Venture capital market complementarities: The links between business angels and venture capital funds in the United Kingdom

Venture Capital

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 223-242

  Harrison, Richard T ^a   Mason, Colin M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business angels; Co investment; Deal referral; Early stage capital market; Sequential investment; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011137626     PISSN: 13691066     EISSN: 14645343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691060050135091     Document Type: Article

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