Table of contents : Contents Introduction. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF HISTORY 1. Whaling Ventures 2. The Early Development of Risk Capital 3. The Rise of Private Capital Entities 4. The Market versus the Government 5. The Limited Partnership Structure 6. Silicon Valley and the Emergence of Investment Styles 7. High-Tech, an Evolving Ecosystem, and Diversity during the 1980s 8. The Big Bubble Epilogue. FROM THE PAST TO THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE Notes Acknowledgments Index