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Under the term “private equity” or “venture capital”, it is common and usually accepted to refer to both the investor that carries out the activity ('it is a venture capital or a private equity') and the activity itself (“invest in venture capital or private equity”). In both cases, we refer to the same phenomenon, namely, a financial investment in a company, for a limited time, and with the final purpose to divest by earning a capital gain.
These kinds of investors and their activities are jointly referred to as “the venture capital and private equity industry”.
However, venture capital and private equity are multi-faceted concepts, in the sense that they bring together multiple players with diverse interests, all of which should be carefully analyzed.
The schemes provided below have no other purpose than to initiate the reader in the study of this complex set of relations, by offering a useful guide to navigate it and inviting her to dig deeper through the use of additional and more specific resources, such as specialist bibliography or monographic courses and seminars.
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