The impact of post involvement of Business Angels on the commercial performance of start up businesses

Bachelor Thesis from the year 2013 in the subject Business economics - Company formation Business Plans grade: B University of Cambridge language: English abstract: In this dissertation it was shown that Business Angels have the relevant prerequisites or what mayrefer to the ability in providing funding as well as business expertise; in so doing BAs createa potential platform that may assist to overcome all the above mentioned difficulties.Moreover in this dissertation the researcher set out to investigate the benefits associated withBAs post-involvement activities. At the same time the study shows whether BAs assist startup businesses in United Kingdom overcome the difficulties posed by financial as well ashuman capital impediments that they often succumb to. In this regard the dissertation buildson other work done by Munck and Saublens (2005) and especially paying attention to thedifferent experiences for start up businesses (small enterprises) that have been involved withBAs. The dissertation also opens by capturing the research gaps identified here above prior tointroducing an evaluation of BAs' benefits. Further the methodology is discussed prior to themain discussion of the findings. In the conclusion the research evaluates the benefits of post involvement of BAs to investee companies among other issues as highlighted in theobjectives and hypotheses of the study.