The Bondo Foundation researchers have studied the innovation acceleration ecosystem systematically since around 2008, and as a result of their personal experiences as entrepreneurs and investors in the European innovation acceleration ecosystem.
We have taken a unique scientific approach in creating understanding of the biggest opportunities and how these can be accelerated in the fastest and most efficient ways. Our early assumption was that the biggest opportunities are the most important drivers for economic growth and wealth creation. In order to stimulate economic growth, society needs to remove all barriers for such opportunities, and provide all deserved and required resources by such ventures in a timely manner.
In the current European innovation ecosystem paradigm, this is not the case. The ecosystem is investor dominated, and not venture driven.
Our research has revealed numerous non-regulatory barriers exist in the venture acceleration process and they are mostly related to insufficient or extremely difficult, non-transparent, access to resources. This applies specifically to very early stage initiatives and startups that have not yet overcome the “valley of death”.
Barriers cause unnecessary delays in the acceleration of ventures. This has cause very significant discrepancies between the innovation ecosystems and wealth creation in the USA and Europe.
More recently, Letta and Draghi have also identified a number of regulatory barriers that negatively impact venture acceleration. For access to these and other relevant reports, click here.
Our research shows that there are important opportunities to improve the venture acceleration process, while reducing risks for all actors in the ecosystem. This requires a fundamental re-think of how the ecosystem operates, but can be designed so that all actors are empowered in their respective roles in the ecosystem. The approach is completely venture centric, and empowers all actors in the innovation and startup ecosystem. It identifies the investment readiness of ventures at all stages of development, and facilitates the timely interactions with other ecosystem actors that are able to provide required resources to the ventures. We call this the Bondo Framework. The Bondo Framework is applicable at all stages of the development of ventures: from the conceptual phase until their IPO and beyond.
The Bondo Framework represents a lean innovation acceleration methodology and is solidly based on science and evidence-based processes.
Research results are available to partnering academic institutions and policy-makers upon request.
The Bondo Foundation researchers have developed a theoretical framework for the understanding of disruptive societal phenomena.
Such phenomena don’t only disrupt certain aspects of society, but often also provide important commercial and wealth creation opportunities for their creators, entrepreneurs and investors.
Not understanding the mechanisms can deprive societies for participating in and benefiting from these disruptive phenomena.
This introductory video provides an overview of the results of our research.
Scientific background for the Bondo Framework
The Bondo Framework is based on many scientific discoveries as developed by renowned researchers in many fields of research, including psychology, applied sociology, the study of complex systems, the study of measuring complex systems, the study of inter human links in societies and ecosystems, data mining and data analysis, decision science, systems with feedback, forecasting science, corporate logic systems and much more.
An overview of the science used in the development of the Bondo Framework is available to researchers and potential partners upon request.
To understand the investment selection processes employed by investors, the Bondo Foundation researchers have comprehensively analysed the investment structure of all unicorns created in Europe since the 1970’s.
The results give insight into the geographical distribution of unicorns and investors, and sheds light on investor’s abilities to identify unicorns early on.
Unicorns are disruptors of the economy and play an important role in creating economic growth and societal wealth. We investigate these mechanisms and especially focus on the role of institutional investors in providing the right environment for the provision of financial resources to the innovation and startup ecosystem. Research results can be found here.