Ann-Kristin Achleitner holds the Chair in Entrepreneurial Finance and is Scientific Co-Director at the Center for Entrepreneurial and Financial Studies (CEFS) at Technische Universität München. Her research focus is in the areas of venture capital, private equity, family firms and social entrepreneurship.

Judith Mayer is research assistant at the chair in Entrepreneurial Finance at the Technische Universität München. Her research focuses on the relationship between  social investors and social entrepreneurs and protection of double bottom line in mission focused businesses.