Funding acquisition drivers for new venture firms: Diminishing value of human capital signals in early rounds of funding
Multiple factors such as human capital, amount raised in the first round, innovation etc. have an impact on the funding prospect of new ventures. This paper explored the influencing factors that drive multiple rounds of funding for new venture firms and provided a much broader perspective of funding...
Main Authors: | , |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
LLC "CPC "Business Perspectives"
2019-02-01
|
Series: | Problems and Perspectives in Management |
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://businessperspectives.org/images/pdf/applications/publishing/templates/article/assets/11582/PPM_2019_01_Shetty.pdf |
Summary: | Multiple factors such as human capital, amount raised in the first round, innovation etc. have an impact on the funding prospect of new ventures. This paper explored the influencing factors that drive multiple rounds of funding for new venture firms and provided a much broader perspective of funding drivers during the early stages of the new venture firm. Using signalling theory and human capital theory, this paper analyzed signals that influence the acquisition of funds in the first round and whether those signals persisted for the second and third rounds of funding when information asymmetries between the investors and new venture firms reduce. This study disentangled the signalling effects of the human capital factors across three funding rounds and proved the diminishing value of signals across each subsequent round of funding. Finding showed that the signal effect from premier institution education was the only human capital signal that persisted across each round of funding, while other signals did not persist beyond the first round of funding. In addition, new venture firms with founders educated from premier educational institutions were able to attract more investors and close more funding rounds. This study also proved that the amount raised in the first round of funding positively impacted the amounts raised in the second and third rounds stressing its importance for new venture firms. Empirical demonstration of the propositions was done with 156 new venture firms in India, the fastest growing and third largest startup ecosystem in the world. |
---|---|
ISSN: | 1727-7051 1810-5467 |