The paper deals with the issues of investment of hybrid and public venture capital funds. The results show that hybrid and public venture capital funds in Latvia in most cases are the first investors. Only a smaller part of these investments are investments of the early stages of funding. The...

The positive changes in the rates of innovation performance for the EU-27, according to the Innovation Union Scoreboard (IUS), show that the annual average growth rates of the leading countries - Sweden, Denmark, Finland, and Germany - have significantly decreased during the post-crisis period...

Each country is required to have a clearly formulated and detailed national strategy in the transition period for the purpose of management, stimulation, assessment and funding of innovative technology development process. A range of various funding sources includes private venture capital...