Do investors and entrepreneurs match? – Evidence from the Netherlands and Sweden

Entrepreneurs and investors face challenges in the ‘thin market’ for early stage entrepreneurial finance. Improving the situation has been a priority of policy makers for at least a decade, however, the challenges in this matching process are still poorly understood. Theory suggests that matching problems may originate in different perceptions in areas such as evaluation criteria, risk and risk management by investors and entrepreneurs. To find a good match it is essential to understand what is important to your counterpart. These problems are likely to be strongest in new and capital intensiv... Mehr ...