Low and uncertain carbon prices are often stated as a major obstacle for industrial sector investments in technologies to deliver deep emissions reductions. Project-based carbon contracts underwritten by national governments could address regulatory risk, lower financing costs and strengthen...

The “Survey of European Venture Capitalists” project in 2022 collected responses from Venture Capitalist (VC) managers across Europe about their decision-making, important decision factors, and organization. Inspired by the mainly US-based paper published in 2020 by Paul Gompers, Will...

During the latter part of the 1990s the introduction of the euro, the dramatic increase in the supply of venture capital in most EU countries, and the creation of several new equity markets targeted at innovative firms have dramatically transformed the financing prospects of European...