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Business Angels: Should they fly on their own wings?

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  • Rudy Aernoudt

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This paper reviews the role of business angels in the financing of entrepreneurial businesses. Following a review of the characteristics of business angel investors, the paper examines the complementarities between business angels and the formal venture capital market, and concludes with a review of the scope for government intervention in this risk capital market.

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  • Rudy Aernoudt, 1999. "Business Angels: Should they fly on their own wings?," Venture Capital, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 1(2), pages 187-195, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:veecee:v:1:y:1999:i:2:p:187-195
    DOI: 10.1080/136910699295965
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