Table 2.
Study variables and descriptives of the sample (n = 380).
| Variable | Description | Category | Observations (% of sample) | Min. | Max. | Mean (SD) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H01 | NoEmployees | Total no. of employees | 51–100 | 130 (34.2) | – | – | – |
| 101–250 | 107 (28.2) | – | – | – | |||
| 251–500 | 53 (13.9) | – | – | – | |||
| 501-1000 | 34 (8.9) | – | – | – | |||
| 1001–5000 | 33 (8.7) | – | – | – | |||
| 5001–10,000 | 9 (2.4) | – | – | – | |||
| 10,001+ | 14 (3.7) | – | – | – | |||
| O01 | NoTrademarksReg | Total no. of registered trademarks | – | – | 0 | 189 | 2.79 (13.42) |
| O02 | NoPatentsGranted | Total no. of patents granted | – | – | 0 | 975 | 6.22 (57.14) |
| T01 | NoActiveTech | Total no. of technologies in use | – | – | 1 | 142 | 35.21 (28.98) |
| T02 | NoApps | Total no. of apps | – | – | 1 | 137 | 3.44 (9.71) |
| F01 | TotFunding | Total founding amount raised in USD (log scale) | – | – | 8.99 | 23.95 | 17.61 (1.87) |
| F02 | TotEquityFunding | Total equity funding amount raised in USD (log scale) | – | – | 8.99 | 23.64 | 17.29 (1.73) |
| F03 | NoInvestors | Total no. of investors | – | – | 1 | 116 | 6.07 (11.17) |
| F04 | NoLeadInvestors | Total no. of lead investors | – | – | 0 | 28 | 1.74 (3.25) |
| F05 | NoFundingRounds | Total no. of funding rounds | – | – | 0 | 34 | 2.86 (4.36) |
| F06 | NoInvestments | Total no. of investments | – | – | 0 | 30 | 0.38 (2.54) |
| F07 | NoLeadInvestments | Total no. of lead investments | – | – | 0 | 10 | 0.17 (1.05) |
| F08 | NoAcquisitions | Total no. of acquisitions | – | – | 0 | 29 | 0.77 (2.91) |
| F09 | Acquired | Acquisition status (=1 if the organization was acquired) | – | 57 (15.0) | – | – | – |
| F10 | NoExits | Total no. of exists | – | – | 0 | 7 | 0.07 (0.55) |
| U01 | NoVisits | Total no. of website visits in the last month (log scale) | – | – | 0 | 21.59 | 8.33 (3.56) |
| U02 | WebTrafficRank | Global website traffic rank, as compared to all other websites on the web (log scale) | – | – | 3.14 | 16.19 | 14.41 (2.09) |
| C01 | Age | Platform age in years | – | – | 4 | 24 | 9.13 (4.77) |
| C02 | NoPortfolioOrg | Total no. of portfolio organizations | – | – | 0 | 25 | 0.31 (1.97) |
| C03 | NoProductsActive | Total no. of products active | – | – | 1 | 91 | 12.27 (14.23) |
| C04 | IPO | IPO status (=1 if public) | – | 18 (5.0) | – | – | – |
| D01 | SuperApp | Super app status (=1 if considered a super app) | – | 16 (4.2) | – | – | – |