Italian Venture Capital and Private Equity:
the evaluation criteria and the differences between public and private

Investors in venture capital over the past twenty years have assumed a prominent role also in the Italian economy.

Since the nineties, in fact, the number of venture capital and private equity has grown dramatically, and with it, also the capital invested and the amount of companies that have benefited from this particular form of financing.

The same public entity has initiated, often through institutions and regional programs to support the growth and development of local economies based not only on traditional subsidized financing by way of debt or even grant, but also of direct intervention in the capital of company, resulting in the acquisition of shareholdings.

Of particular interest, in this perspective, it can be to try to understand what are the main aspects taken into account by Italian venture capital and private equity during the process of selecting investments and whether there are differences between public and private operators in the modus operandi and in the importance attributed to the various evaluation criteria.

The investigation has thus revealed interesting aspects for investors in venture capital and in relation to differences in venture capital and private equity public or mixed public and private