Web syndication

Initial public offering

Pre-money valuation

Financial capital

Equity capital markets

Accounting

Economics

Business

Corporate governance

Private equity

Entrepreneurship

Valuation (finance)

Social venture capital

Human capital

Venture capital

Economic growth

Finance

Private equity firm

Private equity secondary market

Small Business Economics

The fields of venture capital and private equity are rooted in financing research on capital budgeting and initial public offering (IPO). Both fields have grown considerably in recent times with a heterogenous set of themes being explored. This review presents an analysis of research in both fields. Using a large corpus from the Web of Science, this study used bibliometric analysis to present a comprehensive encapsulation of the fields’ geographical focus, methodological choices, prominent themes, and future research directions. Noteworthily, the foundational themes in venture capital research are venture capital adoption and financing processes , venture capital roles in business , venture capital governance , venture capital syndication , and venture capital and creation of public organizations. In private equity research, style drift into venture capital emerges as a key theme alongside buyouts and privatization , and valuation and performance of private equity investment .

Mapping the venture capital and private equity research: a bibliometric review and future research agenda