The Deal Structuring Stage of the Venture Capitalist Decision-Making Process: Exploring Confidence and Control
探索性研究风险投资家在交易结构阶段如何平衡对企业家或项目的信心与控制，发现信心来源不同且影响投资结构。
This exploratory study examines the deal structuring stage of the venture capitalist decision-making process. Here, the primary issues of concern are investor confidence and potential control of a venture in relation to the level of financing the investor provides and the structure with which the funding is delivered. Confidence comes in support of the entrepreneur, the venture itself, or a combination of the two, prior to capital transfer, but after the initial “invest or not invest” decision has already occurred. Findings support a multicriteria perspective of the pre-investment decision-making process and a distinct difference between entrepreneur confidence and venture confidence in the deal structuring stage.