This paper reviews 20 years of research on the angel segment of the venture capital market.
A lot has been learnt from one-shot studies of the attitudes, behaviour and characteristics of …

Even though scholars have amassed a large body of research on angel investors, few
systematic and comprehensive reviews are available. The purpose of this monograph is to …

This is one of the first efforts to systematically study attributes of women business owners
and their equity financing strategies. The study explored the factors associated with the use …

Women-owned businesses are the fastest growing sector of new venture ownership in the
United States. Although women's access to, and use of, debt and venture capital financing …

Angel financing is one of the most common, but least studied methods, to finance new
ventures. In this paper, I propose a model to explain angel behavior. I use a unique dataset …

Much of the government intervention into the market 'gap'for start-up and early-stage equity
finance in the UK is based on the belief that the problem is on the supply side. Based on an …

Sourcing financial capital is a crucial issue for new ventures. Angel investors are wealthy
individuals cited by many researchers as the most important source of capital for startup …

Equity capital fuels growth companies and yields high returns for investors. The process of
equity investment and ultimate harvesting of innovative companies has created significant …

There is evidence from a number of countries that small firms encounter a shortage of long-
term investment finance, particularly at start-up and initial growth. Expansion of the …

One of the most interesting insights from the Global Enterprise Monitor (GEM)—an annual
international survey of entrepreneurial activity in some 40 countries—is that informal sources …