How does entrepreneurial financing differ from traditional financing? This study sheds new light on this central question of entrepreneurial finance literature by exploring the distinctive role of soft information in a high-tech start-up’s debt financing. Entrepreneurial investors can obtain...

This study determines the role of different modes of financing in shaping firms' startup size decision. According to the principal hypothesis, the greater the startup's access to bank loans and external private equity, the larger the startup will be. It is also hypothesized that the positive...