The following page provides some data sets that may be useful in academic research.
Dataset 1
Venture Capital Reputation Database
Related paper
C.N.V. Krishnan, Vladimir I. Ivanov, Ronald W. Masulis and Ajai K. Singh,
“Venture Capital Reputation, Post-IPO Performance, and Corporate Governance”
Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 46(5), 1295 – 1333, October 2011.
Coverage
1000 venture capital firms, 1996–2002
Key variable
VC IPO Market Share (%), measured as the VC’s dollar market share of all venture-backed IPOs over the preceding three calendar years
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https://ronmasulis.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/vc-reputation-database.pdf
Dataset 2
Legal Advisor Market Share Database
Related paper
C.N.V. Krishnan and Ronald W. Masulis,
“Law Firm Expertise and Mergers and Acquisition Outcomes”,
Journal of Law and Economics 56 (1), February 2013.
Coverage
Acquirer and target legal advisors, 1990–2008
Key variable
Legal advisor market shares based on a rolling three-year window of completed M&A advisory mandates.
Each law firm receives full credit for advisory roles. Specialty Delaware litigation counsels are excluded.
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https://ronmasulis.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/ma-legal-advisor-market-share-database.pdf