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Informed Capital in a Hostile Environment: The Case of Relational Investors in Germany

Discussion Papers 549, 28 S.

Dorothea Schäfer, Dirk Schilder

2006. Jan.

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Abstract

Informed capital is a crucial ingredient to a well-functioning market for start-up finance, especially in times of difficult market conditions. For bank-based systems, the question regarding which investors actually supply informed capital has not yet been answered. To fill this gap, we conduct a survey among German suppliers of start-up finance. We find significant differences between the investors which are linked to banks and those financiers which are not. Although, the bankrelated group, including public equity suppliers, delivers some sort of informed capital, venture capital companies and Business Angels are the key providers of informed capital in the German market for start-up finance.

Dorothea Schäfer

Research Director Financial Markets in the Communications Department



JEL-Classification: G21;G24;D21;M13;O16
Keywords: Informed capital, Start-up financing, Venture capital, Banks, Information
Frei zugängliche Version: (econstor)
http://hdl.handle.net/10419/18442

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