The nature and role of early stage equity financing in the development of emerging entrepreneurial ventures in the software industry is examined. To provide an understanding of the relationship between the suppliers of capital and the ventures they bankroll, issues concerning equity positions...

<title/> This paper reviews 20 years of research on the angel segment of the venture capital market. A lot has been learnt from one-shot studies of the attitudes, behaviour and characteristics of business angels. Taxonomies have been developed. However, we now need systematic insights into the dynamics...

The nature and role of early stage equity financing in the development of emerging entrepreneurial ventures in the software industry is examined. To provide an understanding of the relationship between the suppliers of capital and the ventures they bankroll, issues concerning equity positions...