Jaakko Pakarinen

Jaakko Pakarinen is a Business Editor at HEGEMON. He works at Sunly on quantitative energy trading, market pricing, and asset hedging. He holds a BSc in Economics from Aalto University and is pursuing a parallel degree in Information Technology.

Europe’s Growth Capital Gap as a Structural Technology Chokepoint

Europe is efficient at starting deep-tech, quantum, and defence companies, but it struggles when these firms need to scale up. The reliance on US funds has become systemic.

By Jaakko Pakarinen

/ 3 Oct 2026

Europe’s Growth Capital Gap as a Structural Technology Chokepoint