The Role and Impact of Business Angels in Financing Research and Innovation

The Role and Impact of Business Angels in Financing Research and Innovation

Client/Allowance

European Commission, Directorate General for Communications Networks, Content & Technology (DG CONNECT)

Period: 15.12.2015 – 31.08.2017

This project collected information on the landscape of business angel funding throughout Europe, focusing on the role of business angel funding in funding innovation. To this end, the project surveyed and interviewed business angels and entrepreneurs in European Member States and Associated Countries, and supported business angel policy design through case studies of best practice policy initiatives.

Unit
Economics of Innovation and Industrial Dynamics

Project members

Maikel Pellens

Maikel Pellens

Project Coordinator
Research Associate

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Christian Rammer

Christian Rammer

Deputy

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Georg Licht

Georg Licht

Research Associate

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Marius Berger

Marius Berger

Juniro Research Associate

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Client/Allowance
Cooperation partner
INOVA+, Brüssel, BE // European Business Angels Network , Brüssel, BE // Business Angels Europe , Brüssel, BE

Selected Publications

Understanding the Nature and Impact of the Business Angels in Funding Research and Innovation. Final Report

Ali, Sana, Marius Berger, Tiago Botelho, Jean-Noël Duvy, Chiara Frencia, Philippe Gluntz, Aurélie Delater, Georg Licht, Jacopo Losso and Maikel Pellens (2017), Understanding the Nature and Impact of the Business Angels in Funding Research and Innovation. Final Report, Final Report, Europäische Kommission, Brussels

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Contact

Research Associate
Prof. Dr. Maikel Pellens
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