Through program descriptions, practitioner insights, brief case studies, and sample documents Adding Value to Portfolio Companies by Meeting Human Capital Needs: A Community Development Venture Capital Practitioner’s Handbook offers practical insights into how four CDVC funds are making workforce development and human resource assistance an integral part of their investment strategy.

This guide explores ways to encourage individual angel investors -- who each year invest more money in early stage businesses than the entire venture capital industry -- to become more involved in community development venture capital. It includes analysis and best practices for working with angel investors, and features representative case studies.

This Primer is designed to provide community development investors, advisors, lenders and other interested parties with a basic understanding of equity and "near-equity" investing. It provides a concise overview intended for those without extensive backgrounds in private equity investing, a glossary of common equity terms and chapters on four specific deal structures that span the spectrum between debt and equity.

This book contains a collection of boilerplate documents, including a review of model social covenants, designed to provide community development venture capital practitioners with a road map of issues of which one should be aware in making a private equity investment (or soliciting one). These documents are derived from a variety of transactions over the course of decades. Although they represent the lessons of those years of experience, they should not be used as - and are not intended to be - a substitute for the advice of a lawyer familiar with a specific transaction and the state laws that govern that transaction.

The CDVCA Report on the Industry '01 describes the overall CDVC industry as it looked at the end of 2001 and presents detailed analysis of our 2001 survey, which examines industry actvities in 2000.

This case explores issues facing Boston Community Venture Fund as it plans possible exit options from its investment in City Fresh Foods, a provider of quality services and jobs in several distressed Boston communities. The case addresses big picture issues related to the particular challenges surrounding exits in the community development venture capital field.

This case study provides an opportunity to learn more about valuing a company and negotiating a transaction. The case study focuses on a potential investment by Coastal Enterprises, Inc. (CEI), a CDVC fund located in Portland, Maine, in New England Audio Resource (NEAR), a manufacturer of high-end speakers located in Lewiston, Maine, an economically distressed community.

This case study offers an in-depth look at the start-up of Northeast Ventures, a CDVC fund located in Duluth, Minnesota, serving an economically distressed, rural community.

This case study covers issues related to starting and structuring DVCRF Ventures, a CDVC fund serving distressed urban communities in the Philadelphia region.

This case study provides a vehicle for analyzing a workout situation. It discusses the challenges Kentucky Highlands Investment Corporation (KHIC) (the grandfather of the CDVC industry) encountered as it worked with Stainless Steel Equipment (SSE), a portfolio company in trouble.

This case deals with an investment in an African American-owned company located in Baltimore's Empowerment Zone, which provides phone and Internet services to underserved, inner-city markets. This case provides an opportunity to value the company, to propose a structure for the investment, and to negotiate the financial transaction and job creation targets.

This case focuses on the innovative initiatives of Silicon Valley Community Ventures for delivering high quality technical assistance to its portfolio companies. Learn more about how this works and the challenges presented as SVCV expands its program.