Financial Intermediation in Private Equity: How well do funds of funds perform?
Fund-of-Funds as a form of financial intermediation in private equity
Paul Gompers, "Performance Persistence in Entrepreneurship"
A look at the success rate of venture-backed entrepreneurs
Paul Gompers, "How do Venture Capitalists Make Decisions?"
A detailed look into VCs' practices in pre-investment screening, in structuring investments and in post-investment monitoring and advising
Paul Gompers, "Private Equity and COVID-19," Harvard Business School and NBER
Managing Director and Harvard Business School professor, Paul Gompers, research on how the decisions and investments of private equity managers have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic
The Other Diversity Dividend
A look at diversity in the VC world
Paul Gompers, "Venture Capitalists and COVID-19," Harvard Business School and NBER
Managing Director and Harvard Business School professor, Paul Gompers, research on how the decisions and investments of institutional and corporate venture capitalists have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic
Paul Gompers, “The Opportunity in Venture Capital," Harvard Business School and Spur Capital (2018)
Managing Director and Harvard Business School professor, Paul Gompers, outlines academic evidence that supports an allocation to venture capital for institutional investors.
Spur Thoughts on Distributions to Paid in Capital
Investors who vociferously object to “J-curves” and the paucity of early-year returns risk adversely impacting manager behavior to the detriment of long-term results.