Method of operating a venture business

A computer implemented method for operating a venture capital investment business, the method comprising:

• monitoring by a business entity computer associated with a business entity an investment fund for venture capital and receiving by the business entity computer capital contribution information of an investor;
• administering by a fund managing entity computer associated with a fund managing entity and coupled to the business entity computer matters and decisions relating to the investment fund, and sending and receiving by the fund managing entity computer capital contribution information to the business entity computer, wherein the capital contribution information is used for an investment in a portfolio entity;
• wherein an investor computer associated with the investor receives from the business entity computer general participation interest information in the investment fund for the investor, as determined by the business entity computer, and
• the fund managing entity computer interfacing with the business entity computer for calculating carried interest information in the investment fund for the fund managing entity;
• determining by the business entity computer if the investor has provided at least a threshold capital contribution to the investment fund based on the capital contribution information of the investor, and if so to determining by the business entity computer stock rights in the business entity and providing by the business entity computer stock rights information based on the determined stock rights to the investor via the investor computer so that the investor can exercise the stock rights to become a shareholder in the business entity;
• determining by the business entity computer for the business entity a portion of IPO shares that become available in the portfolio entity;
• and
• determining by the business entity computer shareholders of the business entity that are entitled to purchase IPO shares among the portion of IPO shares secured by the business entity that become available in the portfolio entity.

A computer program product for distributing stock rights and including one or more computer executable instructions embedded on a computer readable medium and configured to cause one or more computer processors to perform the steps of:

• monitoring by a business entity computer associated with a business entity an investment fund for venture capital and receiving by the business entity computer capital contribution information of an investor;
• administering by a fund managing entity computer associated with a fund managing entity and coupled to the business entity computer matters and decisions relating to the investment fund, and sending and receiving by the fund managing entity computer capital contribution information to the business entity computer, wherein the capital contribution information is used for an investment in a portfolio entity;
• wherein an investor computer associated with the investor receives from the business entity computer general participation interest information in the investment fund for the investor, as determined by the business entity computer, and
• the fund managing entity computer interfacing with the business entity computer for calculating carried interest information in the investment fund for the fund managing entity;
• determining by the business entity computer if the investor has provided at least a threshold capital contribution to the investment fund based on the capital contribution information of the investor, and if so to determining by the business entity computer stock rights in the business entity and providing by the business entity computer stock rights information based on the determined stock rights to the investor via the investor computer so that the investor can exercise the stock rights to become a shareholder in the business entity;
• determining by the business entity computer for the business entity a portion of IPO shares that become available in the portfolio entity;
• and
• determining by the business entity computer shareholders of the business entity that are entitled to purchase IPO shares among the portion of IPO shares secured by the business entity that become available in the portfolio entity.