"EIC Weekly Media Review" Newsletter Issues

EU Prize for Women Innovators announce this year’s finalists (22/02/2024)

Innovators Mag | 22/02/2024 | Europe - The 10 finalists in this year’s European Prize for Women Innovators were announced this week by the European Innovation Council (EIC). The annual prize, now a joint venture between EIC and the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), has three categories: Rising Innovator, Women Innovators, and the EIT Women Leadership category.

Who are the biggest mobility startup investors in Europe? (20/02/2024)

Zag Daily | 20/02/2024 | Europe - Via ID and Dealroom.co. have published a new report on European Mobility startup investment called "State of European Mobility Startups 2023", ranking EIT Urban Mobility, BpiFrance and the European Innovation Council as the three leading investors.

Investment volume in European tech continues to decline (26/02/2024)

Tech.eu | 26/02/2024 | Europe - Last week, we tracked more than 85 tech funding deals worth over €487 million, and around 20 exits, M&A transactions, and rumours; all alongside a host of related news stories across Europe. With just under half a billion raised, the week behind us continues February's trend of ever-decreasing investment volumes.

Explained: why stakeholders are sceptical about lump sum funding (22/02/2024)

Science|Business | 22/02/2024 | Europe - The move to define costs up-front and fix them in the grant agreement is here to stay. But research lobbies are still unsure about it - here’s why. In 2024, lump sums will be introduced to the European Innovation Council and the European Research Council’s Advanced Grants. Most stakeholders agree it’s a simplification for the Commission first and foremost. It also simplifies the lives of smaller organisations that are less experienced with EU framework programmes.

European Institute of Innovation and Technology director ‘surprised’ by Danish government proposal to 'discontinue' agency (22/02/2024)

Science|Business | 22/02/2024 | Europe - The financial sustainability of the first EIT knowledge and innovation communities is proof the model works, says EIT director Martin Kern, after its future is called into question. The Danes say the education programmes run by the KICs are “clearly overlapping with Erasmus+”, and that there is overlap between some EIC and EIT projects. There should be a plan to “prepare the existing EIT-KICs for transforming into truly, financial sustainable, independent entities,” according to the position paper.

Connecting generations, living values: Irène Kilubi on her mission in the modern working world (22/02/2024)

FemaleExperts.com | 22/02/2024 | Germany - Irène Kilubi's job is to look through these documents according to predefined criteria and then give my decision or my expertise as to whether they are worthy of funding or not. The submissions that I receive for evaluation are predominantly in the HR tech or edu-tech sector.

People of ACM - Kurt Mehlhorn (22/02/2024)

ACM | 22/02/2024 | Europe - Europe has excellent funding models for basic research. The European Research Council highly successfully funds individual researchers with substantial amounts and little strings attached. The sole criterium for funding is scientific excellence. The same boldness does not exist for the development of new products. Why don’t we have a competition between start-ups, select a dozen, and give them 20 million each for a period of five years? A first step was taken by the EU with the creation of the European Innovation Council that funds many start-ups that came out of projects of the European Research Council.

Valerie Hengl’s focus is on startups in the pre-seed and seed phase (19/02/2024)

Breaking Latest | 19/02/2024 | Europe - The Female Founders no longer offer their own programs in the area of ​​“Diversity, Equity and Inclusion”, but instead work with partners such as the European Innovation Council. Why did you decide to take this step? Because it was precisely through these economic crises that we noticed that companies were the first to cut talent budgets. Unfortunately, the first thing to be cut is often the diversity program. In this respect, this has also had an impact on us and we now only organize leadership programs with large partners and no longer for the general public.

Station F launches program to attract more international startups (13/02/2024)

Maddyness | 13/02/2024 | France - An international showcase for French Tech, Station F wants to open up even more to the whole world. In this sense, the Paris startup campus team announces the launch of a new program to support foreign startups who wish to develop on the European market. To implement it, Station F partnered with HEC Paris, whose incubator took up residence in the new version of Halle Freyssinet in 2017. The choice to launch this program with South Korea is not surprising, since this country is a land of innovation par excellence, with global giants like Samsung, LG and Hyundai. In addition, an intense dynamic to encourage the growth of an even more powerful local startup ecosystem was put in place a decade ago, as a reflection of the takeoff of the French ecosystem.

