Venture Capitalists’ Decision to Syndicate
研究了六个欧洲国家风险投资公司联合投资的动机，发现投资组合管理（如风险分担、分散化）比单个项目筛选更重要，且早期投资者更看重价值增值。
Financial theory, access to deal flow, selection, and monitoring skills are used to explain syndication in venture capital firms in six European countries. In contrast with U.S. findings, portfolio management motives are more important for syndication than individual deal management motives. Risk sharing, portfolio diversification, and access to larger deals are more important than selection and monitoring of deals. This holds for later stage and for early stage investors. Value adding is a stronger motive for syndication for early stage investors than for later stage investors, however. Nonlead investors join syndicates for the selection and value–adding skills of the syndicate partners.