eBoys: The First Inside Account of Venture Capitalists at Work by Randall E. Stross

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This very interesting book tells the inside story of Benchmark Capital, arguably the world's most prestigious venture capital firm. Insight into Benchmark's procedures for reviewing start-up business plans and deciding who to make partner are covered.

Angel Investing: Matching Startup Funds with Startup Companies by Robert J. Robinson and Mark Van Osnabrugge

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Personal interviews, anecdotal evidence, and more than 300 research studies provide insightful looks into angel investors who, as the book clearly states, provide many times more capital than the better-known venture capitalists. This is your book if you want to learn more about angel investors.

Done Deals: Venture Capitalists Tell Their Stories by Udajan Gupta (editor)

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35 personal accounts are contained in this guide that are told from the first person perspective of investments in such start ups as Excite, Genentech, Intel and 3Com. While all of these accounts are rather ancient, they do provide good insight into how the venture capitalists keep a much bigger focus on the deals' returns than why the deals were funded.

Inside the Minds: Venture Capitalists Inside the High Stakes and Fast Moving World of Venture Capital

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This book contains interviews with many of the leading venture capitalists in the industry. It also covers how they examine business models and fund investments. The segment about the thoughts on the future of the Internet is especially interesting as this book was published in April of 2000 – right before the Internet speculative bubble burst.