EIT Roundtable of Entrepreneurs 2013

Matching Entrepreneurship with Venture Capital

During the course of the first meeting of the EIT Rountable of Entrepreneurs in September 2012, the need to work in the area of matching KIC entrepreneurship activities with venture capital received special attention.

For a full exploitation of their potential, the EIT and its KICs need to ease the access to capital for the young ventures that emerge as result of their activities. It is widely acknowledged, however, that the conditions to attract venture capital (VC) and angel investment are relatively poor in Europe.

The EIT has therefore decided to organise its second high-level EIT Roundtable of Entrepreneurs focusing on this topic. The specific aims of this meeting are to:

• Identify and discuss the barriers to investment in Europe and incentives to address these impediments; and,
• Discuss how the EIT and its KICs can set up effective arrangements and working practices with business angels and Venture Capital firms with the aim to fund young ventures with high potential and consequently accelerate business and job creation in Europe. 

Attendance of this meeting is by invitation only.