We examine the extent to which venture capital is adequately positioned for the rapid commercialization of clean energy technologies in the United States. While there are several start-ups in clean energy that are well-suited to the traditional venture capital investment model, our analysis...

Die Öffnung der Energiemärkte für neue Marktteilnehmer und die Anreize zu Investitionen in Produktionsanlagen für Strom auf Basis erneuerbarer Energieträger (so auch durch das Gesetz für den Vorrang Erneuerbarer Energien, kurz: EEG) haben in der Energieerzeugungsbranche, aber auch in der...

After a boom and bust cycle in the early 2010s, venture capital (VC) investments are, once again, flowing towards green businesses. In this paper, we use Crunchbase data on 150,000 US startups founded between 2000 and 2020 to better understand why VC initially did not prove successful in funding...