Add-on Service

March 18, 2016 by Alexa Cleek -

Add-on Services are the services provided by a venture capitalist that are not monetary in nature, such as helping to assemble a management team and helping to prepare the company for an IPO.⁹

Related Terms

IPO | Venture Capitalist | Exit

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HR

Human Relations

Venture Capitalist

A group of high net worth investors who pool their money to invest in later stage startup companies.⁶

Venture

Venture is often used for referring to a risky start-up or enterprise company.⁵

IPO

Initial Public Offering.

IPO (Initial Public Offering)

(IPO) The sale or distribution of a stock of a portfolio company to the public for the first time. IPOs are often an opportunity for the existing investors (often venture capitalists) to receive significant returns on their original investment. During periods of market downturns or corrections, the opposite is true.³
(IPO)This is a private corporation’s first-time sale or allocation of a stock that is made available to the public. IPOs can be distributed to both young and established companies who seek to expand or warrant public trading.⁴