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Xuelai Li
Welcome! I am a Finance PhD Candidate at Imperial College London. My research mainly focuses on Entrepreneurial Finance and Innovation.
I will be joining Warwick Business School as an Assistant Professor of Finance in the summer of 2026.
You can find my CV here.
Working Papers
Venture Capital and Scientists' Selection into Entrepreneurship
Presentation: AFA, FMA Special PhD Paper Presentations, BSE Summer Forum, Wharton Innovation Doctoral Symposium, RAPS/RCFS Europe Conference, Scientific Workshop on Productivity, HEC Paris Finance PhD Workshop, SFA, DGF Annual Meeting, FMA Europe Doctoral Student Consortium
Poster: Imperial UK Women in Finance
Technology Literacy and Deep Tech Investment: Evidence from VC Industry
with Yuchen Chen and Can Huang
Presentation: Wabash River Finance Conference*
Poster: Helsinki Finance Summit
Complementarity in R&D Investment: Evidence from the Space Race
Presentation: DRUID Academy, Luiss Institute for European Analysis and Policy
Poster: International Conference on the Science of Science and Innovation
Work in Progress
Path Dependence in Venture Capital Financing
with Jamie Coen, Patrick Coen, Ramana Nanda, and Savitar Sundaresan
Presentation: Cambridge PE, VC and Innovation Conference*
* by co-authors
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