A rapidly expanding body of entrepreneurship literature draws on signaling theory. Yet as
the field grows, common understanding of the theory's underlying constructs has become …

Equity crowdfunding has emerged as a new landscape for financing ideas and innovations.
While a number of countries has come a long way and developed equity crowdfunding …

Nowadays equity crowdfunding plays an important role in the entrepreneurial finance
markets. To better understand the functioning of the industry, it is important to consider the …

Entrepreneurial finance markets are in a dynamic state. New market niches and players
have developed and continue to emerge. The rules of the game and the methods for …

Equity crowdfunding has the potential to democratize entrepreneurial finance and provide
female entrepreneurs with new and equal access to early-stage financing. In this paper, we …

This article reviews the role and nature of equity crowdfunding (ECF) as a novel source of
entrepreneurial finance for unlisted startups and ventures. It is distinctive from extant reviews …

Value creation in the financial services sector has been fundamentally transformed by
digitally born financial technology (FinTech) companies. FinTech companies synthesize …

Among the new ventures actively seeking funds through equity crowdfunding, only a lucky
few seemingly survive the rigorous selection process imposed by equity crowdfunding …

Purpose This contribution aims to evaluate key theoretical bases that were used in previous
research, to investigate the use of crowdfunding platforms by small businesses and startups …

Equity crowdfunding can provide significant resources to new ventures. However, it is not
clear how crowd investors decide which ventures to invest in. Building on prior work on …