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The paper offers a quantitative description of European private equity markets and compares the recent development in these markets with the development of the U.S. venture capital market. The paper also addresses the differences between private equity investors acting in a single national market by analysing micro data on French and German private equity investors.

The working paper explains that a selection bias occurs by looking at return to Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) in that most IPOs will be made only when the project has achieved a good return or anticipates a successful offering.

The study finds more than 50 community development venture capital (CDVC) providers actively investing or in formation at the beginning of 2000 – up from a mere handful only five years ago. The combined capitalization of these providers at the end of 1999 was $300 million. In spite of the recent explosion of CDVC activity, the study indicates there are still 24 states with no access to community-based risk capital.

The report presents the results of an evaluation on the Multilateral Investment Fund, which was established in 1993 as a special fund administered by the Inter-American Development Bank to accelerate private sector development and help improve the climate for private investment in Latin America and the Caribbean.

The report presents the results of an evaluation on the Multilateral Investment Fund, which was established in 1993 as a special fund administered by the Inter-American Development Bank to accelerate private sector development and help improve the climate for private investment in Latin America and the Caribbean.

The National Governors Association second paper in the New Economy Series identifies four basic strategies that states pursue to increase venture investing and makes eight observations regarding best practices among state seed and venture capital financing efforts. The paper also includes several benchmarks in program design, management practices, and program results to use in analyzing a public program’s effectiveness.

The Rural Policy Research Institute and the University of Nebraska directory includes five sections listing: 16 publicly funded and publicly managed venture capital funds; 31 state-assisted private venture capital funds and quasi-public venture capital funds; 22 state tax credits or incentives for individuals or businesses making venture capital investments; 58 state sponsored or assisted angel networks; and 27 state-sponsored or assisted venture capital fairs. Each list is organized by state and includes contact information.

The paper reports that although venture capital averaged less than three percent of corporate R&D from 1983-1992, it was responsible for almost eight percent of US industrial innovations during the same time period. The findings are based on a study of the influence of venture capital on patent activity across 20 industries over three decades.

The Milken Institute report documents the difficulties and successes minority and women-owned business have accessing capital and presents new findings and several specific recommendations to sustain minority businesses growth.

The study examines the patterns of financing activity by venture capital firms located in California and the flow of venture capital dollars to investee companies located in California. The goal of the study was to assess the strengths and weaknesses of the venture capital industry in California to meet the need for capital in the financing of innovation within the state.