We address the question: do technology investors differ from traditional investors? Employing a conjoint methodology, we identified 28 technology investors from a sample of 68 European early stage investors. Comparing the two groups of investors we found that: (1) technology investors were not...

<title/> This paper compares the approaches to investee valuation and sources of information used by venture capital investors in the US, Hong Kong, India and Singapore. The results identify significant differences in respect of the use of asset valuation, earnings before interest, depreciation and...

<title/> This paper uses UK survey data to investigate the different motives that venture capital firms have for syndicating equity investments, partner selection, and the link between competition and syndication in the market. The traditional finance perspective views syndication as a response to the...

<title/> Venture capital in Asia and the Pacific Rim is of increasing importance because of the heterogeneity of the countries in the region in terms of their stage of economic development, their institutional systems and cultures and the state of development of their venture capital markets. This...