Angel Finance: The Other Venture Capital

Separation of Ownership and Control

Eugene F. Fama, Michael C. Jensen · The Journal of Law and Economics · 1983 · 18.8K citations

Control Environment, Ownership Structure, Ownership Theory +5

The structure and governance of venture-capital organizations

William A. Sahlman · Journal of Financial Economics · 1990 · 2.7K citations

Startup Ecosystem, Management, Business +6

Optimal Investment, Monitoring, and the Staging of Venture Capital

Paul A. Gompers · The Journal of Finance · 1995 · 2.1K citations

Startup Ecosystem, Cost Of Capital, Entrepreneurship +16

Venture Capitalists and the Oversight of Private Firms

Josh Lerner · The Journal of Finance · 1995 · 1.5K citations

Private Firms, Private Equity Fund, Firm Performance +13

What do venture capitalists do?

Michael F. Gorman, William A. Sahlman · Journal of Business Venturing · 1989 · 1.4K citations

Startup Ecosystem, Management, Business +5