Generalities on Private Equity and Venture Capital Funds: a current review of the industry and its environment in Mexico

Private Equity and Venture Capital Funds have shown an exceptional resilience in Mexico and there are good reasons to think they will experience a strong growth in the coming years, although they still represent a very small portion of the gross domestic investment in comparison with other countries of similar economic development. Nevertheless, it is necessary to implement many important legal and other institutional reforms that have proved to contribute to the successful evolution of this industry before it may be considered a new economic development engine for the country.Capital Privado, Capital Emprendedor, Fondos

Generalidades sobre los Fondos de Capital Privado y de Capital Emprendedor: una visión actualizada de la industria y de su entorno en México

Private Equity and Venture Capital Funds have shown an exceptional resilience in Mexico and there are good reasons to think they will experience a strong growth in the coming years, although they still represent a very small portion of the gross domestic investment in comparison with other countries of similar economic development. Nevertheless, it is necessary to implement many important legal and other institutional reforms that have proved to contribute to the successful evolution of this industry before it may be considered a new economic development engine for the country

The profile of the entrepreneur supported by venture capital/private equity funds in Mexico [El perfil del emprendedor que apoyan los fondos de capital privado/capital emprendedor en México]

This paper presents a statistical analysis of the characteristics of the entrepreneur supported by the Private Equity/Venture Capital Funds in Mexico, and it uses the data gathered by a national survey answered by such funds. The contribution of this work consists in the use of Conglomerate Analysis on the theoretical constructs identified by the literature as elements of the Entrepreneur Profile and measured via the survey with Likert type scales to highlight the importance that the different funds assign to each construct in the evaluation of candidates to receive their funding. While similar studies have described the Entrepreneur Profile from alternative perspectives, the originality of the present one consists in classifying the funds based on the Profile of the Entrepreneurs they support with their investments. © 2015 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Facultad de Contaduría y Administración

El perfil del emprendedor que apoyan los fondos de capital privado/capital emprendedor en México

Este artículo presenta un análisis estadístico de las características de los emprendedores apoyados por Fondos de Capital Privado/Capital Emprendedor (FCP’s) en México, y para ello utiliza la información obtenida a través de una encuesta nacional respondida por los últimos. La contribución de este trabajo consiste en utilizar la técnica de Análisis de Conglo - merados sobre los constructos teóricos identificados en la literatura como elementos del Perfil del Emprendedor y medidos por la encuesta con escalas tipo Likert, para destacar la importan - cia que los distintos FCP’s asignan a cada constructo durante la evaluación de los candidatos a recibir financiamiento. Aunque estudios similares han descrito el Perfil del Emprendedor desde perspectivas alternativas, la originalidad del presente artículo consiste en clasificar los FCP’s con base en el perfil de los emprendedores a quienes apoya n con sus inversiones. Derechos Reservados©2015 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Facultad de Contaduría y Administración. Este es un artículo de acceso abierto distribuido bajo los términos de la Licencia Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 4.0