Raising capital for rapid growth in young technology ventures: When business angels and venture capitalists coinvest

Venture Capital

Volumn 14, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 91-110

  Bonnet, Christophe ^a   Wirtz, Peter ^b  

^a GRENOBLE ECOLE DE MANAGEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MOULIN LYON 3   (France)

Author keywords

business angels; cognitive approach; technology ventures; venture capital; venture growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859709389     PISSN: 13691066     EISSN: 14645343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691066.2012.654603     Document Type: Article

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