new england venture capital association nevca logo type trade association industry venture capital founded 1902 headquarters cambridge boston united states area served new england services lobbying networking website newenglandvc.org the new england venture capital association nevca is a trade association with the mission to make new england the best place in the world to start and grow new companies . the nevca represents the interests of venture capital investors by promoting entrepreneurship . the association represents over 700 members from 90 firms who collectively manage more than 50 billion in capital . contents 1 history 2 nevca today 3 references 4 external links history edit nevca was founded in 1902 as a loose association of the regional investment bodies . at that time the organization had no full time staff and served primarily as a communications channel between investors . since its foundation nevca has grown into a much larger regional body that represents hundreds of partner firms who manage thousands of companies with tens of billions of dollars in capital . nevca today edit today the nevca operates four distinct platforms building relationships between investors and founders ; promoting the entrepreneurial ecosystem ; advocating for innovations friendly policy ; and connecting students with the startup community . the nevca also produces the nevy awards a celebration of excellence on both sides of the investor startup equation . 1 references edit how the nevy awards are making a bigger play for diversity . bostinno . retrieved 2016 08 18 . external links edit new england venture capital association website national venture capital association website v t e private equity and venture capital basic investment types buyout venture mezzanine growth secondaries equity co investment history history of private equity and venture capital early history of private equity private equity in the 1980s private equity in the 1990s private equity in the 2000s terms and concepts buyout financial sponsor management buyout divisional buyout buy sell agreement leveraged recapitalization dividend recapitalization venture angel investor business incubator post money valuation pre money valuation seed money startup company venture capital financing venture debt venture round structure private equity firms and funds limited partnership limited liability company carried interest management fee publicly traded private equity business development company venture capital trust private investment in public equity pipe pledge fund investors corporations institutional investors pension funds insurance companies fund of funds endowments foundations investment banks merchant banks commercial banks high net worth individuals family offices sovereign wealth funds crowdfunding related financial terms aum cap table capital call capital commitment capital structure distribution waterfall ebitda envy ratio high yield debt ipo irr leverage liquidation preference m & a pme taxation of private equity and hedge funds undercapitalization vintage year private equity and venture capital investors private equity firms venture capital firms angel investors portfolio companies retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title new england venture capital association & oldid 735190092 categories venture capital navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 19 august 2016 at 04 06 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view