This paper summarizes findings from approximately 150 studies that address characteristics of private equity investments in general, and investments in technology companies in specific. The paper is structured along the private equity investment cycle and follows the successive phases of market...

Crowdfunding has been rising rapidly as a new entrepreneurial finance channel. Research on crowdfunding has also been on the rise recently, with social capital theory as one of the most promising theories for understanding crowdfunding. Research on the relationship between social capital and...