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A research note on entrepreneurs’ financial commitment and crowdfunding success

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  • Jonas Löher
  • Stefan Schneck
  • Arndt Werner

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Established early stage investors decide to invest in new ventures after evaluating the propensity of success and the risk of failure. Consequently, it is of considerable importance that the founders invest substantial own financial means and are thus highly committed to business success. Despite its key role in practice, the entrepreneurs’ own financial commitment has not yet been discussed in an equity crowdfunding context. Applying a signalling approach, our empirical findings show that entrepreneurs with comparatively more ex ante financial commitment in their venture achieve significantly higher funding success. Moreover, our results suggest that financial commitment is the single most important variable determining funding success.

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  • Jonas Löher & Stefan Schneck & Arndt Werner, 2018. "A research note on entrepreneurs’ financial commitment and crowdfunding success," Venture Capital, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 20(3), pages 309-322, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:veecee:v:20:y:2018:i:3:p:309-322
    DOI: 10.1080/13691066.2018.1480864
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    1. Reyna Rodarte-Arreola & Ana Maria Bojica & María del Mar Fuentes-Fuentes, 2024. "How does prosocial motivation influence the probability of an entrepreneur registering a new firm? An analysis of its interaction with business gestation activities," International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, Springer, vol. 20(2), pages 1067-1088, June.
    2. Chia-Ling Chang & Yen-Sheng Lee & Han-Kun Tien, 2021. "Does Venture Capital Affect Crowdfunding Performance?," Economic Review: Journal of Economics and Business, University of Tuzla, Faculty of Economics, vol. 19(2), pages 53-64, November.
    3. Semen Son Turan, 2021. "Uncovering trust signals in equity crowdfunding: A systematic literature review," International Journal of Research in Business and Social Science (2147-4478), Center for the Strategic Studies in Business and Finance, vol. 10(4), pages 215-225, June.
    4. Syed Muhammad Hamza Abid Wasti & Jaleel Ahmed & Mushtaq Hussain Khan, 2024. "Role of successive round as a quality signal in equity crowdfunding: Novel evidence from the perspective of investors’ preferences," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 19(3), pages 1-16, March.
    5. Julian Bafera & Simon Kleinert, 2023. "Signaling Theory in Entrepreneurship Research: A Systematic Review and Research Agenda," Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, , vol. 47(6), pages 2419-2464, November.

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    JEL classification:

    • G11 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Portfolio Choice; Investment Decisions
    • G19 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Other
    • G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
    • M13 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - New Firms; Startups

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