Capital, Markets and Economics

Increasing wealth and creating jobs in the United States begins by connecting investors with high-potential start-up and early stage companies. Kauffman Foundation research and programs have built the nation’s first network of angel investor organizations, trained future venture capitalists and future leaders of high-growth companies, and studied the history and performance of investments in minority-owned enterprises.

Initiatives

  • The Angel Capital Education Foundation (ACEF), founded by the Kauffman Foundation, is a charitable organization devoted to education of angel investors and to collecting and disseminating data and information on angel investors and angel investing groups.

  • The Business Dynamics Statistics is a data series that tracks the annual changes in employment for growing and shrinking businesses.

  • The Kauffman Fellows Program provides firsthand experience in the venture capital process for exceptional men and women.

Highlights

Featured Resources

  • The Ascent of Money, a PBS series produced with funding from the Kauffman Foundation, tells the compelling history of money, credit, bonds, stocks, insurance, real estate, globalization, hedge funds, computer models of investing, and behavioral finance.

  • cover_w_shadowIn this book, the authors document four different varieties of capitalism, some "Good" and some "Bad" for growth. The authors identify the conditions that characterize Good Capitalism—the right blend of entrepreneurial and established firms, which can vary among countries—as well as the features of Bad Capitalism.

  • This study examines capital access programs and funds for women starting and expanding their businesses. These programs cover the spectrum from microenterprise to venture capital funds and serve highly diverse populations, from women on public assistance seeking a grant of a few hundred dollars to start a small or home-based enterprise to women seeking investments of a hundred million dollars to advance the frontiers of biotechnology.