Prem Jani
Pronouns: He/Him
Research Mentor(s): Emmanuel Yimfor
Research Mentor School/College/Department: Finance / Business
Program: UROPF
Session: Session 2 (10:00am – 10:50am)
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Abstract
Venture Capital is the biggest, most important mechanism of startup growth. Due to angel investing (the process of investors investing in startups), and the mechanisms in which entrepreneurs get capital for their companies, it has led to technological progression as well as growth of society. Due to this, there has been research done on the factors influencing VC funding, the amount of it, and success of the venture from this funding. Still, a lot more needs to be discovered in the VC space, such as why the aforementioned characteristics are actually relevant or how the founder’s personal attributes cultivate these VC relationships. These answers will help guide investors in the type of investments they make, and optimize the returns as the investments will be supplemented by the investor’s relationship and fit with the entrepreneur. There have been previous literature done on this topic as mentioned earlier, with publications by M. Ewens, R.R. Townsend, G. Gompers, S.N. Kaplan, and S. Bernstein, along with published statistics by The National Venture Capital Association. However, the bottom line is, for optimal investments and growth, the aforementioned questions need to be answered, and are sought after in this study.
