Innovation capital: Is the tide low?

Half a year into 2022 central banks are poised to keep raising interest rates, supply chains are hobbled and a war is raging in Europe. As this harrowing mix turned markets tumultuous and zapped investors’ confidence, what does it mean for VC-backed investment? In this blog post, Christoph Feest and I argue that trends in policy and digitalisation feed an undiminished appetite and need for venture backing, leading to increased, more-broadly sourced and more widely-distributed investments.