Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/48401 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 2010-02
Publisher: 
Technische Universität München, Center for Entrepreneurial and Financial Studies (CEFS), München
Abstract: 
Based on 1182 dyads of German new ventures and venture capitalists involved in a financing round between 2002 and 2007, we examine the impact of spatial proximity on the likelihood of an investment. We find that with each triplication of journey time the relative likelihood of an investment decreases by one third. Venture development stage, the experience of the entrepreneurial team, knowledge-intensity of the industry and the investment volume moderate the relationship between journey time and the likelihood of an investment. Our results suggest that even in economies with a dense infrastructure like Germany regional equity gaps may exist.
Subjects: 
venture capital
new venture
geographic location
entrepreneurial finance
JEL: 
G24
G31
M13
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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