Austria : EIC launches SPIN4EIC Strategic Innovation Procurement Programme (24/02/2024)

Mena Report | 24/02/2024 | Europe - The European Innovation Council (EIC) is launching the SPIN4EIC Strategic Innovation Procurement Programme, an initiative dedicated to delivering support services to EIC innovators. Its purpose is to enhance their ability to access procurement markets both in Europe and worldwide. The programme is committed to promoting the entry of outstanding EIC innovators into procurement markets, generating broader prospects for inventive SMEs and startups. SPIN4EIC extends its dedication also to Private and Public Buyers, with support services tailored for procurement of innovation.

Mail and parcel deliveries in cities go green (23/02/2024)

Horizon Magazine | 23/02/2024 | Belgium - While Bpost tries out URBANIZED’s prototype in Brussels, a German company called ONOMOTION is further developing an electric vehicle that combines the flexibility of a bicycle with the durability of a van. Called the Pedal Assisted Transporter, it is a cross between a bike and a capsule-sized car. Narrow and streamlined, the electric cargo bike has a fully covered driver’s cab as protection against bad weather. It was tested in an EU-funded research project run by ONOMOTION.

Biosimulytics Selected As Finalist For European Innovation Award (18/02/2024)

BusinessPlus | 18/02/2024 | Ireland - Peter Doyle, CEO and co-founder, commented: “We landed our first purchase order from a leading US biotech company at the end of 2022 during our Innovation Factory project to help them in bringing their novel cancer drug to market. “The drug molecule was particularly challenging and beyond the capabilities of our competitors to simulate, so our success on this project was a major validation of the power of our breakthrough innovation. We have since gone on to be successfully awarded the EIC Accelerator in June 2023.”

Ukrainian tech shows unwavering resilience two years after Russian invasion (23/02/2024)

Tech.eu | 23/02/2024 | Ukraine - Ukrainian tech defy war's shadow, with many growing, securing funding and expanding globally while supporting their communities and the war effort. February: Carbominer secured €1.5M EIC Accelerator Fund grant.

New bifacial agrivoltaic solar panels in Greece (23/02/2024)

PV Magazine | 23/02/2024 | Greece - Brite Solar, a Greek manufacturer of specialized modules aimed at the agrivoltaic greenhouse and photovoltaic roof segments, is building a 150 MW production line. Brite solar, which has been marketing its modules to agricultural cooperatives, integrators and installers since late 2022, has pilot installations in North America, Southeast Asia and Europe. In January it announced the raising of $9.26 million in venture capital. The venture capital round was led by Greece-based New Energy Partners, joined by initial investors European Innovation Council Fund, Luxembourg-based Brace Agri Solar Holdings and Malta-based Deep Investments Limited.

Israeli insect breeding solution provider raises $14.2 million (22/02/2024)

Pet Food Processing | 22/02/2024 | Israel - FreezeM, a Breeding-as-a-Service (BaaS) biotechnology company for black soldier fly (BSF) protein rearing solutions, announced Feb. 15 it had closed its series A funding round with $14.2 million. Investments were led by the European Innovation Council Fund (EIC Fund), as well as new and existing investors.

Brite Hellas: Completed financing of 8.6 million for the production of agro-photovoltaics (22/02/2024)

Insider | 22/02/2024 | Greece - The financing of Series A, amounting to 8.6 million euros, of the investment program of Brite Hellas , for the production of semi-transparent photovoltaic panels for agricultural applications, which will be produced at its facilities, in VI.PE, Patras, with lead, was successfully closed investor New Energy Partners. The European Innovation Council (EIC) and Brace 4 Impact, and Deep Capital Group also participated.

Bart Becks: “Belgium should follow the example of French Tech” (11/02/2024)

La Libre | 11/02/2024 | Belgium - Entrepreneur and business angel, Belgian Bart Becks is part of the European Innovation Council (CEI). This structure manages a budget of 10 billion euros intended to support disruptive technological start-ups. Regarding Belgium, the former CEO of Skynet pleads for the different regional ecosystems to connect with each other. As France managed to do with “French Tech”.

European Commissioner Iliana Ivanova opens the Bulgarian European Innovation Council info day (28/01/2024)

BNR | 28/01/2024 | Bulgaria - European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth Iliana Ivanova is on a two-day visit to Bulgaria. Today, Iliana Ivanova opened a European Innovation Council local info day, presenting opportunities to support innovators and researchers in deep technology.

