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Podcast: Investor Connect Podcast
Episode: Startup Funding Espresso – How Private Equity Differs From Venture Capital
Description: How Private Equity Differs From Venture Capital Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso -- your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Private equity and venture capital are different types of investment. Here are the key differences: Risk level Private equity takes less risk and thus a lower potential return than venture capital. Private equity investments invest in firms with a positive profit line while venture capital investments run negative on the bottom line putting everything into top-line growth. Control level Private equity often takes a controlling position in the company. Venture capital takes only...