Do VCs use inside rounds to dilute founders? Some evidence from Silicon Valley

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1104-1120

  Broughman, Brian J ^a   Fried, Jesse M ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Corporate law; Dilution; Inside financing; Inside rounds; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864819950     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2012.06.012     Document Type: Article

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