Barriers to investment in the informal venture capital sector

By Colin Mason, Richard T. Harrison. 2002

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‘I Like How You Think’: Similarity as an Interaction Bias in the Investor–Entrepreneur Dyad (2011, unknown): “This research represents an important step towards advancing our understanding of the decision polices of VCs with regard to how (what impact) the attributes of a given investment opportunity relate to the likelihood of a positive investment decision (Mason and Harrison, 2002; Wiltbank, 2005).”
The pre-investment behaviour of business angels: a social capital approach (2003, background): “…costs, meaning that both investors and entrepreneurs are hampered since they cannot find a suitable informal investor, while informal investors find it difficult to identify interesting investment proposals (Freear et al. 1992, Lumme et al. 1998, Reitan and Sörheim 2000, Mason and Harrison 2002).”
Founders, Private Equity Investors, and Underpricing in Entrepreneurial IPOs (2009, background): “The business angel also is more likely to invest with those that they have contact with (Mason and Harrison, 2002).”
Regional determinants of entrepreneurial start-ups in a developing country (2008, background): “This is that informal venture capital may be more important for start-ups than banks (Mason and Harrison 2000, 2002).”
What Drives Micro-Angel Investments? (2005, background): “Conversely, prior research has also suggested that poor personal familiarity with entrepreneurs might act as a barrier for increased informal investment ( Mason and Harrison, 2002a ).”
Heuristics, learning and the business angel investment decision-making process (2015, background): “…and Landström 2001; Paul et al. 2003), most previous studies, by neglecting specific consideration of the issue, implicitly assume angel investors know what they are doing and that their approach to investing does not change with investment experience (Mason and Harrison 2002; Mason 2006).”
Bootstrap financing and owners’ perceptions of their business constraints and opportunities (2005, background): “Yet, there appears to be varying constraints on outside investment (Mason and Harrison 2002).”
Financing technology-based small firms in Europe: what do we know? (2012, background): “knowledge and competencies of all the actors involved (entrepreneurs, BA) and other members of the network (accountants, lawyers, banks, consultants) (Mason and Harrison 2002).”
Informal Sources of Venture Finance (2006, background): “First, most business angels have further funds available to invest (Coveney and Moore, 1998; Mason and Harrison, 1994; 2002a) but cannot identify appropriate investment opportunities.”
The Impact of Human and Social Capital on Entrepreneurs’ Knowledge of Finance Alternatives (2012, background): “Scholars studying finance constraints within ventures have largely stressed supply-side arguments, thereby putting the decision-making process of investors in the foreground (Mason and Harrison 2002; Wright and Robbie 1998).”