Accelerating factors for Fintech financing via Private Equity and Venture Capital: Founding team’s perspective
Autores
Lage, Lucas Kelles Melo
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Relatório de Iniciação Científica
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2025
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O foco desse estudo é investigar os principais determinantes da probabilidade de
Fintechs receberem financiamento - seja seed, early-stage, late-stage ou private
equity em mercados emergentes. Apesar do cenário das Fintechs terem
experienciado uma evolução em anos recentes, tanto em capitalização de mercado e
investimento, muitas startups ainda enfrentam problemas para sobreviver devido a
alta necessidade de financiamento. A partir de uma base de dados da Crunchbase
com 39550 Fintechs, espalhadas em 24 países emergentes, essa pesquisa utiliza um
modelo de regressão logit para testar como características de fundadores são
relacionados com o financiamento. Em específico, busca-se testar se experiência
prévia em empreendedorismo, número de fundadores e combinação entre essas duas
variáveis afetam a probabilidade de receber financiamento. Os resultados mostram
que fundadores com experiência prévia diminuem as chances de financiamento,
enquanto empresas com múltiplos fundadores tem chances maiores. A combinação
entre as variáveis apresentou um coeficiente positivo, sugerindo um efeito de sinergia
com essas duas condições. Variáveis controles - tanto específicas de países e de
empresas – foram incluídas para dar robustez para a análise. Um resultado
fundamental mostra que startups com vários fundadores com experiência prévia tem
848% mais chance de receberem financiamento. A principal contribuição do artigo
para a literatura é entender como características dos fundadores de uma Fintech estão
correlacionadas com a probabilidade de financiamento.
The focus of this study is to investigate the main determinants of the probability that fintechs receive funding—whether seed, early-stage, late-stage, or private equity—in emerging markets. Although the fintech landscape has evolved in recent years, both in terms of market capitalization and investment, many startups still face challenges in surviving due to a high need for funding. Using a Crunchbase dataset comprising 39,550 fintechs across 24 emerging countries, this research employs a logit regression model to test how founder characteristics are related to funding. Specifically, it examines whether prior entrepreneurial experience, the number of founders, and the combination of these two variables affect the probability of receiving funding. The results show that founders with prior experience decrease the chances of funding, while companies with multiple founders are more likely to be funded. The interaction between the two variables yields a positive coefficient, suggesting a synergistic effect when both conditions are present. Control variables—both country-specific and firmspecific— were included to strengthen the analysis. A key finding reveals that startups with multiple founders who have prior entrepreneurial experience are 848% more likely to receive funding. The main contribution of the paper to the literature is to understand how founder characteristics of a startup influence funding outcomes in emerging markets.
The focus of this study is to investigate the main determinants of the probability that fintechs receive funding—whether seed, early-stage, late-stage, or private equity—in emerging markets. Although the fintech landscape has evolved in recent years, both in terms of market capitalization and investment, many startups still face challenges in surviving due to a high need for funding. Using a Crunchbase dataset comprising 39,550 fintechs across 24 emerging countries, this research employs a logit regression model to test how founder characteristics are related to funding. Specifically, it examines whether prior entrepreneurial experience, the number of founders, and the combination of these two variables affect the probability of receiving funding. The results show that founders with prior experience decrease the chances of funding, while companies with multiple founders are more likely to be funded. The interaction between the two variables yields a positive coefficient, suggesting a synergistic effect when both conditions are present. Control variables—both country-specific and firmspecific— were included to strengthen the analysis. A key finding reveals that startups with multiple founders who have prior entrepreneurial experience are 848% more likely to receive funding. The main contribution of the paper to the literature is to understand how founder characteristics of a startup influence funding outcomes in emerging markets.
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fintech; financiamento; fundador; startup; mercados emergentes; funding; founder; emerging markets
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