Business angels and love money investors: Segments of the informal market for risk capital

Venture Capital

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 355-369

  Riding, Allan L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Business angels; Informal investment; Rates of return

Indexed keywords

EID: 54049104449     PISSN: 13691066     EISSN: 14645343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691060802351222     Document Type: Article

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