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How to make the perfect dragons’ den pitch

Innovators Mag | 22/03/2024 | Europe - Pitching for new investment is a sink or swim moment that can strike fear into even the most confident young companies. It’s a big opportunity, a chance to take things to the next level, and for early-stage startups, scaleups and larger SMEs, success or failure will hinge on impressing the person sitting in front of them – so getting the approach right is everything. But what does it take to produce a great pitch? You want to stand out, of course, but only for the right reasons.
 
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EIC Prizes

Commission announces new initiatives to support women in science and innovation

Science|Business | 21/03/2024 | Europe - Awarding the Women Innovators prize this week, research commissioner Iliana Ivanova unveiled a series of initiatives to encourage more women and girls to pursue research careers.
 
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The Sardegna Ricerche agency receives the "EU prize for innovation"

ANSA | 21/03/04/2024 | Italy - In the "Procurement for Innovation Initiatives" category, the winner is the initiative of the Group for Procurement for Innovation (Gpi) which was created by Sardegna Ricerche, a regional agency that promotes scientific research and technological innovation in Sardinia.
 
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The EU recognizes the contribution of Andalusia to innovation in the purchase of health products and services

Gente Digital | 22/03/2024 | Spain - The Andalusian Health Innovation Public Procurement Program (CPI) has been recognized with second prize in the European Innovation Procurement Awards, an honor that highlights the region's contribution to innovation in the acquisition of products and services in the field. Of the health.
 
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Highlights

Maltese CEO Angele Guliano re-appointed as European Innovation Council Ambassador

MaltaCEOs | 21/03/2024 | Malta - Maltese CEO Angele Giuliano from AcrossLimits has been appointed European Innovation Council (EIC) Ambassador for the third year in a row in recognition for her work in relation to the innovation ecosystem in Europe. The announcement was made on 19th March by EU Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth Iliana Ivanova, during the EIC Summit 2024 in Brussels.
 
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EIC general news

Commission announces new initiatives to support women in science and innovation

Science|Business | 21/03/2024 | Europe - Research commissioner Iliana Ivanova announced new initiatives to boost women’s participation in research and innovation as she awarded the 2024 Women Innovators prize at the opening of the annual R&I week in Brussels. Ivanova also announced the fourth edition of the EIC Women leadership programme, which aims to enhance the skills of female entrepreneurs, upgrade infrastructure, and offer guidance, mentoring, and coaching.
 
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EIC Pathfinder

Three million euros fund research led by the University of Coimbra to develop new technology to regenerate the brain

University of Combria | 22/03/2024 | Spain - The research project REGENERAR: Improving the Effectiveness and Safety of Epigenetic Editing in Brain Regeneration, led by the researcher from the UC Faculty of Medicine, the UC Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology (CNC-UC) and the associated laboratory Center for Innovative Biomedicine and Biotechnology (CIBB), Lino Ferreira, will be funded with ar...
 
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EIC Transition

Three Dutch projects selected for EIC transition

Neth-ER | 21/03/2024 | The Netherlands - Three Dutch projects have been selected for the EIC transition cut-off. These projects are part of 27 projects selected to bring new technologies to the market. The European Innovation Council (EIC) will distribute a total of around 63 billion euros here, according to its publication on the EIC transition cut-off round of 2024.
 
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EIC Accelerator

European Innovation Council backs photonics in latest funding round

Optics.org | 21/03/2024 | Europe - The European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator program, a European Commission scheme designed to support startups in the region, has awarded funding to several photonics companies in its latest competitive round. Following the most recent EIC Accelerator cut-off date last November, 42 companies were selected to share €285 million of blended grant and equity support that is intended to attract further venture finance from the private equity sector.
 
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DoMore Diagnostics secures EIC Accelerator grant

Nordic Life Science News | 25/03/2024 | Sweden - The company has been awarded up to EUR 10 million in grant and equity financing by the European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator program to support the company through key milestones leading to commercial launch and scale-up of its digital biomarker Histotype Px Colorectal.
 
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AI Start-Up NeuReality Garners $20 Million in VC/Grant Money

Electronic Product Design & Test | 22/03/2024 | Israel - NeuReality, which is responsible from developing the NR1 NAPU server-on-a-chip for artificial intelligence (AI) inferencing tasks, continues to attract financial backing from numerous high-profile sources. It has just gained $20 million in extra funds. This comes from a combination of a European Innovation Council (EIC) grant, alongside venture capitalist (VC) investment from Varana Capital, Cleveland Avenue, XT Hi-Tech and OurCrowd.
 
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Danish healthtech disruptors: 10 game-changing startups transforming healthcare and wellness in 2024

Bright House Financing | 24/03/2024 | Denmark - Hoba Therapeutics. Founder(s): Kenneth Ahrend Petersen Based: 2016. Funding: €27M. Backed by Novo Holdings and Borean Innovation, Hoba Therapeutics is tackling continual ache issues and listening to loss with revolutionary remedies. Based in 2016, the Danish biotech develops novel therapeutics HB-086 for continual neuropathic ache and HB-097 for sensorineural listening to loss, each of which tackle unmet medical wants. Hoba Therapeutics acquired the Accelerator grant from the European Innovation Council in 2021 and the Grand Resolution grant from Innovation Fund Denmark in 2018.
 
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