Meike Isabelle Siefkes
About
Meike Siefkes is a Phd candidate at the Norwegian university of science and technology. In her Phd, she focuses on the phenomenon of business angels investing in green start-up and their involvement after the investment. Specifically, Meike investigates how angel investors support their start-ups accelerate their sustainability performance and the role of investor learning in this context. In other projects, Meike researched incubators for sustainable entrepreneurship and venture capital firms aimed at cleantech investments. Meike holds a double degree M.Sc. In Innovation Management, Entrepreneurship, and Sustainability from the Technical University of Berlin, Germany, and the Norwegian university of science and technology.
Publications
2025
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Siefkes, Meike Isabelle.
(2025)
Green business angels: Hands-on involvement and continuous learning for the creation of environmental and economic value.
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Doctoral dissertation
2024
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Siefkes, Meike Isabelle.
(2024)
A guide to becoming green: Insights from angel investors developing sustainability-specific knowledge.
Journal of Small Business Management
Academic article
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Siefkes, Meike Isabelle;
Hamer, Anton Lohne;
Haaland, Gustav;
Bjørgum, Øyvind.
(2024)
Profit first, environmental impact second? Investigating hybrid institutional logics in venture capital investment approaches.
Business Strategy and the Environment (BSE)
Academic article
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Siefkes, Meike Isabelle;
Stocksmeier, Gero Felix.
(2024)
Supporting sustainable start-ups: different approaches applied by business incubators.
Routledge
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
2023
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Siefkes, Meike Isabelle;
Bjørgum, Øyvind;
Sørheim, Roger.
(2023)
Business angels investing in green ventures: how do they add value to their start-ups?.
Venture Capital : an International Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance
Academic article
Journal publications
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Siefkes, Meike Isabelle.
(2024)
A guide to becoming green: Insights from angel investors developing sustainability-specific knowledge.
Journal of Small Business Management
Academic article
-
Siefkes, Meike Isabelle;
Hamer, Anton Lohne;
Haaland, Gustav;
Bjørgum, Øyvind.
(2024)
Profit first, environmental impact second? Investigating hybrid institutional logics in venture capital investment approaches.
Business Strategy and the Environment (BSE)
Academic article
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Siefkes, Meike Isabelle;
Bjørgum, Øyvind;
Sørheim, Roger.
(2023)
Business angels investing in green ventures: how do they add value to their start-ups?.
Venture Capital : an International Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance
Academic article
Part of book/report
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Siefkes, Meike Isabelle;
Stocksmeier, Gero Felix.
(2024)
Supporting sustainable start-ups: different approaches applied by business incubators.
Routledge
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Report
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Siefkes, Meike Isabelle.
(2025)
Green business angels: Hands-on involvement and continuous learning for the creation of environmental and economic value.
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Doctoral dissertation
Outreach
2024
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LectureSiefkes, Meike Isabelle; Lohne Hamer, Anton; Haaland, Gustav; Bjørgum, Øyvind. (2024) Radical change or incremental progress? Investigating the alignment of venture capital investment approaches with the cleantech value proposition. Queensland University of Technology ACERE conference , Sydney 2024-02-05 - 2024-02-08
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LectureSiefkes, Meike Isabelle. (2024) Cleantech start-ups and digital innovation. Moritz Boehmecke-Schwafert, TU Berlin Digital innovation course , Berlin 2024-06-27 - 2024-06-27
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LectureSiefkes, Meike Isabelle. (2024) Green startups and their investors. The Amercian University in Cairo Entrepreneurship course , Cairo 2024-04-17 - 2024-04-17
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LectureSiefkes, Meike Isabelle. (2024) Science dissemination during the Phd - LinkedIn and real life. NTNU ENHANCE Stipendiatforum , Trondheim 2024-04-15 - 2024-04-15
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LectureSiefkes, Meike Isabelle. (2024) Green angels and other investors for green start-ups. ENHANCERIA Network of Researchers in Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Innovation , digital 2024-04-02 - 2024-04-02
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LectureSiefkes, Meike Isabelle. (2024) Eco-logic: navigating green angels' and their entrepreneurs' hybrid insitutional logics. Johan Kepler Univsersity Linz ESU conference , Austria 2024-09-16 - 2024-09-20
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LectureSiefkes, Meike Isabelle. (2024) Green angels. European Youth Parliament Greece European Youth Parliament Innovation Hub 2024-05-19 - 2024-05-19
2023
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Academic lectureSiefkes, Meike Isabelle. (2023) Green startups and their investors. Presentation for visitors from Wake Forest University, USA 2023-05-10 - 2023-05-10
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Popular scientific lectureSiefkes, Meike Isabelle. (2023) Green Business Angels – specialized investors for green start-ups. Pint of Science Norway Pint of Science , Trondheim 2023-05-24 - 2023-05-24
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Academic lectureSiefkes, Meike Isabelle. (2023) Green business angels - why do we need them?. NTNU NTNU Energy Transition Week - Innovation and climate finance workshop , Trondheim 2023-03-23 - 2023-03-23
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LectureSiefkes, Meike Isabelle. (2023) Venture capital and the green transition. Lund University Sustainability and Business Value Creation , Lund, Sweden 2023-03-08 - 2023-03-08
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Academic lectureSiefkes, Meike Isabelle; Hunt, Britt Sophie Elverum. (2023) Sustainable in Name Only: A Critique on the Sustainability Movement in Entrepreneurship. NORSI NORSI conference 2023 , Stockholm 2023-01-26 - 2023-01-27
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Academic lectureSiefkes, Meike Isabelle. (2023) Green startups and their investors. NTNU School of Entrepreneurship NTNU School of Entrepreneurship Sustainability Week , Trondheim 2023-09-20 - 2023-09-20
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Academic lectureSiefkes, Meike Isabelle. (2023) Green startups and their investors. The American University in Cairo Course: Entrepreneurship and sustainability , Cairo 2023-10-17 - 2023-10-17
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LectureSiefkes, Meike Isabelle. (2023) Business angels investing in green ventures: how do they add value to their start-ups?. Business Angels Deutschland e.V. (BAND) IV. Business Angels Europe Conference on Angel Investment Research 2023 , digital 2023-11-07 - 2023-11-07
2022
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LectureSiefkes, Meike. (2022) Business angels investing in green ventures: How do they add value to their start-ups?. NORSI NORSI conference 2022 , Oslo 2022-04-21 - 2022-04-22
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Academic lectureSiefkes, Meike. (2022) Venture Capital and the Green Transition. NTNU School of Entrepreneurship NTNU School of Entrepreneurship Sustainability Week , Trondheim 2022-11-08 - 2022-11-08
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LectureSiefkes, Meike Isabelle. (2022) Green angels: How do they add value to their start-ups? . NTRANS NTRANS lunch box webinar , digital 2022-07-05 - 2022-07-05
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Academic lectureSiefkes, Meike Isabelle. (2022) How do business angels learn? Insights from angel investors becoming green. . ECSB RENT conference 2022 , Naples 2022-11-16 - 2022-11-18
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LectureSiefkes, Meike. (2022) How do business angels learn? Insights from angel investors becoming green. ESU network ESU doctoral conference , Sevilla, Spain 2022-09-12 - 2022-09-17