The European Innovation Council is organizing an information day on financing high-tech scientific research and innovation (27/01/2024)

3E-News | 27/01/2024 | Bulgaria - On Monday, January 29, 2024, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Sofia, the European Innovation Council (EIC) is organizing an information day on financing high-tech scientific research and innovation. The European Commissioner for Innovation, Scientific Research, Culture, Education and Youth Iliana Ivanova and the Deputy Minister of Education and Science Prof. Genka Petrova will participate in the event on the initiative of the Minister of Innovation and Growth, Milena Stoicheva.

Horizon 2020 needed €159B more to fund all the excellent proposals - Commissioner Ivanova told the EP (26/01/2024)

Science|Business | 26/01/2024 | Europe - There is a long way to go to fill the funding gap, research commissioner Iiliana Ivanova told MEPs earlier this week. The details are in a soon-to-be published review of Horizon 2020, which will also look forward to the interim evaluation of Horizon Europe.

Axe the European Institute of Innovation & Technology and move missions and Widening out of Horizon Europe successor, Danish government says (26/01/2024)

Science|Business | 25/01/2024 | Europe - As planning for next R and D programme gets underway, leaked document suggests Copenhagen is calling for radical changes in the way it’s all structured. Denmark wants the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) to be “discontinued” in the EU’s next framework programme for research and innovation (FP10), according to a government position paper seen by Science|Business. The paper says the Commission should dismantle EIT and provide a plan for reaching financial “self-sustainability” for its “well-functioning” knowledge and innovation communities (KICs).

Make Europe safe again – European Commission proposes more coordination on EU dual-use export controls (26/01/2024)

Engage Lovan Lovells | 26/01/2024 | Europe - The European Commission presented the European Economic Security Package ("EESP"), a toolkit to ramp-up European action in investment, trade and research in the face of rising geopolitical tensions, geo-economic fragmentation and profound technological shifts. The EESP introduces five initiatives in the areas of foreign direct investment ("FDI") screening, outbound investment, export controls and research security to address risks to economic security, including technological sovereignty and security of supply. In this second part of our analysis of the EESP we summarize which steps the Commission proposes towards a more coordinated approach to dual-use export controls at EU level.

EVERGlass, an international project to incorporate laser technology into glass recycling (26/01/2024)

Gestores del Residuo | 25/01/2024 | Spain - Researchers from the School of Industrial Engineering of the University of Vigo (UVigo) are leading a glass recycling project through the development of an innovative laser transformation technology. Specifically, this initiative is led by the Industrial Laser Applications group, LaserON, and is a European project called EverGLASS , which has partners from Slovakia, Germany and France, and with Spanish representation by the CSIC.

An extraordinary event in Kaunas - "Europe's Horizon" is visible to the Lithuanian scientific and business community (26/01/2024)

KAS Viksta Kaune | 26/01/2024 | Lithuania - Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) in the "Santakos" valley (K. Baršausko str. 59) on January 25. an extraordinary event was held, organized by the National Contact Group of the Lithuanian Science Council (LMT NCP) and KTU. The representatives of the European Commission (EC) who arrived encouraged the scientific and business community to apply for support in the European Union's (EU) largest research and innovation program "European Horizon". [...] The news portal "What's happening in Kaunas" already wrote last year about the Kaunas-based deep biotech company "Genomika" and their success in attracting millions of EU investments. Genomics received the investment after their application for the EIC Pathfinder program, which is part of the Horizon Europe programme, was approved.

The Ecosystem: European Innovation Council uncouples grant and equity funding for start-ups (23/01/2024)

Science Business | 23/01/2024 | Europe - In response to feedback, the EIC has loosened the ties between grant and equity investment in its Accelerator programme. Companies that win grants can now bid for EIC equity funding when the time is right.

Spin-off Cellbox Solutions GmbH wins the EIC Accelerator, which is endowed with €2.5 million (25/01/2024)

Bionity.com | 25/01/2024 | Germany - The spin-off Cellbox Solutions GmbH was spun off from the current Fraunhofer Institute for Individualized and Cell-Based Medical Technology IMTE in 2016. It has developed a portable cell incubator for preservation without freezing. For this innovation, the Fraunhofer spin-off has now been awarded the “Accelerator Award” from the European Innovation Council. In an interview, Prof. Kathrin Adlkofer, COO and founder of Cellbox, reveals what the award means to her.

