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title: Startups Funding Strategies
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/ssrn/4814476/
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updated: 2026-09-26
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identifier: SSRN 4814476
source_url: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4814476
featured: 2024-05-08
citations: unknown
topic: Other
---


# Startups Funding Strategies

The study finds that startup founders, while valuing partnerships with ESG-focused venture capitalists, often prioritize profit-driven investors due to financial concerns, particularly among profit-driven, smaller startups, Republican founders, and high-emission industries.

- Source: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4814476
- Identifier: SSRN 4814476
- Released: 2022-10-12
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 48 (2024-05-08): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2024-05-08/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): not tracked
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: Other

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