David Kampmann
Biographic Data
| ID | 261407 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David Kampmann |
| GIVEN NAMES | David |
| FAMILY NAME | Kampmann |
| SIGNATURE | KAMPMANN D |
| AFFILIATIONS | London School of Economics and Political Science |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5118-4263 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Balancing simplicity and complexity through corporate emissions benchmarking
Subordinating ‘alt-finance’: How British venture capital became dependent on the US
Is the formation of venture capital (VC) markets a national phenomenon? Against the common view that VC emerged in the US in the post-WWII period and later (yet independently) in Europe, we argue that the uneven relation between US and UK VC markets was crucial for British VC formation since the 1980s. Based on an empirical analysis of secondary literature and financial data, the article demonstrates that this relation is better understood throug…
The political economy of venture capital: Winners-Take-All and Founder Control
In many US Tech corporations such as Meta, Alphabet, and SpaceX, founders still hold shareholder voting control. How can we better understand the concentration of insider control in Tech? Drawing on quantitative and qualitative data to examine the rise of US start-up investments post-dotcom, this article demonstrates that a small group of new venture capital (VC) entrants played a key role in advancing founder control in Tech to win deals against…
Venture capital, the fetish of artificial intelligence, and the contradictions of making intangible assets
This paper examines the venture capital-driven process of making intangible assets in platform start-up firms. By examining the case study of the rise and fall of a venture capital-backed 'unicorn' firm developing a digital health platform, this paper argues that the process of real valorization of capital invested in platform start-up firms involves the making of algorithmic systems and data as intangible assets as well as the experimentation wi…
Venture capital, the fetish of artificial intelligence, and the contradictions of making intangible assets
This paper examines the venture capital-driven process of making intangible assets in platform start-up firms. By examining the case study of the rise and fall of a venture capital-backed 'unicorn' firm developing a digital health platform, this paper argues that the process of real valorization of capital invested in platform start-up firms involves the making of algorithmic systems and data as intangible assets as well as the experimentation wi…
The political economy of venture capital: Winners-Take-All and Founder Control
In many US Tech corporations such as Meta, Alphabet, and SpaceX, founders still hold shareholder voting control. How can we better understand the concentration of insider control in Tech? Drawing on quantitative and qualitative data to examine the rise of US start-up investments post-dotcom, this article demonstrates that a small group of new venture capital (VC) entrants played a key role in advancing founder control in Tech to win deals against…
Subordinating ‘alt-finance’: How British venture capital became dependent on the US
Is the formation of venture capital (VC) markets a national phenomenon? Against the common view that VC emerged in the US in the post-WWII period and later (yet independently) in Europe, we argue that the uneven relation between US and UK VC markets was crucial for British VC formation since the 1980s. Based on an empirical analysis of secondary literature and financial data, the article demonstrates that this relation is better understood throug…
Venture capital, the fetish of artificial intelligence, and the contradictions of making intangible assets
This paper examines the venture capital-driven process of making intangible assets in platform start-up firms. By examining the case study of the rise and fall of a venture capital-backed 'unicorn' firm developing a digital health platform, this paper argues that the process of real valorization of capital invested in platform start-up firms involves the making of algorithmic systems and data as intangible assets as well as the experimentation wi…
Balancing simplicity and complexity through corporate emissions benchmarking
Subordinating ‘alt-finance’: How British venture capital became dependent on the US
Is the formation of venture capital (VC) markets a national phenomenon? Against the common view that VC emerged in the US in the post-WWII period and later (yet independently) in Europe, we argue that the uneven relation between US and UK VC markets was crucial for British VC formation since the 1980s. Based on an empirical analysis of secondary literature and financial data, the article demonstrates that this relation is better understood throug…
The political economy of venture capital: Winners-Take-All and Founder Control
In many US Tech corporations such as Meta, Alphabet, and SpaceX, founders still hold shareholder voting control. How can we better understand the concentration of insider control in Tech? Drawing on quantitative and qualitative data to examine the rise of US start-up investments post-dotcom, this article demonstrates that a small group of new venture capital (VC) entrants played a key role in advancing founder control in Tech to win deals against…
Private Equity and Venture Capital (3 works) · Capital (architecture (2 works) · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism (2 works) · Venture capital (2 works) · Benchmarking (1 works) · Capital (architecture) (1 works) · Capital market (1 works) · Climate change (1 works) · Climate Change Policy and Economics (1 works) · Control (management) (1 works)