National Venture Capital Association

Free and Discounted Access To Venture Economics Research

The National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) has partnered with Venture Economics in order to provide its members with a valuable, comprehensive research package designed to:

• Provide NVCA members with substantial savings
• Alleviate survey fatigue
• Develop more accurate and comprehensive data
• Protect our industry's data
• Enable the NVCA to more effectively represent the industry's interest on Capitol Hill

The concept of the partnership is simple, NVCA members provide information on their portfolio companies and investment activity through a single NVCA-endorsed survey, in exchange for this information, the NVCA offers its members a substantial benefits package, including free research and discounts on online and published industry information.

The end result of the partnership is an all-encompassing private equity database – Venture Economics’ VentureXpert – the only database available that covers every aspect of the industry – from fundraising and disbursements to exits and performance.

Access Key Industry Data At No Cost
Industry Statistical Reports
As a contributing NVCA member, you’ll receive free industry statistics reports on key components of the venture capital investment activity, including:

• Performance Reports
• Investment Statistics Reports
• Fund Commitment Reports
• Capital Under Management Reports
• Venture and Private Equity-Backed IPOs
• Mergers & Acquisitions of Venture-Backed Companies

Free Reports on Your Firm's Investment Information
Complete investment and cash flow data for your firm is always available at no cost to contributing NVCA members.

Free Trials & 20% Discount on VentureXpert Subscriptions
*Contributing NVCA member firms are entitled to a one time free trial in the form of 50 free reports that includes performance, analytics as well as profiles or any combination thereof ($2,000 value). All contributing NVCA members receive a 20% discount on VentureXpert annual subscriptions ($3,600 savings on average). NVCA members who contribute to the performance Database are entitled to receive key benchmark reports for their respective vintage years during the quarterly data collection process.
*to be considered a contributing member the firm must respond to Venture Economics’ venture activity surveys

Receive Valuable Discounts on Venture Economics' Publications
Venture Economics' Investment Benchmark Reports (IBR) series of desk references are available at a discount to all contributing NVCA members. The compilation of published data provides a complete overview of private equity performance. The IBR publications include:

• Venture Capital
• Buyouts and Other Private Equity
• European Private Equity

Other Venture Economics' publications available at a discounted rate include:

*Discounts apply to new subscriptions only

Highly Safeguarded Information
Venture Economics will comply with NVCA mandated rules of appropriate use*. Surveys will be processed by a specialized team of Venture Economics researchers to ensure that data marked “do not disclose” is not used in publications or released to unauthorized users, including NVCA personnel and officers. The mandated rules of “appropriate use” enable VentureXpert to be the first database in the industry to accurately portray a comprehensive picture of the venture investment activity.

VentureXpert
The NVCA has endorsed VentureXpert as the official venture investment activity database, and its governance over the data collection provides you with the most timely, accurate and comprehensive coverage of private equity information available in the industry. VentureXpert is the industry research solution with extensive query and report items ranging from basic company information to in-depth industry, investment and performance statistics.

Venture Economics is the venture capital and private equity industry’s leading provider of information, research, and benchmarking. With over 35 years of experience in collecting, verifying and analyzing industry trends and data our databases and publications are the most trustworthy and comprehensive sources in the industry.

The National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) is the leading trade association representing the interests of the venture capital and private equity communities. NVCA's mission is to foster the understanding of the importance of venture capital to the vitality of the U.S. and global economies; to stimulate the flow of equity capital to emerging growth companies by representing the public policy interests of the venture capital and private equity communities at all levels of government; to maintain high professional industry standards; facilitate networking opportunities; and to provide research data and professional development for its members.