In this paper we analyze how different types of venture capital investments - private, public and indirect public - affect performance of "cleantech" start-ups in Europe. We hand collected a unique dataset on the institutional setting (public/indirect/private) of almost 15000 investors in...

This paper offers a quantitative description of European private equity markets and compares the recent development in these markets with the development of the US venture capital market. Moreover, the paper addresses the differences between private equity investors acting in a single national...

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...

Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Foreword by Josh Lerner -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- About the Editors -- List of Contributors -- Part One European Venture Capital Markets: Recent Developments and Perspectives -- Chapter 1 Venture capital in Europe:...

Venture Capital and the European Biotechnology Industry William Bains palgrave macmillan Contents List of Tables . vi List of Figures vii 1 Genes and Money in Europe: Why Did It Fail? 1 2 The...