Essays about: "venture capital invest"

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  1. 11. Venture Capital & Green Ventures : Developing an Understanding of the Investment Decision

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Enrico Sabbi; Triantafyllia Karampini; [2019]
    Keywords : entrepreneurial finance; environmental entrepreneurship; green startups; green entrepreneurs; green venture capital;

    Abstract : There has been a continuous interest in academia with regard to the venture capital (VC) as themain flourishing aid to new business. Nowadays, academia and the public consider it ‘hot‘ to argue and invest in business that define their activities with sustainable goals, and callthemselves ‘green’, ‘clean’ or ‘eco’. READ MORE

  3. 12. Opposites Attract: Experimental evidence on the effects of gender in venture capitalists' investment decision-making

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

    Author : Marianne Österlund; Niklas Ersson; [2019]
    Keywords : Venture Capital; Entrepreneurship; Gender; Homophily; Tokenism;

    Abstract : Female founders are known to raise less venture funding than their male counterparts. The conventional argument is that an increase of women in investment committees would increase the capital allocated to female founders. However, the female venture capitalists' willingness to invest in female founders remain untested. READ MORE

  4. 13. Mixed Venture Capital Syndicates: How Independent Venture Capital Firms Evaluate Corporate Venture Capital Arms as Syndication Partners

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Sebastian Misurák; Philip Steen; [2018-07-06]
    Keywords : Venture Capital; Corporate Venture Capital; Independent Venture Capital; Syndicate; Predictability; Value-added Capabilities; Agency Theory; Resource-Based View;

    Abstract : Background and Problem Formulation: Since 2012 there has been a steady increase of corporate venture capital (CVC) activity in The Silicon Valley. In 2017 more than 20 % of the total venture capital investment was made by corporate actors. READ MORE

  5. 14. Are Swedish venture capitalists stuck in the past? : An explorative study on Swedish venture capitalists' position in the funding landscape of new technology-based firms

    University essay from KTH/Industriell Marknadsföring och Entreprenörskap

    Author : Charlotte Fahnehjelm; Joakim Larsson; [2018]
    Keywords : Swedish Venture Capital; Traditional Venture Capital; Government Venture Capital; Venture Capital Investing; New Technology; New Technology commercialization; NTBFs; Investment criteria; Venture Capital preferences; NTBFs challenges; NTBFs funding landscape; Svensk Venture Capital; Traditionell Venture Capital; Publikt Venture Capital; Venture Capital Investeringar; Ny Teknologi; kommersialisering; NTBFs; investeringskriterier; Venture Capital preferenser; NTBFs utmaningar; NTBFs finansieringslandskap;

    Abstract : Currently, there are indications that Europe is facing an innovation deficit. The main explanation to the lack of innovation is considered to be that new technology-based firms are facing difficulties in receiving funding and consequently do not establish on the market. READ MORE

  6. 15. Venture capital and the hazard of exit: The role of corporate funds

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Joel Johansson; Tor Fardell; [2017-07-25]
    Keywords : Venture Capital; Corporate Venture Capital; Survival Analysis; Fine and Gray s Proportional Subhazard Model; Exit; IPO; M A;

    Abstract : We study how corporate venture capital investments affect the hazard of exit outcomes in start-up companies. The presence of corporate venture capital in a syndicate of venture capitalists raises the likelihood of exit. However, these exits are most likely to be IPOs. READ MORE