Venture Capital Support and Entrepreneurial Autonomy How Do Venture Capitalists and Business Angels affect Young Entrepreneurial (growth) strategies?

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dc.contributor.advisorVaessen, P.
dc.contributor.authorBaas, Marijn de
dc.date.issued2022-06-16
dc.description.abstractThis explorative study aims to determine to what extent informal and formal venture capitalists influence the growth strategy of start-ups and if there is a difference in the degree of influence between informal and formal venture capitalists. The objective of this research led us to the following research question: “To what extent and if applicable, how do venture capital investors affect the growth strategies of start-ups?” Semi-structured interviews have been held with 11 start-ups. Six start-ups were funded by informal venture capitalists and five were by formal venture capitalists. The data has been coded per theme and analysed accordingly. The results show that both informal- and formal venture capitalists influence the growth strategy of start-ups investigated in this research. However, informal- and formal investors do this in their own way. The results indicate that formal venture capitalists generally try to influence a start-up’s growth strategy to a larger extent than informal venture capitalists. This is by co-developing the strategy with the entrepreneur or focusing on a specific industry. Additionally, start-ups funded by formal venture capitalists are very optimistic about their experiences with formal venture capitalists. Therefore, it contradicts some of many entrepreneurs' negative thoughts about them.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://theses.ubn.ru.nl/handle/123456789/13046
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.thesis.facultyFaculteit der Managementwetenschappenen_US
dc.thesis.specialisationInnovation and Entrepreneurshipen_US
dc.thesis.studyprogrammeMaster Business Administrationen_US
dc.thesis.typeMasteren_US
dc.titleVenture Capital Support and Entrepreneurial Autonomy How Do Venture Capitalists and Business Angels affect Young Entrepreneurial (growth) strategies?en_US
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