This paper investigates how patent applications and grants held by new ventures improve their ability to attract venture capital (VC) financing. We argue that investors are faced with considerable uncertainty and therefore rely on patents as signals when trying to assess the prospects of...

Entrepreneurs are often faced with problems regarding start-up financing. But compared to novice entrepreneurs, experienced entrepreneurs should have both more knowledge and better contacts, which should potentially reduce the occurrence of problems and affect finance composition. However,...

Thema dieses Kompendiums ist die Finanzierung von Unternehmensgründungen und des Unternehmenswachstums in einer frühen Phase. Der Band mit wissenschaftlichen Beiträgen von prominenten Fachvertretern ist die erste geschlossene Publikation zum Thema Entrepreneurial Finance. Er wendet sich...