TY - JOUR T1 - VC Specialization Improves IPO Performance JF - The Journal of Private Equity SP - 65 LP - 74 DO - 10.3905/jpe.2014.17.4.065 VL - 17 IS - 4 AU - Nicholas Racculia Y1 - 2014/08/31 UR - https://pm-research.com/content/17/4/65.abstract N2 - Venture capital industry specialization enhances the performance of funded initial public offerings. Initial public offering survival rates and performance are higher when backed by single-industry venture capitalists. This presents useful investment analysis for portfolio managers, when adding venture capital to their investment portfolio. The study benefits from data, specifically the Capital IQ venture capital dataset, which have not been used in other venture capital research articles.TOPICS: Private equity, equity portfolio management, performance measurement, statistical methods ER -