Finance & Operations

Venture Capital: What Fuels the Process?

November 15, 2011

Venture capital is an industry typified by the processes at work behind the scenes.

Limited partnerships fund VCs and the companies that receive investments diligently work behind closed doors. In this short video, SVB Financial Group hosts a panel on the venture capital process; the guests were picked to represent some of the major components of the VC model. The panel, which includes Bryan Roberts of Venrock Capital, Judith Elsea of Weathergage Capital and John Mendlein of Fate Therapeutics, discusses the drivers of the VC industry and the dynamics that make the framework sustainable.

For more on the roles involved in venture capital and what moves the process along, check out the full video.