Private Equity and Venture Capital in Rwanda A study of the Essential Factors a Company in Rwanda Must Have in Order to Receive Private Equity and Ve…

2015

Masteroppgave økonomi og administrasjon- Universitetet i Agder, 2015 The aim of this study is to identify factors investors deem to be important when investing in private equity and venture capital in Rwanda. In order to answer that question, a secondary objective is developed. That is to refine the stages of private equity and venture capital investment decision process and identify criteria used in each of these processes. The underlying theoretical framework of this research is based on two models: Tyebjee & Bruno´s (1984) five stage model of VC investment activity and Fried & Hisrich´s (1994) sixstage model of VC investment decision-making. In this study, four private equity and venture…