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Cilekoglu, Akin

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Climate & Sustainability
Cilekoglu, Akin

About

Dr. Cilekoglu is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Climate & Sustainability program. His current research covers understanding sustainable finance practices, the implications of climate change, and the responses of firms to climate policy initiatives. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Barcelona and an M.Sc. in Economics from Catholic University in Milan. He was previously a Lecturer at Istanbul Bilgi University and a Visiting Researcher at both LMU in Munich and METU in Ankara. Prior to joining KAPSARC, he worked as a Climate Policy Consultant for a political party.

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12 January 2025

Sectoral Clustering and Climate-Tech Startup Financing Through Venture Capital and Private Equity

In this study, I investigate climate-tech startup financing of venture capital (VC) and private equity (PE) investments across different sectors around the world for the 2022-2024 period. Cross-sectional analysis suggests that start-ups in sectors with higher dynamism (proxied by dea...