Determinants of Success in Private Equity-Venture Capital Investments

Eduardo Madureira Rodrigues Siqueira (), Antonio Gledson de Carvalho () and Humberto Gallucci Netto ()
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Eduardo Madureira Rodrigues Siqueira: Sabiá Empreendimentos Imobobiliários
Antonio Gledson de Carvalho: FGV-EAESP
Humberto Gallucci Netto: FGV-EAESP

Brazilian Review of Finance, 2011, vol. 9, issue 2, 189-208

Abstract: This paper investigates the determinants of performance of the investments of private equity and venture capital (PEVC) funds in Brazil. We use two unique databases: the First Brazilian Private Equity and Venture Capital Census and the Guia-GVcepe Endeavor, with information on this industry for the period 1999 to 2007. As measures of performance we use the percentage and number of exits through IPO, acquisition by a company or by another investor. Our results indicate that the factors influencing the performance of investments are: size of the fund, number of investments, the practice of co-investment, experience and foreign origin of the managing organization, focus on late stage, intensity of contact between managers and portfolio companies and the number of seats on the boards of the invested companies. The number of successes grows with the number of investments at a declining rate. This can indicate 1) a limit to the ability of managers or 2) that a large number of investments allows for greater diversification of risk, directing investments to companies of high risk but with a high upside.

Keywords: private equity; venture capital; investment exit; performance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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