{"id":5042,"date":"2026-09-18T09:28:47","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T06:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acclab.eap.gr\/desus\/?p=5042"},"modified":"2026-09-18T17:05:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T14:05:19","slug":"call-for-participation-desus-survey-of-venture-capital-professionals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acclab.eap.gr\/desus\/call-for-participation-desus-survey-of-venture-capital-professionals\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for Participation: DESUS Survey of Venture Capital Professionals"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5042\" class=\"elementor elementor-5042\" data-elementor-settings=\"{&quot;ha_cmc_init_switcher&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-567f9d1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"567f9d1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70b18b69 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"70b18b69\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Are you a venture capital professional?<\/strong><br \/>Take part in our short, anonymous survey on how VCs evaluate early-stage ventures:<br \/>which criteria really drive the decision to invest, and how their importance differs<br \/>across investors and firms. The survey is run by the DESUS research team at the<br \/>Hellenic Open University.<\/p><h3>Who we would like to hear from<\/h3><p>Professionals who <strong>screen, evaluate or approve investments<\/strong> at<br \/>independent, corporate, government-backed or university-affiliated venture capital<br \/>funds, or at family offices.<strong>Your input matters.<\/strong><\/p><h3>At a glance<\/h3><ul><li><strong>10\u201315 minutes<\/strong>, online<\/li><li><strong>Anonymous:<\/strong> your identity will not be disclosed, and results<br \/>are published only in fully anonymised form<\/li><li><strong>Ethics approval:<\/strong> approved by the Ethics and Deontology<br \/>Committee for Research of the Hellenic Open University<br \/>(Protocol No. 38\/7-3-2025)<\/li><li><strong>A benchmark for you:<\/strong> opt in to receive a summary of the results,<br \/>showing how your peers weigh the same criteria<\/li><\/ul><p style=\"margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 35px;\">\ud83d\udc49 <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.cloud.microsoft\/Pages\/ResponsePage.aspx?id=X5s1nYZsqkqIsMlCe-Q43kjqYXxi-MhCpkuKRL40-s5UMkNaRFY5OExJUTFPMERDOEdTOFk0TE81Ui4u&amp;lang=en-US\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Take the survey<\/a><\/strong><\/p><h3>Help us reach more investors<\/h3><p>If you know VC colleagues who fit this profile, feel free to share this page with them<br \/>or reshare our post on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/update\/urn:li:activity:7505285834783289345\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LinkedIn<\/a>. 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