Policy paper 203

Venture Capital: How to harmonize national and EU measures?

The venture capital industry is an important catalyst for a thriving start-up ecosystem, but Europe’s VC market is still small and fragmented. How could the issue of market fragmentation be addressed?

The venture capital industry is an important catalyst for a thriving start-up ecosystem, but Europe’s VC market is still small and fragmented.
In this Policy Paper, Philipp Ständer, research fellow at the Jacques Delors Institut – Berlin, assesses the policy toolbox of member states and EU institutions to promote VC investments and proposes two initiatives that would address the issue of market fragmentation.