I min sidste klumme skrev jeg om det relativt tilbagestående venturemarked i Europa og påpegede bl.a., at afkastene i europæiske venturefonde kun har været cirka en fjerdedel af afkastene i amerikanske fonde. Europa er imidlertid et helt kontinent, og hvis man kigger bag tallene, dukker der et mere nuanceret billede op.

Overordnede indikatorer

Lad mig starte med to førende indikatorer for innovation og iværksætteri, nemlig dels Global Innovation Index, som er baseret på 120 kriterier for hvert land, og dels Global Entrepreneurship Index, som benytter 18 kriterier, der er meget fokuserede på holdninger til iværksætteri samt konkret iværksætteraktivitet: [infogram id=”to-forende-indikatorer-for-innovation-og-ivaerksaetteri-tvede4-1hxj48re5pqq6vg”]…

Last year, of all Danish investments, only every ninth was raised by a company with at least one female founder. In comparison, the female-run startups took up a fifth of all investments in Norway and 14 percent in Sweden. [infogram id=”copy-danskebank1-1hnq41x878jp23z”] By that, Denmark comes in as absolute last among its Nordic neighbors in terms of gender equality and investments. It gets even grimmer if considering startups founded by women alone. Last year, only one all-female founder team received funding in Denmark whereas 17 saw a boost in Sweden. [infogram id=”copy-danskebank2-1h7v4pmlolvj4k0″] However, current research shows diversity is a determining factor…