Equity Finance for Start-up and Growing Businesses: Recent Trends

18 Pages Posted: 30 Mar 2024

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Marek Kacer

University of Leeds - Credit Management Research Centre (CMRC); Leeds University Business School (LUBS) - Accounting and Finance Division; University of Leeds - Faculty of Business; University of Economics in Bratislava

Nick Wilson

University of Leeds - Credit Management Research Centre; University of Leeds - Division of Accounting and Finance; University of Leeds - Faculty of Business

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Date Written: March 1, 2024

Abstract

In this report we describe trends in equity finance deals in the UK in the period from the 1st of January 2011 to the 31st of December 2023. The health of the equity finance ecosystem is of vital importance for development of the innovative enterprises that drive economic growth, employment, and the international competitiveness of the UK economy.

Keywords: Venture capital, Equity Finance, High growth firms

JEL Classification: G24,G31,G32

Suggested Citation

Kacer, Marek and Wilson, Nicholas, Equity Finance for Start-up and Growing Businesses: Recent Trends (March 1, 2024). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4744926 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4744926

Marek Kacer

University of Leeds - Credit Management Research Centre (CMRC) ( email )

Leeds, LS2 9JT
United Kingdom

Leeds University Business School (LUBS) - Accounting and Finance Division ( email )

Leeds LS2 9JT
United Kingdom

University of Leeds - Faculty of Business ( email )

Leeds LS2 9JT
United Kingdom

University of Economics in Bratislava ( email )

Dolnozemská cesta 1
Bratislava, 852 35
Slovakia

Nicholas Wilson (Contact Author)

University of Leeds - Credit Management Research Centre ( email )

Leeds LS2 9JT
United Kingdom
+44 (0)113 343 4472 (Phone)

University of Leeds - Division of Accounting and Finance ( email )

Leeds LS2 9JT
United Kingdom
+44 (0)113 343 4472 (Phone)

University of Leeds - Faculty of Business ( email )

Leeds LS2 9JT
United Kingdom

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