The founding directors of newly incorporated companies bring social capital (reputation, networks, business relationships) and human capital (task-related, professional and director experience) to a new venture and founding boards vary in degree of heterogeneity (size, diversity, turnover). This...

This report tracks venture capital and private equity investment activities (equity finance) that have funded and supported innovative and growing business in the UK over the past decade (2011-2022). The latter period, of course, includes the pandemic and perhaps the largest ever collapse in UK...

The founding directors of newly incorporated companies bring social capital (reputation, networks, business relationships) and human capital (task-related, professional and director experience) to a new venture and founding boards vary in degree of heterogeneity (size, diversity, turnover). This...