Venture funding

For decades now, venture capitalists have played a crucial role in the economy by financing high-growth start-ups. While the companies they've backed--Amazon,...

An analysis of more than 4,000 firms, their founders, and their funders.

There are some things a big company can do better than a startup.

In a year of uncertainty, VCs acted like funding female founders was risky — but the real risk is in leaving them behind.

Instead of casting a wide net, try a more strategic approach.

New research suggests that exclusive support from female investors may be a mixed blessing because it can make it harder to raise additional rounds of financing.

The more rivals you outbid, the more likely you are to have paid too much.

It actually makes success more likely.

Most successful entrepreneurs never take any venture capital.

How to identify and attract investors who will support your long-term, stakeholder-focused plans.

Business won't change until entrepreneurship does.

It made the "spray and pray" approach more common.

Three proven strategies to make a difference.

Recent research suggests that how new business ideas are presented may matter more than the quality of the ideas themselves.

Photography: Courtesy of the artist and Gow Langsford Gallery Artwork: Sara Hughes, Millions of Colours 3 (detail), 2003, acrylic paint on linen Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, Sergey Brin: We celebrate these entrepreneurs for their successes, and often equally extol the venture capitalists who backed their start-ups and share in their glory. Well-known VC firms such […]

Research finds a new explanation for the gender gap in venture funding.

Before it could become part of every iPhone, the “virtual personal assistant” had to cross innovation’s valley of death.

How to think about your existing collaborations—and the new ones you should seek out

The surprising behaviors that can make a difference

New funding models are about to revolutionize the social sector.

Case Study B is a continuation of building the entrepreneurial mindset using the BRiSK3MIND model in Case Study A. We would be following the journey of...

Two months after a successful launch In November 2009, the cofounders of Rent the Runway (RTR), a website that rented designer dresses, are debating whether...

Mamaearth was founded by husband-and-wife duo Varun and Ghazal Alagh in 2016. The core value proposition of Mamaearth's offer focused on toxin-free, safe...

Zipcar is a start-up organized around the idea of "sharing" car usage via a membership organization. This case describes several iterations of the Zipcar...

This field-based case set uses qualitative and quantitative research during the early stages of app development to unfold circumstances that allow for...

Lending firms like Partners for Growth (PFG) supplied growth capital to nascent companies, using debt instruments that did not dilute shareholders-contrary...

Udaan was an Indian business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce start-up founded in 2016. Initially, it grew at a brisk pace, achieving unicorn status in record...

At-Bay was a cyber insurance startup that offered companies coverage against a wide array of cyber risks-exposure to which the firm was able to quickly...

Describes an "application software" company that has been through several evolutions--from consulting firm to applications service provider (ASP). The...

In July 2017, the Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations in Tofino, British Columbia, Canada, grappled with mounting conservation costs, inconsistent and unreliable...

The impact AI will have is profound, but the economic framework for understanding it is surprisingly simple. Artificial intelligence seems to do the impossible,...

The protagonist of the case is Robert Joseph (RJ) Scaringe, Rivian's founder and CEO. Rivian designs, develops, and manufactures electric adventure vehicles...

Compares and contrasts three different venture capital funds from the perspective of a potential investor. The first fund has a technology-enabled services...

The Auction Mobility case covers the founding of, and raising capital for, a new venture in the app industry. Doug Brenhouse and Jeremy Paradise (founders)...

This case provides an overview of the venture debt industry with a focus on WTI, a leading venture debt provider. The case follows Maurice Werdegar, the...

This field-based case set uses qualitative and quantitative research during the early stages of app development to unfold circumstances that allow for...

Kiah Williams started SIRUM as a Stanford undergraduate alongside her classmates Adam Kircher and George Wang. Nearly two decades later, the medication...

emmtrix Technologies GmbH (emmtrix) was a spinoff company from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, a leading German university, and a result of an...

In late May 2020, the two founding and managing partners at Redhill Capital, in the Pearl River New City district of Guangzhou, China, were considering...

The case is set in 2022, and the protagonist is Brian Chesky, co-founder and CEO of Airbnb, Inc. - an online rental platform. As the Covid-19 pandemic...

For decades now, venture capitalists have played a crucial role in the economy by financing high-growth start-ups. While the companies they've backed--Amazon,...

Teaching Note for Case NTU263

Case Study B is a continuation of building the entrepreneurial mindset using the BRiSK3MIND model in Case Study A. We would be following the journey of...

Two months after a successful launch In November 2009, the cofounders of Rent the Runway (RTR), a website that rented designer dresses, are debating whether...

A conversation with Kapor Capital’s founders on what drives them and their investment choices.

An analysis of more than 4,000 firms, their founders, and their funders.

Teaching note for case W25005.

Mamaearth was founded by husband-and-wife duo Varun and Ghazal Alagh in 2016. The core value proposition of Mamaearth's offer focused on toxin-free, safe...

Zipcar is a start-up organized around the idea of "sharing" car usage via a membership organization. This case describes several iterations of the Zipcar...

There are some things a big company can do better than a startup.