Kivilo Samela

Samela is a researcher at the Department of Accounting and Finance. She holds a BSc degree from the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga. Samela is working with Professor Ágnes Lublóy in the field of alternative financing and is currently involved in the project "Factors influencing US equity-crowdfunded companies’ ability to survive and acquire follow-up funding". The project aims at determining the factors which influence equity-crowdfunded companies’ likelihood of survival and obtaining additional funding after their first successful funding round.