How to valuate accurately a new venture is a critical and under-researched question in entrepreneurial financing. Leveraging established theories in strategic management, this research study develops an integrative theoretical framework to examine whether venture capitalists' valuation of a new...

In the course of raising external equity, e.g. from venture capitalists, a quantitative valuation is usually required for entrepreneurial ventures. This paper examines the challenges of quantitatively valuing platform technology based entrepreneurial ventures. The distinct characteristics of...

We show that mutual funds report their junior stakes in startups at 43% higher valuation than model fair values that consider multi-tier capital structures of startups. The latest-issued and most senior security is worth 48% per share than junior securities held by mutual funds, implying that...

Die zunehmende Bedeutung von Intellectual Capital, die sich unter anderem in einer Verfünffachung der Market to Book-Ratios seit den 1980er widerspiegelt, wirft die Frage nach dem realen Unternehmensvermögen auf. Der Venture Capital-Markt und die Entrepreneurshipforschung bestätigten schon...