Axel Buchner is a full Professor of Finance at ESCP Business School (Berlin Campus) where he holds the Chair in Entrepreneurial Finance and Corporate Finance.

At ESCP, Axel Buchner teaches courses on Financial Management, Corporate Finance, and (Advanced) Entrepreneurial Finance. He conducts research in the areas of entrepreneurial finance, venture capital and private equity. He focuses on understanding the risks, returns, and illiquidity inherent in venture capital, private equity, and other alternative investments. He has published his research in leading academic journals, including, among others, Management Science, Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS), Journal of Business Venturing, Journal of Banking and Finance, and Journal of Corporate Finance.

Before joining ESCP, he was Associate Professor of Finance at the University of Passau, where he also completed his Habilitation (post-doctoral university degree with lecture qualification). He has also been a visiting lecturer of finance at EDHEC Business School. He holds a PhD in Finance from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and a Master’s in Business Administration from Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU).

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