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JOURNAL OF APPLIED BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS

Considering a Student Managed Venture Capital Fund?

Approaches, Benefits, and Performance

Author(s): William A. Andrews, John M. Tichenor

Citation: William A. Andrews, John M. Tichenor, (2014) "Considering a Student Managed Venture Capital Fund? Approaches, Benefits, and Performance," Journal of Applied Business and Economics, Vol. 16, Iss. 4, pp. 22-30

Article Type: Research paper

Publisher: North American Business Press

Abstract:

This paper explores the rationale for and performance of student-managed venture capital funds. In

particular, it seeks to identify whether the performance of student-managed funds is inferior to

professionally-managed funds. The results suggest that professionally-managed funds may perform better

than student managed funds, but this difference disappears when comparing investments made 7 or more

years ago – a typical holding period for a VC firm. Pedagogical benefits of having a student-managed

fund are discussed, and guidelines of implementing a student-managed VC fund are derived.