Academic Research for Venture Capital
Academic Research for Venture Capital
We monitor thousands of new papers daily across economics, finance, and decision science, then surface the ones that actually matter to how you raise, deploy, and return capital. [ Sources | FAQ ]
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AI-Driven VC & Decision Science
Research on how AI, prediction systems, and decision frameworks reshape sourcing, screening, and judgment in venture investing.
Predicting Startup Exit from Textual Descriptors - A Computational Linguistics Framework
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Exit Performance
Research on IPOs, acquisitions, and liquidity outcomes, showing how timing, markets, and company fundamentals shape venture-backed exits.
A Bibliometric Analysis of Market Sector and Cross-Country Impact on IPO Underpricing: Current Status, Development, and Future Research Directions
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Deal Structuring
Research on term sheets, staged financing, ownership, and control rights, explaining how venture deals balance incentives, risk, and upside.
When ESG Failure Triggers Control Rights: Sustainability‐Linked Convertibles and Incomplete Contracting
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Team Dynamics
Research on founders, teams, and human capital, examining how experience, incentives, and relationships influence company building and investment decisions.
The key people paradox: human capital vulnerability in smaller voluntary sport organisations
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Market Cycles
Research on funding booms, downturns, valuations, and returns, showing how changing market conditions shape venture behavior and performance.
Maturity structure of interest rates, market information, and economic forces
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LP Dynamics
Research on limited partners, fund allocation, and performance measurement, showing how capital providers influence venture strategy and fund formation.
The role of the institutional investor in today's stock market
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Angel Investing
Research on angel investors, early-stage screening, and founder signals, highlighting how the earliest startup capital gets allocated and supported.
39Chapter 4 From Early Deals to Innovation Systems: Lessons from (almost) 25 Years of Angel Investing
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Venture Capital
Core research on how venture firms raise funds, select startups, structure investments, monitor companies, and ultimately generate returns.
Sociotechnical Scale| Scaling Identity: Venture Capital and Standpoint in Innovation Industries
Signal Rate
0.2%
of screened papers became live signals.
System Totals
- Tracked Topics
- 8
- Screened Papers
- 533,922
- Canonical Papers
- 2,604
- Live Signals
- 1,042
- Must-Reads
- 523