Venture capital entities

Definition

Closed-end collective investment entities that obtain capital from a series of investors through a commercial activity whose business purpose is to generate profits or returns for the investors. Their main objective is to take temporary stakes in the capital of companies of a non-real estate and non-financial nature, which are not listed on the primary market of stock exchanges or on any other equivalent regulated market in the EU or other OECD member countries.

Further information

Related concepts

• Venture capital funds
• Venture capital companies
• Closed-end collective investment entities
• Closed-end collective investment

References

• European System of Accounts 2010. Interactive version.
• Sectorisation table (European System of Accounts 2010).

Legal frame

• Ley 22/2014, de 12 de noviembre, por la que se regulan las entidades de capital-riesgo, otras entidades de inversión colectiva de tipo cerrado y las sociedades gestoras de entidades de inversión colectiva de tipo cerrado, y por la que se modifica la Ley 35/2003, de 4 de noviembre, de Instituciones de Inversión Colectiva.

Update date: May 2025