This paper presents a first–ever empirical examination of the effectiveness of signals that
entrepreneurs use to induce (small) investors to commit financial resources in an equity …

Startup-valuation is a critical area of research within entrepreneurial finance, but research
on this topic is less consistent and thorough than overall valuation research. Peer-reviewed …

This survey reviews the growing body of academic work on venture capital. It lays out the
major data sources used. It examines the work on venture capital investments in companies …

Entrepreneurial exit is a major event in the development of a venture. However, we have
little understanding of the factors that drive the development of an important pre-cursor to …

This article investigates factors that affect rejection rates in applications for outside finance
among different types of investors (banks, venture capital funds, leasing firms, factoring …

Using a sample of European venture capital (VC) investments, I study the relation between
VC contracts and exits. The data indicate that ex ante, stronger VC control rights increase …

We examine how initial public offerings (IPOs) and acquisitions affect entrepreneurial
innovation as measured by patent counts and forward patent citations. We construct a firm …

This paper introduces an analysis of the impact of Legality on the exiting of venture capital
investments. We consider a sample of 468 venture-backed companies from 12 Asia-Pacific …

This study explores the concept of massive and rapid business scaling (MRBS) in the
context of digital start-ups by identifying 20 factors clustered into seven core drivers. Through …

This paper explores factors that affect portfolio size among a sample of venture capital
financing data from 214 Canadian funds. Four categories of factors affect portfolio size:(1) …