"This book synthesises current knowledge on entrepreneurial finance. It provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the state-of-the-art in entrepreneurial finance, with a focus on its ecosystem and main players. It analyses different channels of funding for young and growing ventures,...

This work studies the extent to which the investments of young high-tech companies in Europe are supported by public venture capital (PVC) financing. We estimate an investment equation derived from a sales accelerator model, and benchmark PVC to the most well-known category of venture capital:...

This work studies how and when venture capital (VC) affects the investment of its portfolio firms. We estimate an Error Correction Model that takes into account the non-linearity of the investment curve on a sample of 361 young high-tech firms in 6 European countries. The direct effect of VC on...