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Top story of the week: EU 2024-2029 Strategic Agenda - France and Germany see Green Deal implementation as key to boost competitiveness and growth

European Energy Research Alliance | 04/06/2024 | On 28 May, France and Germany signed a joint declaration titled “A new agenda to boost competitiveness and growth in the European Union”, concluding a three-day state visit of French President Emmanuel Macron to Berlin, the first since 2000. It aims to promote cutting-edge research, boost research transfers and industrialisation, enhance partnerships with industry, reinforce the European Innovation Council (EIC), and attract more investments through venture capital and IPCEIs.
 
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How to move forward?

The Slovenia Times | 05/06/2024 | Three years after its creation, ReCatalyst now employs around ten highly skilled staff, has received several millions in funding, including a project from the prestigious European Innovation Council, and was named Slovenian Start-up of the Year in 2023.
 
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Calling all entrepreneurs: EIC offering services to help your company grow

Science Business | 06/06/2024 | The European Innovation Council’s Business Acceleration Services are helping scores of innovative companies network, train, sell – and grow. For instance, through its match-making services in the past three years, it helped its beneficiaries score a total of 103 deals with big companies, investors and procurers.
 
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EIC Pathfinder

International KCL research project to develop SMARTdrugs for aggressive cancers

Pharma Times | 03/06/2024 | A new international study led by King’s College London (KCL) researchers is developing a radiotheranostic platform called SMARTdrugs for the diagnosis and treatment of aggressive forms of cancer. With partners in Munich, Zurich, San Sebastian and Utrecht, the study has been awarded a Pathfinder Open Grant of nearly €4m from the European Innovation Council.
 
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Innovative, self-sufficient, eco-friendly: EU sponsors new microelectronics project

Informations Dienst Wissenschaft | 06/06/2024 | Over the next four years, the European Innovation Council (EIC) will be funding OBELIX through its Pathfinder program with about EUR 3.9 million.
 
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EIC Accelerator

SolasCure Selected for Innovate UK Global Incubator Programme in Houston

Samedan Ltd Pharmaceutical Publishers | 03/06/2024 | SolasCure is one of 16 healthcare companies selected for the Global Incubator Programme in Houston. The company’s participation in the programme builds on the recent European Innovation Council’s Accelerator Grant and Innovate UK Biomedical Catalyst Grant wins to further advance the development of Aurase Wound Gel.
 
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Egita Aizsilniece-Ibem: The state must continue to create prerequisites for supporting science-intensive companies

DELFI | 03/06/2024 | If Naco Technologies receives a grant of 2.3 million euros from the European Innovation Council's acceleration program "EIC Accelerator" for the production of a coating unique to hydrogen technology in Latvia in a huge competition, this allows the company to attract private investments from European funds, which is necessary to expand the production of a product that does not yet exist on the market.
 
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With its robots to scan water networks, Acwa Robotics wants to go from startup to SME

La Tribune PACA | 03/06/2024 | The manager says he is "more and more solicited" while the various awards or selections in development programs follow one another. "To have been a laureate of the EIC Accelerator shows that beyond the quality of our solution, the This subject is at the heart of the concerns".
 
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vorteX-io raises 2.9 million euros to become the European leader in providing real-time in-site hydrological data

Entreprise.maif.fr | 06/06/2024 | Winner in 2023 of the EIC Accelerator program, vorteX-io has received a €2.5 million grant from the European Innovation Council for its WHYLD (Worldwide HYdrological Large-scale Database) project, which aims to create the first European real-time hydrological forecasting service.
 
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Biomanufacturing game-changer? Enduro Genetics unveils elegant solution to declining cell productivity

Ag Funder News | 05/06/2024 | Enduro secured seed funding from NOON Ventures in 2022 and has also secured grant funding from the European Innovation Council (EIC). It is now looking to raise a series A round, says Munch.
 
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EU relies on Mysphera AI to improve hospital operational efficiency

CastellonPlaza.com | 05/6/2024 | The Spanish firm Mysphera, an expert in patient traceability solutions for optimizing hospital processes, has been in charge of carrying out this initiative, which has received funding from the European Innovation Council (EIC) and has marked a milestone in the advancement of patient flow management systems.
 
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5 Dutch start-ups that give us hope for the future

DutchReview | 06/06/2024 | Backed by the municipality of Rotterdam, the British Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and the European Innovation Council, Deep Branch continues to address critical global challenges like climate change and food security by offering an innovative and environmentally friendly solution.
 
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EIC Fund

Dublin manufacturer Pipes.One signs financing agreement with major European investment fund

Dublin Live | 06/06/2024 | A new financing agreement with the European Innovation Council Fund will allow Pipes.One to promote their mobile pipeline laying technology globally.
 
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EIC Board

President of the Board of the EIC, among other representatives, celebrated the first year of the Unitary Patent

Impact Financial News | 04/06/2024 | To celebrate the first year of the Unitary Patent, representatives from across the European Union and the institutions involved in making the system a success have recorded statements in a short video. They include EPO President António Campinos; Klaus Grabinski, President of the Unified Patent Court ’ s Court of Appeal; Jérôme Debrulle, Chairperson of the Select Committee, Administrative Council; Dr Angelika Niebler, MEP; Michiel Scheffer, President of the Board, European Innovation Council; and Margot Fröhlinger, Former Principal Director, Unitary Patent and European and International Legal Affairs.
 
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EIC Ambassadors

EIC Ambassador, Carlos Oliviera - jury at the COTEC-BPI SME Innovation Award

Link To Leaders | 06/06/2024 | Celebrating its 20th anniversary, the COTEC-BPI SME Innovation Award returns with a new edition to distinguish and reward national companies. The jury for this edition is chaired by Ana Rosas Oliveira (BPI) and composed of Ana Teresa Lehmann (Faculty of Economics – University of Porto), António Portela (BIAL), Carlos Oliveira (European Innovation Council), João Bigote (University of Coimbra), José Carlos Caldeira (INESC TEC), Lua Queiroz Pereira (Semapa), Manuel Mira Godinho (ISEG) and Manuela Tavares de Sousa (Imperial).
 
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Events

Breakfast with the NCPs: EIC Pathfinder Challenges

Horizonte Europa | 04/06/2024 | A session that will take place on June 27, 2024. Question resolution session for the EIC Pathfinder Challenges call with closing date October 16, 2024.
 
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The EIC Accelerator presents its financing mechanisms to businesses in the Nice Côte d'Azur Metropolis

Team Côte d'Azur | 04/06/2024 | On May 29, 2024, Team Nice Côte d'Azur welcomed Mr. Marco Rubinato, Senior Project Advisor of the European Innovation Council (EIC), for a business visit to Nice. More than 20 local businesses attended a meeting to explore the various financing options offered by the EIC Accelerator. The event, supported by French Tech and Nice Start(s)Up, took place in the premises of French Tech Côte d'Azur in Nice.
 
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Web seminar on Horizon Europe & EU funding programs EIC Pathfinder & EIC Transition

BioRegio-Stern.de | 04/06/2024 | In cooperation with the NCP EIC Accelerator (NCP EIC), the Steinbeis Europa Zentrum (SEZ) will present the upcoming calls for proposals from Horizon Europe and the EIC Pathfinder, EIC Transition and EIC Accelerator funding programs as part of the European Innovation Council (EIC ) in twoonline information events on June 25, 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 pm (and July 2, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm).
 
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Breakfast with the NCPs: EIC Transition

Horizonte Europa | 04/06/2024 | A session that will take place on June 19, 2024. Doubt resolution session for the EIC Transition call with closing date September 18, 2024.
 
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