Rethinking the venture capital industry : relational geographies and impacts of venture capitalists in two UK regions

This article provides new insights into the venture capital industry by tracing the relational geographies of two regional venture capital communities in the North East and East Midlands of England. To supply this account an alternative theoretical framework is developed fusing ideas from new economic geography approaches to money and finance, and facets of relational economic geography. This will provide a less spatially bounded but more socialized account of the industry than has usually been the case in economic geographical literature and demonstrate how such relational geographies have tangible impacts on local entrepreneurs.