<title>Abstract</title> Various levels of government have implemented instruments to promote business angel investment, often mirroring those used to support the institutional venture capital market. The paper reviews the existing practices at a point in time when intervention in the field of business angels...

<title/> In reaction to the enormous lack of venture capital in Europe compared to the US, the European Union, until now relatively absent from the venture capital market, has launched new programmes focusing on direct financing of the setting up and development of venture capital funds (by capital...

Start-ups and early stage ventures are facing more and more financial constraints. The lack of second round financing substantially reduces the potential of patent applications from spin-offs and other early stage ventures. On the other hand, investing in new companies provides large companies...

The paper evaluates whether government intervention through the subsidization of business angel networks (BANs) enhances regional economic growth in Flanders, Belgium. It shows that, firstly, BANs reduce the information and financing problems entrepreneurial companies face. Secondly, that these...

Belgium is facing a triple crisis. This could create a valuable opportunity to encourage the country to make some vital structural reforms that would be completely off the policy agenda in quieter times.