This article surveys research on the effects of digitalization on access to finance. We focus
the review on access through fintech. We review the growth of three main fintech …

The fields of venture capital and private equity are rooted in financing research on capital
budgeting and initial public offering (IPO). Both fields have grown considerably in recent …

Nowadays equity crowdfunding plays an important role in the entrepreneurial finance
markets. To better understand the functioning of the industry, it is important to consider the …

Entrepreneurial finance markets are in a dynamic state. New market niches and players
have developed and continue to emerge. The rules of the game and the methods for …

Research on initial coin offerings (ICOs) is nascent and assesses ICOs from the
perspectives of ventures and regulators. Little is known about the equally important group of …

Purpose This paper aims to provide an in-depth examination of the emergent state of
financial technology (fintech), particularly emphasizing capital-raising innovations and their …

We hypothesize that environmental, social, and governance (ESG) goals enable
crowdfunding platforms to attract more investors and thus survive longer. Using data on the …

Equity crowdfunding has the potential to democratize entrepreneurial finance and provide
female entrepreneurs with new and equal access to early-stage financing. In this paper, we …

Equity crowdfunding has emerged as a new landscape for financing ideas and innovations.
While a number of countries has come a long way and developed equity crowdfunding …

This study furthers recent research on Initial Coin Offerings (ICO) in understanding the set of
characteristics that drive ICO performance and reduce information asymmetry. Using data on …