Essays about: "Business angels"

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  1. 1. Womens Club? : The Role of Gender in the Female Business Angel’s Investment Process

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Hanna Edenvik; Amon Suhr Perez; [2024]
    Keywords : homosociality; heterosociality; business angel; gender; investment process; entrepreneur; homosocialitet; heterosocialitet; affärsängel; kön; investeringsprocess; entreprenör;

    Abstract : Business angels constitute an increasingly important source of capital for entrepreneurs in their ventures’ early stages. Previous research and reports, however, state that female entrepreneurs are heavily underfunded. READ MORE

  3. 2. Legitimacy Alignment: The Role of Legitimacy Judgments in the Emergence of New Organizational Forms : An Exploratory Single Case Study about the Angel Investment Organization STOAF and its Emergence into a New Stable Organizational Form.

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    Author : Adam Backman; Moritz Scherer; [2023]
    Keywords : legitimacy; organizational form; emergence; business angel; angel investment organization; business angel fund;

    Abstract : Background:Business Angels (BA) and Angel Investment Organizations (AIO) have become an essential source of capital for entrepreneurs, whereas Business Angel Groups (BAG) are the most recent organizational form in which Business Angels organize themselves. However, BAG still face several issues that prevent them from success in the long term, such as identifying the right members and creating membership engagement. READ MORE

  4. 3. Investor Influence on Startups' Sustainability Orientation: Exploring Causation and Effectuation Approaches

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Marcel Hakim Jendoubi; Madeleine Rosendahl; [2023]
    Keywords : Sustainable Entrepreneurship; Sustainability Orientation; Entrepreneurial Finance; Causation; Effectuation;

    Abstract : This study investigates the influence of investors on the sustainability orientation of startups and the use of causation and effectuation approaches. The aim of the study is to gain a comprehensive understanding of how and why investors influence startups in their sustainability orientation, and what impact this has on the use of causation and effectuation decision-making logics. READ MORE

  5. 4. Gender stereotypes and fundraising: A qualitative study on female entrepreneur's experience of raising external capital in the Swedish market

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för marknadsföring och strategi

    Author : Carolina Westin; Anousha Parvaneh; [2022]
    Keywords : Female entrepreneurship; Diversity; Equity fundraising; Gender stereotypes;

    Abstract : More capital than ever is invested in Swedish tech startups, but only 1% of the capital goes to female-founded companies. The same trend is observed on the global level. READ MORE

  6. 5. Deal or no deal: A qualitative study examining how the entrepreneur's gender affects business angels' willingness to invest during the initial interaction

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning

    Author : Emma Dubo; Isabelle Norberg; [2022]
    Keywords : Business angel; Equity financing; Gender; Self-disclosure; Signaling;

    Abstract : Securing external equity financing from business angels (BAs) has been considered to be more difficult for female entrepreneurs in comparison to men and the underlying mechanisms for the disparity have been discussed. Some scholars argue that structural dissimilarities serve as one of the possible explanations, while others argue that female founders experience discrimination. READ MORE