Investigating signals on equity crowdfunding: Human capital, earlier investors, and social capital

Jungkook An, Hee Woong Kim

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Abstract

Although crowdfunding has emerged as a promising route to fundraising success, little is known about the specifics of equity-based crowdfunding. Using a data set of 1,111 start-ups with investment funding totaling over $4.67 billion, we analyzed the association between a start-up's underlying characteristics and its funding outcome. We found that a start-up's funding outcome is positively associated with its human capital, but negatively associated with earlier investors' business experience. Furthermore, our analyses revealed that investors have higher levels of social capital are a noise signal to later investors. These findings shed light on the critical role of human capital, investors' experience, and social capital as credible signals for start-up investment in equity crowdfunding.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)283-307
Number of pages25
JournalAsia Pacific Journal of Information Systems
Volume29
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2019 Jun 1

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Publisher Copyright:
© 2013 The Korean Society of Management Information Systems.

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Information Systems and Management

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