Entrepreneur-investor gender match effects in startup funding: Evidence from an entrepreneurial-themed reality TV show in China

Xuejing Hao, Feng Hu and Zhu Li

International Review of Economics & Finance, 2024, vol. 93, issue PA, 811-832

Abstract: This paper examines the effect of entrepreneur-investor gender match in startup funding using data from a Chinese reality TV show. We find that female entrepreneurs receive a smaller amount of funding from both male and female investors, though female entrepreneurs have a better chance of being funded than male entrepreneurs. Our text analysis of entrepreneur-investor interactions shows that female entrepreneurs are asked longer questions and these questions are more prevention-focused. Using the performance information on registered enterprises after the TV show, we find that returns to startup funding are larger for female entrepreneurs, suggesting that female startups are underinvested.

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Gender gap; Interactions; Startup funding (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G11 G24 J16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.iref.2024.03.038

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