners. Includes an analytics feature to search for
fund commitments, disbursements, statistics, and performance data. This database
is also available in SDC Platinum installed on a terminal in the library. Tip:
Log-in and password for Venture Expert Web is on the launch page, before you
click “I Accept.”
Directory of Alternative Investment Programs
Asset Alternatives, Inc., published annually
Ref. HG 4961 .D5
Information on private equity fund investors and the funds they invest in.
Includes profiles of the private investment programs of 500 of the largest
U.S. pension funds (public and corporate), endowments, foundations, banks,
finance, and insurance companies.
Tip: Search CD (available on reserve) by type of institution, location, type
of program (example buyouts, mezzanine).
The Corporate Venturing Directory & Yearbook
Asset Alternatives, Inc., published annually
Ref. HG 4751 .C67
Profiles of corporate venturing programs and corporate investors. Includes
information on current issues facing the venture capital sector. One article
by HBS professors Paul Gompers and Josh Lerner is entitled “Successful
Corporate Venturing: An Oxymoron?" Indexes include firm identification
by portfolio companies invested and co-investors.
Directory of Limited Partners: Investors in Private Equity and Other Alternative
Asset Funds
Securities Data Publishers, published annually
Ref. HG4961 .B57
Categories of investors profiled: Funds of fund managers, banks and trusts,
corporations, governments, insurance companies, investment firms, and non-profits.
Includes indexes by company name, key executives, location, preferred investment
type and size, investment interest, and assets.