Informational content of the business plan
Previous financing and funding request
The interaction between the venture capitalist and
the entrepreneur is characterized by high levels
of information asymmetry. Knowing that a third
party has vetted a particular funding request and
deemed it worthy of investment is a potential
cue. This effect is well documented in the context
of initial public offerings. For example, finance
scholars have found that the participation of VC
investors conveys valuable information to IPO
investors (cf. Megginson and Weiss, 1991). Similarly,
Stuart, Hoang, and Hybels, (1999) find that
previous funding, as well as strategic alliances,
convey increased legitimacy to IPO investors. By
analogy, venture capitalists may view prior equity
investment as a signal of quality. Accordingly,
we would expect entrepreneurs to include information
attesting to prior funding in their plans if
indeed they had received it.8 Conditional on funding,
a higher amount of funding would represent a
stronger endorsement.
We hypothesize:
Hypothesis 2: Ventures associated with planning
documents that include statements of prior non-
VC external private equity funding are more
likely to receive VC funding.
Hypothesis 2a: Conditional on inclusion of
information about prior non-VC external private
equity funding, documents that report greater
amounts of funding are more likely to receive
VC funding.
The size of VC firms has grown over time
(Gompers and Lerner, 1999). However, managerial
expertise is not necessarily scalable. Hence, venture
capitalists tend to finance in larger amounts
than other non-venture private equity investors
Informational content of the business plan
Previous financing and funding request
The interaction between the venture capitalist and
the entrepreneur is characterized by high levels
of information asymmetry. Knowing that a third
party has vetted a particular funding request and
deemed it worthy of investment is a potential
cue. This effect is well documented in the context
of initial public offerings. For example, finance
scholars have found that the participation of VC
investors conveys valuable information to IPO
investors (cf. Megginson and Weiss, 1991). Similarly,
Stuart, Hoang, and Hybels, (1999) find that
previous funding, as well as strategic alliances,
convey increased legitimacy to IPO investors. By
analogy, venture capitalists may view prior equity
investment as a signal of quality. Accordingly,
we would expect entrepreneurs to include information
attesting to prior funding in their plans if
indeed they had received it.8 Conditional on funding,
a higher amount of funding would represent a
stronger endorsement.
We hypothesize:
Hypothesis 2: Ventures associated with planning
documents that include statements of prior non-
VC external private equity funding are more
likely to receive VC funding.
Hypothesis 2a: Conditional on inclusion of
information about prior non-VC external private
equity funding, documents that report greater
amounts of funding are more likely to receive
VC funding.
The size of VC firms has grown over time
(Gompers and Lerner, 1999). However, managerial
expertise is not necessarily scalable. Hence, venture
capitalists tend to finance in larger amounts
than other non-venture private equity investors
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