Atlantic drift: venture capital performance in the UK and the US

Josh Lerner; Liam Collins; Albert Bravo Biosca; Yannis Pierrakis

Atlantic drift: venture capital performance in the UK and the US

Josh Lerner
, Liam Collins
, Albert Bravo Biosca
, Yannis Pierrakis

Kingston Business School

Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report › peer-review

Abstract

This report sheds further light on the magnitude of the performance gap between US and UK venture capital funds, its evolution over time, and what the likely drivers of the performance differences are. It uses a novel database that combines data on VC fund performance and their investments in the US and UK for 791 funds raised between 1990- 2005.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	London, U.K.
Publisher	NESTA
Number of pages	52
ISBN (Print)	9781848751262
Publication status	Published - Jun 2011

Keywords

Accounting and finance
UK
US
early stage
exits
performance
public policy
venture capital

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