		Age		Rhee and White, 2007; Altinay et al., 2014
		Gender		Amatucci and Sohl, 2004; Altinay et al., 2014
		Race		Altinay et al., 2014
		· To share values		Howorth and Moro, 2006; Weber and Weber, 2011; Maxwell and Lévesque, 2014
		To have similar attitude to work		Discua et al., 2013
		· To possess geographic tiles (tiles related to natural or man-made features that can shape identities including locale, region, or country)
		To share nationality		Phillips et al., 2013 [83]
		To have localization and community embeddedness To share be minority in a foreign country, the distinctiveness of her country of origin from the host country acted as a point of co-identification To be from a similar region or country with similar traditions and history allowed stronger emotional ties in business transactions		Altinay et al., 2014
		· To pursue common objectives, goals and interests		Howorth and Moro, 2006; Presutti et al., 2011; Schwarzkopf et al., 2010; Bergh et al., 2011; Weber and Weber, 2011; Discua et al., 2013; Scarbrough et al., 2013; Maxwell and Lévesque, 2014
		· To hold the same expectations
		If you (actor) get to the point where you and she have a shared vision about how the future could roll out, then you’ve got a couple of options …		Scarbrough et al., 2013
	Value congruence (the compatibility of an actor’s beliefs and values with the entrepreneur’s cultural values)
		· To share cognitive attributes, being it an individual’s system of meaning, attitudes, beliefs and identity
		Common attitudes Common beliefs Common knowledge		Howorth and Moro, 2006; Jonsson, 2015
		Common value		Howorth and Moro, 2006; Schwarzkopf et al., 2010; Jonsson 2015
		· To get congruence of values between actors and her		Howorth and Moro, 2006; Bowey and Easton, 2007
		· To inform about cognitive aspects (e.g. values)		Sigfusson and Harris, 2012
		· To share norm		Weber and Weber 2011
		· To meet principle compatibility		Bergh et al., 2011
		· To show homophily through similar characteristics		Gordon and Jack, 2010; Bowey and Easton, 2007
		To display personal affinity		Jack et al., 2008
		To have common backgrounds		Schwarzkopf et al., 2010
		To have social similarities		Bergh et al., 2011
		To show good gut feeling a positive first impression-emotional connectivity There are people (she) to whom you (venture capital) can connect; there’s common ground		Weber and Weber, 2011
		· To display homophily through similar experience