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Our Ambition
1,000
Impact Unicorns for Europe

They don't exist yet. We are building the framework, the platform, and the coalition to make them possible.

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Most of what becomes the next decade's most important companies is, today, invisible.

The visible tip — companies already incorporated and funded — represents only 10% of the innovation ecosystem. The 90% that actually produces tomorrow's disruption is happening right now in universities, research institutes and pre-incorporation teams. The current system cannot see it, cannot reach it, cannot evaluate it.

10%
Visible — funded ventures, patents, market data
Hidden — research, emerging tech, pre-incorporation teams
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Europe's Strategic Sovereignty Crisis

Europe stands 36 months from irreversible technological decline

While European politicians debate regulatory frameworks, China and America are carving up the digital and industrial future. The GDP gap has widened to 42%. VC investment runs at one-third the US rate. Of every ten dollars invested in AI globally, fewer than one goes to Europe.

42%
US GDP lead over the EU — up from 23% in 2008
Source: Real Instituto Elcano
73%
Of frontier AI development happens in the United States
Source: Bondo Foundation Research
0.3%
Of GDP — Europe's VC investment rate vs. 1%+ in the USA
Source: IMF / Bondo Foundation
11%
Of Draghi report recommendations implemented one year later
Source: Independent audit 2025
Bondo Foundation  —  Brussels, Belgium

Positive Sustainable
Change Through
Innovation

Bondo Foundation uses Innovation & Entrepreneurship to create Positive Sustainable Change in the World — partnering with impact-seeking organisations to manage future disruption.

Bondo Foundation at a glance
15+
Years of research
Into disruptive phenomena and innovation ecosystem dynamics across Europe
4
Activity pillars
Research, bondo.ai Platform, Impact Investment, Publishing
6
Ecosystem innovations
Brought to the innovation ecosystem through bondo.ai
Our Mission

To use Innovation & Entrepreneurship to create
Positive Sustainable Change in the World
and Manage Future Disruption

Four pillars.
One Foundation.

Each activity reinforces the others — together they form a coherent framework for positive change.

01

Research

Science-based analysis of disruptive phenomena, innovation ecosystems, and the conditions for positive change.

Research overview
02

bondo.ai

The Innovation Ecosystem Operating System — six innovations that digitise and transform how Europe's entire ecosystem works.

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03

Impact Investment

Investing alongside like-minded organisations in ventures that create exceptional positive change in the world.

Our initiatives
04

Publishing

Books, e-books and v-books aligned with our Mission — through Bondo Publishing, beginning with Fraggenstone.

Bondo Publishing

The Innovation Ecosystem Operating System

bondo.ai brings six breakthrough innovations to the European innovation ecosystem — making it digital, intelligent, fair and effective for every actor, from startup to sovereign wealth fund.

Discover bondo.ai
01

Digitalisation

Full digitalisation of the ecosystem, generating unprecedented data at scale.

02

AI Matching

Profile-based algorithms connecting all ecosystem players with precision.

03

ProBondo

A Relationship Currency making invisible contributions visible and valuable.

04

Timely Resources

Right resources, right stage — for deserving ventures.

05

Talent Integration

Talent as a full ecosystem player — open, liquid, international.

06

Societal Giving Back

Connecting ventures with society — turning giving back into an asset.

Six principles. No shortcuts.

Not aspirations — the operating principles that govern our research, our investments, and every partnership we enter.

01
Ethical
02
Responsible
03
Safe
04
Secure
05
Equitable
06
Accountable

Sharing knowledge.
Extending our reach.

Bondo Publishing produces books, e-books and v-books aligned with the Mission of Bondo Foundation. Our first title is forthcoming.

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Our perspective on what matters

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Contribute to Positive
Sustainable Change

Bondo Foundation welcomes contributions from organisations and individuals who share our conviction that innovation must serve humanity. We work with donors as partners — not as passive funders.

Get in touch about donating

Research funding — support evidence-based research into disruptive phenomena and innovation ecosystems

Platform development — accelerate the build-out of bondo.ai as the European Innovation Ecosystem Operating System

Impact investment — co-invest alongside the Foundation in ventures that create exceptional positive change

Cooperation partnerships — structured long-term partnerships for organisations seeking deeper alignment with our Mission

Every actor in the ecosystem has a role to play

Policymakers, investors, pension funds, founders, academics, insurance companies — Bondo Foundation is building the coalition. We would like to hear from you.