TY  - JOUR
AB  - The gap between academic research and the commerzcialization of research result can be overcome with the founding angels investment model where very early stage investors found start-up companies together with appropriate research partners to conduct research and later, alone or together with industrial partners, commercialize the results. The engagement of founding angels is compensated not monetarily but through an equity share of the new company. This business model is already being implemented in the United States with some interesting examples in the area of nanotechnology. This article analyses approach and investment strategy as well as defines a best practice process of founding angels as early stage technology investment model applying an exploratory multiple case analysis. The empirical data are based on literature research with a focus on document analysis and interviews with 35 nanotechnology experts.
AU  - Festel, Gunter
AU  - Kratzer, Jan
DA  - 2012
LA  - eng
IS  - Journal of Business Chemistry
M2  - 19
N1  - Section "Research Paper"
PY  - 2012
SP  - 19-30
T2  - Journal of Business Chemistry
TI  - The founding angels investment model: case studies from the field of nanotechnology
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hbz:6-99389406068
Y2  - 2024-11-22T03:18:38
ER  -