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  1. 1. Managing Venture Capital in times of Uncertainty - Fund managers perspective

    Kandidat-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Författare :Aghil Aghili; Hampus Borgström; Oscar Elfvin; [2023-02-27]
    Nyckelord :VC; Private Equity; Interest Rates; Supply Demand; Familiarity Bias; Natural Rate of Interest.;

    Sammanfattning : This study aims to investigate the fundraising and investment process of Venture Capital funds and how the managers act during times of increased rates and times of uncertainties. Due to the uncertain times of high inflation and increasing interest rates, pressure has been put on financial markets. LÄS MER

  3. 2. And the similar shall lead: the role of the affinity bias in the Italian Venture Capital investment decisions

    D-uppsats, Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Författare :Marco Parente; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Venture Capital; Behavioural Finance; Affinity bias;

    Sammanfattning : This paper analyses the role of the affinity bias in the Italian Venture Capital (VC) ecosystem. The background idea is that, when seeking for investment opportunities, VC funds' partners may be subject to psychological biases and unintentionally prioritise founders who share with them cultural and genetic features. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Impact Investing in Venture Capital - Combining Impact with Financial Return: Case Study of Norrsken VC's Investment in Elypta

    D-uppsats, Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Författare :Lucas Rintala; Emils Seilis; [2022]
    Nyckelord :Venture Capital; Impact Investing; Impact Assessment; Private Partnership Contracts;

    Sammanfattning : The purpose of this thesis is to investigate how an impact venture capital fund defines and measures impact, incorporates impact assessment in the decision-making process, and mitigates the multitasking problem. We perform an in-depth case study of Norrsken VC and its investment in the early-stage start-up Elypta. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Turning the Titans: Institutional Ownership and ESG Performance in Nordic Firms

    C-uppsats, Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Författare :Aram Jimal; Eelis Pankolainen; [2022]
    Nyckelord :Sustainability; Nordics; ESG; Institutional investors; Corporate Finance;

    Sammanfattning : This paper examines whether institutional investors drive ESG performance of public firms in the Nordic countries and whether the effect differs depending on the type of investor. We find evidence that institutional investor ownership in aggregate has a positive correlation effect on firm ESG-performance as measured by the Refinitiv Eikon index. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Inside the black box of the government subsidy selection process

    D-uppsats, Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning

    Författare :Fredrik Brändström; Johan Dyster-Aas; [2022]
    Nyckelord :Government subsidy selection process; Signaling theory; Innovative new ventures; Public Policy;

    Sammanfattning : New ventures and their positive effect on the economy and society have received great attention in recent decades by scholars and public policy makers. However, the prospects of new ventures are uncertain and most of them fail within a five-year period. LÄS MER