the modern venture capital industry in the usa most likely began in 1958, marked by small business legislation that provided tax breaks.
when did the modern venture capital industry in the usa most likely begin, marked by small business legislation that provided tax breaks?
1958
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one of the first steps toward a professionally managed venture capital industry was the passage of the small business investment act of 1958. the 1958 act officially allowed the u.s. small business administration (sba) to license private "small business investment companies" (sbics) to help the financing and management of the small entrepreneurial businesses in the united states. the small business investment act of 1958 provided tax breaks that helped contribute to the rise of private equity firms.
venture capital
after a shakeout of venture capital managers, the more successful firms retrenched, focusing increasingly on improving operations at their portfolio companies rather than continuously making new investments. results would begin to turn very attractive, successful and would ultimately generate the venture capital boom of the 1990s. former wharton professor andrew metrick refers to these first 15 years of the modern venture capital industry beginning in 1980 as the "pre-boom period" in anticipation of the boom that would begin in 1995 and last through the bursting of the internet bubble in 2000.
history of private equity and venture capital