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European Commission sets up new European Innovation Council unit in the research directorate (Science Business | Europe)
Parts of EIC will now be overseen directly by the Commission, with Keith Sequeira, who was the head of governance at EISMEA, heading up the new EIC unit at DG RTD.
 
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Gabriel resigns as EU research commissioner to try forming Bulgarian government (Science Business | Europe)
Commission President Ursula von der Leyen immediately accepted Gabriel's resignation and thanked her for her service overseeing the EU’s €95.5 billion Horizon Europe programme and supporting innovation through the European Innovation Council.
 
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EIC general news
European Innovation Council will provide EUR 20 million for the development of innovations in Ukraine: Ministry of Digital Transformation (Ukrainian Government News | Ukraine)
The European Innovation Council will provide EUR 20 million to promote innovation in Ukraine. The Seeds of Bravery project will last for two years, and the first winners will receive funding in 2023.
 
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EISMEA launches a €4 million tender for management of EIC Community Platform (Agence Europe | Europe)
The European Innovation Council (EIC) announced on Monday 15 May the launch of a new EU Business Acceleration Services (BAS) programme.
 
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EIC Board
Changes to IP rules expected at EIC (Research Professional)
A leading member of the European Innovation Council’s governing board has said he expects the European Commission to implement changes to the funding agency’s rules on intellectual property.
 
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EIC Accelerator
Oscillum receives 1.5 million from the CDTI for its technology to reduce food waste (Alicanteplaza | Spain)
The startup Oscillum has received 1.5 million euros from the Center for Industrial Technological Development (CDTI) which offers support to those projects that obtained the Seal of Excellence in any of the calls for the "Accelerator" instrument of the European Innovation Council of the Horizon Europe program ("EIC Accelerator 2022").
 
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EIT Health: Arthex Biotech closes €42M Series B financing round (Science Business | Europe)
Arthex Biotech has successfully closed a €42 million Series B financing round. Prior to attracting these funds, the Valencia-based clinical-stage biotech start-up received an EIC accelerator grant.
 
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EIC Pathfinder
Amniotics led EIC-Pathfinder 3.8 M€ oncology project has started (Modular Finance | Sweden)
Amniotics AB today announces that the European Innovation Council (EIC) funded HyperTargIPS-NK EIC Pathfinder project has been formally initiated.
 
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A more accurate way to measure brain electrical activity (Techniques de l'Ingénieur | France)
European research project Cerebro has begun to design a contrast product of an electromagnetic nature which will be injected into the blood of patients and should make it possible to improve the quality of electroencephalograms. The project is funded by the European EIC Pathfinder Open program, led by the European Innovation Council.
 
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EIC Fund
Denmarks Sparrow Quantum raises €4.1 million for its integrated chip for on-demand single-photon streams (Tech.eu | Europe)
Danish quantum technology company Sparrow Quantum has raised €4.1 million in seed funding. The funding round was led by the venture capital firm 2xN and includes co-investment from LIFTT and the European Innovation Council (EIC).
 
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EIC Fund to Invest Upto USD3.79 Million in Scandinavian Realheart (Marketline | UK)
Realheart receives confirmation of an initial investment from the EIC of up to EUR3.5 Million.
 
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InProTher Announces EUR 6M Seed Financing with the Participation of the European Innovation Council Fund to Develop First-In-Class Cancer Immunotherapy (PR Newswire | Europe)
The financing will enable InProTher to advance its lead drug candidate, IPT001, a first-in-class immunotherapy against solid tumors, into clinical development.
 
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Sip and Snack: The Edible Coffee Cup Lands €1.8M Funding from VCs and EIC (The Recursive | Bulgaria)
Sustainable foodtech startup Cupffee secured new funding totaling €1.8M through a €500K pre-seed round led by Eleven Ventures and a €1.3M grant from the European Innovation Council (EIC).
 
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EIC Ambassadors
Ana Maiques (Alicanteplaza | Spain)

Ana Maiques talks to Alicante Plaza about the ins and outs of her company, neurological disease research, her role at the European Innovation Council, efforts for diversifying the innovation landscape in Europe and promoting female-led tech startups in Europe.

 
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Raycho Raychev (Investor.bg | Bulgaria)

Raicho Raichev, founder and CEO of EnduroSat talks about his projects, being an ambassador of the European Innovation Council, EIC programme benefits, and Bulgarian innovation ecosystem.

 
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Jana Kolar (Delo | Slovenia)

Jana Kolar talks about the European Innovation Council, its programmes and the success stories of three Slovenian companies that received funding.

 
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