Venture Capitalists' Decision to Syndicate

Sophie Manigart, Andy Lockett, Miguel Meuleman, Mike Wright, Hans Landström, Hans Bruining, Philippe Desbrières and Ulrich Hommel

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Abstract: Financial theory, access to deal flow, selection, and monitoring skills are used to explain syndication in venture capital firms in six European countries. In contrast with U.S. findings, portfolio management motives are more important for syndication than individual deal management motives. Risk sharing, portfolio diversification, and access to larger deals are more important than selection and monitoring of deals. This holds for later stage and for early stage investors. Value adding is a stronger motive for syndication for early stage investors than for later stage investors, however. Nonlead investors join syndicates for the selection and value-adding skills of the syndicate partners.

Keywords: Business; portfolio management; venture capital; partnering; investment policy; risk exposure (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006-03
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Published in Entrepreneurship: Theory & Practice, 2006, 30 (2), pp.131-153

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