Abstract
Venture Capital (VC) plays an important role in the commercialisation of innovation. Sectors like information and communication technologies and biotech account for two-thirds of all VC investments. Little attention has been paid to understanding how the venture capital market extends to new industries. Based on a survey of European energy technology VCs, we discuss the factors determining the emergence of a new market sector for VC investments. While there are sizeable investment opportunities, only 2–5% of all venture capital is invested in energy. Three factors can help explain differences between energy and other more popular VC sectors: the perceived risk (market adoption risk, exit risk, technology risk, people risk, and regulatory risk) of investments in energy technologies; the perceived returns in energy VC investments; in an evolutionary perspective, the maturity of energy as a VC investment sector.
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