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title: Human Capital in VC
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/ssrn/5239857/
site: ML-Quant (https://www.ml-quant.com)
updated: 2026-09-26
license: Summaries CC BY 4.0; links go to the original sources
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identifier: SSRN 5239857
source_url: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5239857
featured: 2025-05-07
citations: unknown
topic: Corporate Finance
---


# Human Capital in VC

Venture capital partners with diverse backgrounds are more likely to lead high-risk, innovative investments, which have a higher chance of major success or failure, highlighting their role in screening and enhancing firm performance.

- Source: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5239857
- Identifier: SSRN 5239857
- Released: 2025-05-02
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 96 (2025-05-07): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2025-05-07/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): not tracked
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: Corporate Finance

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