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The study proposes an integrated differential evolution algorithm combined with an adaptive moment estimation method (Adam-ENN) to forecast entrepreneurial firm valuation for early-stage VC investors. Experiments indicate improved prediction accuracy over baseline approaches. Feature contribution analysis and partial dependence plots are used to open the model’s “black box,” showing that syndicate VC investor count is most influential and VC social capital also matters, while patent counts convey limited early-stage quality signal.","University of Groningen  \nApplication of machine learning techniques to predict entrepreneurial firm valuation  \nZhang, Ruling; Tian, Zengrui; McCarthy, Killian J. ; Wang, Xiao; Zhang, Kun  \nPublished in:  \nJournal of Forecasting  \nDOI:  \n10.1002/for.2912  \nIMPORTANT NOTE: You are advised to consult the publisher's version (publisher's PDF) if you wish to cite from it. 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For technical reasons the)[number of authors shown on this cover page is limited to 10 maximum.](number of authors shown on this cover page is limited to 10 maximum.)  \nDownload date: 02-08-2026  \nReceived: 7 March 2022 Revised: 19 August 2022 Accepted: 25 September 2022  \nDOI: 10.1002/for.2912  \nRESE ARCH ARTICL E  \nApplication of machine learning techniques to predict entrepreneurial firm valuation  \nRuling Zhang 1,2  | Zengrui Tian 1 | Killian J. McCarthy 2 | Xiao Wang 3 | Kun Zhang 4  \n1Glorious Sun School of Business and Management, Donghua University, Shanghai, China  \n2Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands  \n3International Business School Suzhou, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, China  \n4School of Naval Architecture, Ocean, and Civil Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China  \nCorrespondence  \nZengrui Tian, Glorious Sun School of Business and Management, Donghua University, Shanghai 200051, China.  \nEmail: [2150937@mail.dhu.edu.cn](2150937@mail.dhu.edu.cn)  \nFunding information  \nChina Scholarship Council, Grant/Award Number: 201806630043  \nAbstract  \nVenture capital (VC) is the main contributor to entrepreneurial firms' funding and thus plays a crucial role in their sustainable development and rapid growth. However, early-stage VC investors often face valuation obstacles to predict firm valuation since entrepreneurial firms lack operational performance records and information asymmetry exists between them. In this paper, an integrated differential evolution algorithm and adaptive moment estimation method scheme (Adam-ENN) is proposed for early-stage VC investors to predict entrepreneurial firm valuation. Experimental results show that the proposed machine learning method outperforms the baseline methods. The feature contribution analysis and partial dependence plots were performed to open up the black box of the relationships between entrepreneurial firm valuation and its features. 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