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Empirical examination of relationship between venture capital financing and profitability of portfolio companies in Uganda

Kato, Ahmed I.; Germinah, Chiloane-Phetla E. - In: Journal of innovation and entrepreneurship : JIE 11 (2022), pp. 1-18

In recent times, venture capital (VC) financing has evolved as an alternative feasible funding model for young innovative companies. Existing studies focus on whether VC enhances profitability. While helpful, this body of work does not address a critical question: whether VC firms are more...

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Does venture capital affect crowdfunding performance?

Chang, Chia-ling; Lee, Yen-Sheng; Tien, Han-Kun - In: Economic review : journal of economics & business 19 (2021) 2, pp. 53-64

This study quantitatively discusses the relationship among venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, and crowdfunders. It considers the effectiveness of venture capital on the performance of crowdfunding campaigns started by entrepreneurs. Specifically, we split 274,220 crowdfunding projects into...

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Uncovering the Outcomes of Equity Crowdfunding : Post-Funding Outcomes of Equity Crowdfunded Firms in Europe

Décarre, Maxence - 2015

The aim of this study is to explore the previously unresearched outcomes of firms funded through equity crowdfunding, a novel type of entrepreneurial finance. We study the outcomes of a sample of 337 firms funded on equity crowdfunding platforms in Europe between 2009 and 2014. By incorporating...

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Co-Investment Networks of Business Angels and the Performance of Their Start-Up Investments

Werth, Jochen Christian - 2014

The venture capital literature has established the positive impact of coinvestment networks on the performance of start-up investments. In early stages, however, often angel financing is the primary source of external equity. Using a novel in-depth data set of U.S. high technology start-ups we...

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Early-Stage Investors’ Criteria and New Venture Financial Performance : Are They Related?

Alemany, Luisa - 2014

In this study, we examine whether there is a relationship between the three key espoused criteria that early-stage investors use for evaluating new venture opportunities (the entrepreneurial team, the market potential and the product/service) and subsequent new venture performance. We test this...

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Corporate Venture Capital and Corporate Governance in Newly Public Firms : Evidence from Venture Backed IPOs

Ivanov, Vladimir I. - 2011

We investigate the corporate governance of venture capital (VC) backed IPO firms that enter into strategic alliances. Startups often have alliances with outside strategic partners and with parents of corporate VCs (CVCs), who primarily invest in startups for strategic reasons. Both CVCs and...

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Equity crowdfunding in Germany and the UK : follow-up funding and firm survival

Hornuf, Lars; Schmitt, Matthias - 2017 - This version: August 17, 2017

Today, start-ups often obtain financing via the Internet through many small contributions of non-sophisticated investors. Yet little is known about whether these start-ups can ultimately build enduring businesses. In this paper, we hand-collected data from 38 different equity crowdfunding (ECF)...

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Alternative sources of financing and the sustainability of Cameroonian start-ups

Zogning, Félix; Bityé, Mireille; Emile, Massoussi Ma … - In: Journal of entrepreneurial finance : JEF ; official … 24 (2022) 3, pp. 120-136

The objective of the paper is to assess the contribution of alternative sources of financing to the survival of SMIs through an analysis of start-ups in Cameroon. Our study employs a qualitative multisite case study methodology. Data was collected from both documentary and primary sources. For...

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Impact of Listing on Strategic Corporate Finance of SME's

Kulkarni, Prasanna - 2016

decisions and working capital decisions.The corporate finance issues related to SME'S are unique and cannot be compared with … SME's in India.While SME listing has been allowed in a few other countries such as UK, USA, Japan; it is allowed for the … first time in India. In the current economic scenario, raising of funds by SME's through capital markets will definitely …

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Late-stage venture capital and firm performance : evidence from small and medium-sized enterprises in China

Dai, Xiaoyong; Chapman, Gary; Shen, Hao - In: Applied economics 54 (2022) 20, pp. 2356-2372

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