Tackling the Scale-up Gap
Evidence and impact of the scale-up financing gap for innovative firms in Europe and reflections on potential solutions – based on an Expert Webinar held on 5th October 2021
The number of scale-up businesses in the EU, particularly unicorns, lags behind the US and China. This is partially attributed to a deficit in scale-up finance. Based on an a webinar between experts which took place on 5th October 2021, this paper reports and comments on the available evidence of the scale-up financing gap in the EU and discusses its causes and consequences. The paper also reviews what types of instruments might address this gap and discusses issues that need to be addressed in the formulation of effective policy interventions. Finally, it points to missing data, existing knowledge gaps, and areas on which further analysis is required to define better policies.
QUAS Anita;
MASON Colin;
COMPANO Ramon;
GAVIGAN James;
TESTA Giuseppina;
2021-12-17
Publications Office of the European Union
JRC127232
978-92-76-46712-0 (online),
1831-9424 (online),
EUR 30948 EN,
OP KJ-NB-30948-EN-N (online),
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC127232,
10.2760/982079 (online),
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