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JOURNAL OF TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
Volume 47, Issue 6, Pages 1640-1661Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10961-021-09892-z
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Equity financing; Gender; Signaling theory; Gender role congruity theory; Equity crowdfunding
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This study examined gender stereotypes in equity crowdfunding for technology ventures, finding that management experience is beneficial for male entrepreneurs but detrimental for female entrepreneurs. Interestingly, media coverage has the opposite effect, being more effective for female entrepreneurs.
Equity crowdfunding has the potential to democratize entrepreneurial finance and provide female entrepreneurs with new and equal access to early-stage financing. In this paper, we present first empirical evidence on gender stereotypes in the context of technology ventures in equity crowdfunding. Drawing on signaling and gender role congruity theory, we hypothesize that quality signals have different effects depending on whether they are sent by male or female entrepreneurs. Results taken from a sample of 263 equity crowdfunding campaigns run by technology ventures confirm our hypotheses. In line with gender stereotypes, management experience is beneficial for male entrepreneurs but detrimental for female entrepreneurs. Interestingly, media coverage as a third-party signal has the oppositive effect, being more effective for female entrepreneurs.
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