Professor Emmanuel Yimfor

Emmanuel Yimfor

Assistant Professor of Finance, Columbia Business School

My research is in empirical corporate finance, focusing on entrepreneurial finance, venture capital, private equity, and financial intermediation. I am particularly interested in studying how various frictions affect the ability of start-ups to raise external financing. My recent work studies the heterogeneous effects of these frictions on access to capital for founders and investors who are minorities or women.

Research Highlights

My research examines how various frictions affect the ability of startups to raise external financing, with particular attention to the heterogeneous effects on minority and women founders.