Entrepreneurial Funding Challenges for Latin American Women Start-up Founders

Katherina Kuschel, María-Teresa Lepeley, Fernanda Espinosa and Sebastián Gutiérrez
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Sebastián Gutiérrez: School of Business and Economics, Universidad del Desarrollo

No 24, Serie Working Papers from Universidad del Desarrollo, School of Business and Economics

Abstract: Purpose: This study explores the funding opportunities for women start-up founders who have received support from the Chilean government agency accelerator Start-Up Chile. It examines the role of gender in Latin American women founders at the stage when they are raising funds and equity capital. Design/methodology/approach: The study includes an inductive, qualitative approach and interviews with 20 female founders. Findings: The thematic analysis revealed 10 subthemes that condition founder’s access to capital in the following categories: capital needs, network, and individual characteristics. Originality/value: The contribution of this study is the identification of predominant factors for female entrepreneurs raising capital followed by implications for public policies in entrepreneurial ecosystems including future research orientation.

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; New high-technology ventures; Female founders; Entrepreneurial ecosystem; Start-Up Chile; Latin America (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 39 pages
Date: 2015-10
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-ent, nep-hme, nep-ino, nep-lam and nep-sbm
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