Evidence-based inquiry into disruptive phenomena, innovation ecosystems and the conditions for positive change. Our research is the foundation for everything else we build.
The visible tip of the innovation ecosystem — funded ventures, patents, public data — represents only 10% of what actually produces the next decade's most important companies.
Explore the IcebergAnalysis of 408 European unicorns and 2,053 investors reveals a finding that is uncomfortable for the industry: 72% of investors participated in funding exactly one unicorn. The pattern does not change with experience.
Read the researchPension assets as a share of GDP run at 25% in the EU versus 150% in the US. This single structural fact explains much of Europe's venture capital deficit — and points to the solution.
Explore Source CapitalDisruption is no longer an occasional event — it is the permanent condition. Bondo Foundation's research into the nature of disruptive phenomena underpins the entire Bondo Framework.
Read about DisruptionBondo Foundation's research is grounded in empirical analysis rather than theory. We work with data — on companies, investors, technologies, and ecosystems — and we develop frameworks from what the data shows rather than from prior assumptions about how innovation works.
Our research has a practical orientation: every finding feeds directly into the design of the Innovation Operating System and the interventions we propose. We do not publish research for its own sake. We publish it because it changes what ought to be done — and because making it public creates accountability for the actors who should act on it.
Every claim is grounded in data. We show our working and make our datasets available where possible.
Our research is governed by the Foundation's independence principles. We do not take positions on behalf of funders.
Findings connect directly to the design of bondo.ai and the Foundation's intervention framework.
Summaries and key findings are published publicly. The full research is available to academic partners and policy-makers.
Bondo Foundation's research is conducted in collaboration with an academic network spanning Europe and beyond. If you represent a university or research institution and would like to discuss a research partnership, we would like to hear from you.
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