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Liquidity events and returns of EIF-backed VC investments
Prencipe, Dario - 2017
Despite the sometimes intensive media coverage and exuberant storytelling around the industry, venture capital (VC) investors tend to operate in highly opaque markets. On this premise, this work contributes to the literature via a hand-collected dataset of about 3,600 EIF-backed VC investments...
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An elementary model of VC financing and growth
Greenwood, Jeremy; Han, Pengfei; Inokuma, Hiroshi; … - 2022
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The value of innovation for EIF-backed startups
Signore, Simone; Torfs, Wouter - 2017
1996 to 2014, as measured through patent applications. The paper is structured around two main parts. The first part … presents a series of descriptive statistics on EIF's VC investee patent portfolio and discusses some of the strategic aspects … Euro-value of innovations based on patent renewal data, following the seminal work of Pakes and Schankerman (1984). We …
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The reallocation effects of COVID-19 : evidence from venture capital investments around the world
Bellucci, Andrea; Borisov, Alexander; Gucciardi, Gianluca; … - 2022
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013205582
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The reallocation effects of COVID-19 : evidence from venture capital investments around the world
Bellucci, Andrea; Borisov, Alexander; Gucciardi, Gianluca; … - 2021
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012502612
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Syndication networks and company survival: evidence from European venture-capital deals
Christopoulos, Dimitris; Köppl, Stefan; Köppl-Turyna, … - 2020
We look at syndication in the venture capital industry. Investments conducted by syndicates are believed to have better chances of being successful, measured by the survival probability of portfolio companies or by successful exits. Using a novel and large dataset, covering several countries,...
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Growth patterns of EIF-backed startups
Signore, Simone - 2016
Start-up growth is often treated as a stylised fact, despite an extensive research body composed of divergent theories and empirical findings. Against this background, this work contributes to the literature by analysing a hand-collected dataset of 2,951 EIF-backed VC start-ups. Section 2...
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The business angel portfolio under the European Angels Fund : an empirical analysis
Gvetadze, Salome; Pal, Kristian; Torfs, Wouter - 2020
This paper analyses the Business Angel (BA) portfolio of the European Angels Fund (EAF), an initiative of the European Investment Fund, which engages in co-investment relationships with experienced business angels across Europe. It uses EIF’s proprietary database to shed light on a specific...
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The impact of VC on the exit and innovation outcomes of EIF-backed start-ups
Pavlova, Elitsa; Signore, Simone - 2021
We use competing risks methods to investigate the causal link between venture capital (VC) investments supported by the EIF and the exit prospects and patenting activity of young and innovative firms. Using a novel dataset covering European start-ups receiving VC financing in the years 2007 to...
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The economic impact of VC investments supported by the EIF
Pavlova, Elitsa; Signore, Simone - 2019
This paper examines the impact of venture capital (VC) investments supported by the EIF on the financial growth and performance of young and innovative firms. Using a novel dataset covering European start-ups supported by VC in the years 2007 to 2014, we generate a counterfactual group of...
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