The aim of this research project is to assess the impact of Venture Capital and Private Equity (VC/PE) financing on the economic performance of innovative employment creation, growth, and competitiveness, and the role which VC/PE investors play in helping these firms bridge their resource and competence gap.
In so doing we will analyze both the demand for and the supply of VC/PE finacing. The demand side refers to the finacing needs of innovative entrepreneurial ventures while the supply side refers to the heterogeneous set of actors potentially providing equity financing to these firms.