Essays about: "european venture capital"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 29 essays containing the words european venture capital.

1. 1. INTEREST RATES AND VENTURE CAPITAL INVESTMENTS: Early evidence of the heterogeneous effects of rising interest rates across funding stages

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

   Author : Eric Persson; Johan Skantz; [2023]
   Keywords : Venture Capital Investments; VC; Monetary Policy; Interest Rates;

   Abstract : This thesis examines the impact of rising central bank interest rates on European venture capital investment activity between 2016 and the first quarter of 2023. Using a comprehensive dataset of 32,832 funding rounds across different funding stages, we run a set of regressions to study the relationship between interest rates and VC investments measured by total invested amounts, number of rounds, and average round size. READ MORE

3. 2. Private Equity and Venture Capital Investment Attractiveness

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Samuel Dahlman; Kimiya Esphabodi; [2023]
   Keywords : Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This paper is a cross-country study on how national culture affects institutional private equity and venture capital investments in Europe and is based on the previous works of Groh, Liechtenstein and Lieser (2010) and Hofstede, Hofstede and Minkov (2011). We argue that national culture affects capital allocation and that this parameter is often missing in the contemporary discourse on the drivers of investments. READ MORE

4. 3. A comparison of the innovation performance of European entrepreneurial firms backed by Corporate Venture Capital and Independent Venture Capital

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

   Author : Suzanne Mooren; James Gibbons; [2023]
   Keywords : Corporate Venture Capital; Independent Venture Capital; Innovation; Publicly Owned Firms; Europe;

   Abstract : Corporate venture capital (CVC) has seen an enormous rise in Europe over the past decade, however, has been scarcely researched in terms of its impact on innovation. This paper is the first one to examine the impact of corporate venture capital (CVC) on the innovation, measured as number of patents granted and number of citations per patent, of public portfolio firms in comparison to firms backed by independent venture capital (IVC) in Europe. READ MORE

5. 4. Innovation in Defense : characteristics of high-performing defense startups

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Sebastian Uggla; [2022]
   Keywords : Defense; Innovation; Venture Capital; SBIR; Machine Learning; Patents; Försvar; Innovation; Riskkapital; SBIR; Maskininlärning; Patent;

   Abstract : Recently several European countries have announced massive increases in their military budgets. Innovation initiatives organized by NATO and the European Defence Fund will also be conducted over the coming decade. READ MORE

6. 5. The Most Influential Team Attributes When Predicting Start-up Success : A quantitative study of 25 430 European new ventures

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

   Author : Johan Torssell; [2022]
   Keywords : Venture Capital; Entrepreneurship; Team Attributes; Start-ups; Venture Capital; Entreprenörskap; Team-attribut; Start-ups;

   Abstract : Digitisation, quantitative analysis, and data-driven methods have been used for investment decision support for more than two decades within the finance sector, however there are great differences of its adoption in different parts of the financial market. One part of the market that has not yet achieved a high level of adoption is the Venture capital (VC) industry. READ MORE