Venture Capital and the Financial Crisis: An Empirical Study Across Industries and Countries

D. Cumming (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Venture Capital, Oxford University Press, pp. 37-61

30 Pages Posted: 26 Jan 2010 Last revised: 28 Jun 2015

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Jorn H. Block

University of Trier - Faculty of Management; Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Institute of Management (ERIM)

Geertjan de Vries

Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Erasmus School of Economics (ESE); Tinbergen Institute

Philipp G. Sandner

Frankfurt School of Finance & Management

Date Written: January 24, 2010

Abstract

This study analyzes the effect of the 2008 financial crisis on the venture capital market. We show that the crisis is associated with a decrease in the number of initial funding rounds as well as with a decrease in the amount of funds raised in later funding rounds. The effects of the crisis differed across industries and were stronger in the US than in other countries. We suggest that the crisis has led to a severe ‘funding gap’ in the financing of technological development and innovation.

Keywords: Venture capital, financial crisis, innovation finance, entrepreneurial finance, recession

JEL Classification: L26, G24, O30

Suggested Citation

Block, Jorn Hendrich and de Vries, Geertjan and Sandner, Philipp, Venture Capital and the Financial Crisis: An Empirical Study Across Industries and Countries (January 24, 2010). D. Cumming (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Venture Capital, Oxford University Press, pp. 37-61, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1541602

Jorn Hendrich Block (Contact Author)

University of Trier - Faculty of Management ( email )

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Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Institute of Management (ERIM) ( email )

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Geertjan De Vries

Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Erasmus School of Economics (ESE) ( email )

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Tinbergen Institute ( email )

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Philipp Sandner

Frankfurt School of Finance & Management ( email )

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Frankfurt am Main, 60322
Germany

HOME PAGE: http://www.philipp-sandner.de

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