The goal of the bibliometric study is to connect key players in academic research regarding innovation funding in order to map and advance the field's knowledge. The scope is to analyze documents published on Scopus database starting from 2013 to 2022. Articles by Agrawal and Clarysse are two most cited documents. Innovation, entrepreneurship, crowdfunding, venture capital, and public funding are most co-occurrence index keywords. Journal of Innovation Policy and the Economy, Research Policy, California Management journals are leading the list of top cited documents. The analysis generated directions for future research consisting of innovation funding structure, geographic location, new investments, and shareholding horizon.

innovation funding; bibliometric analysis; visualization networks; development trends, co-word analysis.