The EIF Private Equity Mid-Market Survey and the EIF Venture Capital Survey (the largest combined regular survey exercises among General Partners on a pan-European level) provide an opportunity to retrieve unique market insights. This publication is based on the results of the 2023 EIF Private...

This paper highlights the main challenges faced by the Cleantech sector. Key barriers include limited access to external finance, with many respondents expecting to raise significant funds in the next five years. Additionally, stringent and uncertain standards and regulations create operational...

The aim of this paper is to analyze empirically the relation between the human capital of the founding team and the growth of new technology-based firms through the estimates of econometric models. For this purpose, we take advantage of a new data set relating to a sample composed of 391 Italian...