Sources of funds and investment activities of venture capital funds: Evidence from Germany, Israel, Japan and the United Kingdom

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 586-608

  Mayer, Colin ^a   Schoors, Koen ^b   Yafeh, Yishay ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Investment stage; Venture capital financing

Indexed keywords

EID: 20444487324     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2004.02.003     Document Type: Article

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