Evaluation of Entrepreneurs on Indian Venture Capital Firms-A Study

Abstract

Potential entrepreneurs rely on Venture Capital (VC) as an important source of finance not only for capital infusion but also for their value added services. Therefore, these entrepreneurs are often afraid to voice their real feelings about their VC partners. So studies on entrepreneur’s perception of VC firms are useful in the sense that venture capitalists can adjust their behavior to improve their image among entrepreneurs. We have tried to assess the impact of age, fund size, and number of investment professionals on five dimensions of their VC firms. It appears that the VC firms are growing complacent with increase in their age. However, investment professionals and fund size of a venture capital firm have no bearing on the five dimensions.