The creation and development of high-growth businesses is vital to the future of the global economy, because it is these businesses, and the entrepreneurs who create them, that are particularly suited to taking advantage of emerging technologies, novel business models, and new markets as well. For these companies to thrive, they need a financial architecture which offers multiple pools of capital with different appetites for risk.
Venture capital whereby capital is provided to the company in return for a shareholding in the business with the aim of generating a return through a trade sale or flotation is an important component of this financial architecture, capable of nurturing of high-tech, high-potential companies. The positive impacts of venture capital funding can be seen in the disproportionate number of patents and new technologies generated by venture capital- backed firms. These firms bring more radical innovations to market faster, and are more likely to spawn new industries.
High growth, innovative companies are disproportionately important for economic growth in the US and aboard. Venture capital is an important source of finance for these companies, one of the few sources with an appetite for risk that matches the uncertainty that comes with pioneering, innovative ventures and the ability to provide management support to take a company from initial proof of concept to mass market growth. This has seen venture capital act as a catalyst for new industries and ground-breaking global companies.
CognitiveOps will advise you on all aspects of your venture capital funding and can guide you through every stage, whether you’re an investor or investment fund, or a management team looking for funding. Our venture capital team has extensive experience advising investors on their investments, and on the funds themselves – from fund creation and structuring to innovative carried interest arrangements. We can assist with portfolio investments, from early stage angel and seed financings to later stage syndicated multimillion-pound fundraisings, as well as on portfolio management and company exits.
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