2017
Chapter
Measuring Entrepreneurial Businesses: Current Knowledge and Challenges

Venture Capital Data: Opportunities and Challenges

By: Steven N. Kaplan and Josh Lerner

Format:Print

Abstract

This paper describes the available data and research on venture capital investments and performance. We comment on the challenges inherent in those data and research as well as possible opportunities to do better.

Keywords

Venture Capital; Data and Data Sets; Research

Citation

Kaplan, Steven N., and Josh Lerner. "Venture Capital Data: Opportunities and Challenges." Chap. 10 in Measuring Entrepreneurial Businesses: Current Knowledge and Challenges. Vol. 75, edited by John Haltiwanger, Erik Hurst, Javier Miranda, and Antoinette Schoar. Studies in Income and Wealth (NBER). Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2017.