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VC Acquisitions Paper (view source)
Revision as of 21:43, 27 February 2012
, 21:43, 27 February 2012→Rebuild Notes
The acquisitions data lists 6 digit CUSIPs, we need the 'correct' (the right issue for the right period) 8 or 9 digit CUSIP with which to search CRSP and COMPUSTAT. A full list of all CUSIPs was retrieved from COMPUSTAT for the period Jan 1978 - Jan 2012 using the annual data.
===Downloading the VC PortCos===
The following criteria was applied:
*Moneytree deals (i.e. VC only)
*Company Nation: US
*Round date: 1/1/1975 to 1/1/2012
Total of 30364 records.
Note that the coverage of VE before 1980 is problematic.
Selected fields:
*Name
*Nation
*Founding Date
*Total $Inv
*No Rounds
*Address info (various fields)
*Date first inv
*Date last inv
Check flags:
*Moneytree
*Venture Related
