Financing High-Tech Startups

Robin P. G. Tech is a researcher at the Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society in Berlin. He is the principal investigator of a research group that focuses on the entrepreneurial exploitation of the 'internet of things'. Prior to this, Robin studied Economics and Corporate Management at Zeppelin University (BA),Technology, Sociology, & Management (MSc) in Stockholm, and completed his MBA in Hong Kong. In his non-academic life, Robin is the co-founder of AtomLeap, a high-tech focused startup. He also worked in venture capital (2007), held a consulting position at the curating office Buro17 in Moscow (2009), worked for AUDI on inductive charging systems (2010-2011) and at the European Commission's EIT Labs (2012-2013) in the field of business modeling for renewable energies.

Introduction: High-Tech Startup Financing.- Theory: The Liability of Complexity.- Methodology: Mixed Methods Approach.- Study I: Survey of German Startups.- Study II: Interviews with Entrepreneurs and Investors.- Framework: Matching Signals with Complexities of High-Tech Strartups.- Discussion: Why Signals Can Help to Overcome the Liability of Complexity.- Conclusion: Taming Complexity.- Appendix.