Venture capital is a kind of investment raised by startups typically by startup founders to fund growth now lets break that down a startup is an emerging company typically private that aspires to grow quickly and substantially in size and revenue. Understanding venture capital lets face it sometimes you have a huge idea but you dont have the money to forge ahead maybe you have a business plan for a company and you have done all the planning but you dont have the capital to make it happen. Understanding venture capital a study of the structure of venture capital firms and how the tech industry organizes around both its positives and its negatives