Are particular industries more likely to succeed? : A comparative analysis of VC investment in the U.S. and Europe

  • The objective of this study is to determine whether specific industries across countries or within countries are more likely to reach a stage of profitability and make a successful exit. In particular, we assess whether firms in certain industries are more prone to exit via IPO, be acquired, or exit through a leveraged buy-out. We are also interested in analyzing whether substantial differences across industries and countries arise when looking separately at the success’ rate of firms which have received venture funding at the early seed and start-up stages, vis-à-vis firms that received funding at later stages. Our results suggest that, inasmuch as some of the differences in performance can be explained by country-specific factors, there are also important idiosyncratic differences across industries: In particular, firms in the biotech and the medical / health / life science sectors tend to be significantly more likely to have a successful exit via IPO, while firms in the computer industry and communications and media are more prone to exit via merger or acquisition. Key differences across industries also emerge when considering infant versus mature firms, and their preferred exit. JEL Classification: G24, G3 Keywords:

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Author:Roman KräusslORCiDGND, Stefan Krause
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-75139
Parent Title (German):Center for Financial Studies (Frankfurt am Main): CFS working paper series ; No. 2010,02
Series (Serial Number):CFS working paper series (2010, 02)
Document Type:Working Paper
Language:English
Year of Completion:2010
Year of first Publication:2010
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2010/02/25
Tag:Biotech Firms; Country Comparison; Industry Comparison; Success Rates; Venture Capital
GND Keyword:Desinvestition; Risikokapital; Going Public
HeBIS-PPN:221554505
Institutes:Wissenschaftliche Zentren und koordinierte Programme / Center for Financial Studies (CFS)
Dewey Decimal Classification:3 Sozialwissenschaften / 33 Wirtschaft / 330 Wirtschaft
Licence (German):License LogoDeutsches Urheberrecht