The evaluation of crowdfunding campaigns varies from person to person; some investors are more interested in the project's creativity, and others are more concerned with the profiles of entrepreneurs. The study investigated how entrepreneurs' face disclosure influenced the success of...

Crowdfunding has emerged as a transformative alternative to traditional innovation financing. Limitations of conventional funding sources have led to increased interest in alternative financing mechanisms. Crowdfunding, leveraging online platforms, has democratized access to capital, enabling...

New Venture Teams' (NVTs') collective emotions impact startup valuations through their intensity and diversity. I identify NVTs' affective traits with artificial emotional intelligence by tracking 2,520 individuals across 165 NVTs during their Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs). The level of NVTs'...

Initial coin offerings (ICOs), or token offerings, play a critical role in the digital economy as they are blockchain-based smart contracts used to raise funds by issuing cryptocurrency tokens (Momtaz, 2020). This research aims to study the factors affecting the acceptance of ICOs for investment...

Purpose This paper aims to search measures that unicorn startups have implemented during the pandemic and show what lessons can be learned to help entrepreneurs and small and medium businesses to overcome the crisis. Design/methodology/approach The method is a multiple case study with five...