Tackling the Scale-up Gap: Evidence and impact of the scale-up financing gap for innovative firms in Europe and reflections on potential solutions

Anita Quas, Colin Mason, Ramón Compañó, James Gavigan and Giuseppina Testa
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Colin Mason: University of Glasgow

No JRC127232, JRC Research Reports from Joint Research Centre

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: startups; scaleups; venture capital; finance; innovation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O25 O31 O32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 63 pages
Date: 2021-12
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