from an angel investor is independent of the entrepreneurs' gender and initial asking valuation. However, consistent with …

There is an ongoing debate on why female entrepreneurs face greater challenges than their male counterparts do in … raising capital for their companies. Rooted in homophily – theory supporting the notion that women support women – is the …

crowdfunding. Based on a study of 220 enterprises that pursued equity crowdfunding in Germany between January 2011 and November … through equity crowdfunding contribute little to reduced hazard rates of the ventures …

between those who want to invest money and those who need it. Equity crowdfunding platforms are one such mechanism. Using a … sample of 58 equity offerings of UK crowdfunding platform Seedrs, we show that (1) gender diversity is higher in equity … crowdfunding than in other entrepreneurial finance markets and that (2) gender impacts the interaction between demand and supply of …