| Empirical findings | Authors | |
| To share experience in terms of pre-established personal relationships | Jonsson, 2015 | |
| · I (venture capital) was happy that I knew her from an earlier life, something that greatly simplified the personal side of things · I (venture capital) have known her for years (from boarding school) | Weber and Weber, 2001 | |
| · Know each other | Discua et al., 2013 | |
| · To have knowledge of and about the partner | Welter et al., 2004 | |
| To have knowledge of beforehand by pre-established networks |
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| · There was still greater trust in those networks established prior to entering the incubator | McAdam and Marlow, 2007 [85] | |
| · Community embeddedness also creates substantial trust “…”. She had been a private entrepreneur before venturing into social entrepreneurship | Curtis et al., 2010 | |
| To live specific situation together in terms of prior dealings and experiences |
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| · Information from past dealings | Sørheim, 2005 [89] | |
| · Mutual experiences gained in dealing with each other | Welter et al., 2008 | |
| · Experience of working together (with venture capital) | Schwarzkopf et al., 2010 | |
| · To work with someone for a long term | Discua et al., 2013 | |
| · The investor had already previously invested in a fund, in which she was involved · The investor had a professional relationship with her | Freiburg and Grichnik, 2012 [87] | |