EU launches support package for Artificial Intelligence startups, SMEs (including EIC Accelerator) (26/01/2024)

EU Business | 25/01/2024 | Europe - The EU Commission launched a package of measures Wednesday to support European startups and SMEs in development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) that is 'trustworthy' and 'respects EU values'. The package contains, among other actions, an EU AI Start-Up and Innovation Communication outlining additional activities. This aims, among its objectives, to encourage public and private investments in AI start-ups and scale-ups, including through venture capital or equity support (including via new initiatives of the EIC Accelerator Programme and InvestEU).

German start-up Infinite Roots (previously known as MushLabs) raises $58m in Series B funding to develop a mushroom mycelium (26/01/2024)

Sifted | 25/01/2024 | Europe - Hamburg-based Infinite Roots has raised Europe’s biggest funding round for a mycelium company so far, with a $58m Series B. The round was led by the European Innovation Council (EIC) and Dr Hans Riegel Holding (HRH), a holding company of confectionery giant Haribo.

Kaffe Bueno Secures USD6.75 Million in Series A Financing (26/01/2024)

MarketLine Financial Deals Tracker | 25/01/2024 | UK - Kaffe Bueno, a leading Danish bioscience company renowned for its innovative approach in valorising coffee by-products, today proudly announces a momentous investment deal led by Borregaard with the participation of the European Innovation Council Fund (EIC Fund), Dalgaard Group, EIFO, PINC and The Yield Lab. The financial injection, totalling (EURO)6.2 million, marks a pivotal moment in Kaffe Bueno's growth trajectory and validates the investors' belief in the company's vision and technology. Borregaard, a global leader in biomass refining and advanced environmentally friendly biochemicals, has shown an interest in Kaffe Bueno's unique approach to coffee biorefining and increased market demand for high-performing biobased solutions.

IQT the Hague Update: Michiel Scheffer, President of the Board of the European Innovation Council, is a 2024 Speaker – Inside Quantum Technology (26/01/2024)

Plato IA | 25/01/2024 | Europe - Michiel Scheffer, President of the Board of the European Innovation Council, appointed by the European Commission, will speak at IQT the Hague in 2024. With his extensive experience in business, academia, and public policy and a strong dedication to technological progress and innovation, Scheffer brings valuable insights into the role of breakthrough technologies and their transformative power for society.

European Innovation Council cannot be expected to fill the scale-up gap alone, says Ivanova at Davos (18/01/2024)

Science Business | 18/01/2024 | Europe - Research commissioner Iliana Ivanova has warned that while the European Innovation Council (EIC) has made a good start, it will not be nearly enough to close the persistent gap between the US and EU when it comes to scale-up capital for new companies. Speaking at a debate on supposedly lagging European innovation at the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Ivanova said that the EU would have to look at easing regulations on small and medium sized enterprises too.

EU needs more capital to scale up innovations, Belgian prime minister tells MEPs (16/01/2024)

Science Business | 16/01/2024 | Europe - As he marked the start of Belgium’s EU presidency, Alexander De Croo painted a pessimistic picture of Europe’s competitive position in the ongoing technology tussle with the US and China. The InvestEU programme provides long-term funding to innovative companies, while the European Innovation Council gives out grant funding and equity to support the commercialisation of advanced technologies. More recently, the European Commission put forward a plan for a new investment platform for strategic technologies, STEP, the details of which are still being debated between the European Parliament, Commission and Council.

AR is helping the disabled see and hear at CES 2024 (15/01/2024)

Forbes | 15/01/2024 | United States - lumen: A haptic uses lidar sensors to activate vibrations inside the headband to guide the blind silently, invisibly, without the need for a walking stick or guiding dog. Founder and CEO Cornel Ameri was born into a family of people with disabilities. Growing up he realized how much technology can help and how little technology means to people with disabilities. Ameri says the device, which will be available next year, will replace guide dogs, which can cost $70,000 to train, and cannot be scaled up to serve the 40 million blind people. In December, 2021, the European Innovation Council (EIC) invested EUR 9.7 million.

Can ‘greener’ e-fuels save the planet? This startup just raised $129m to try and make it happen (16/01/2024)

Sifted | 16/01/2024 | Europe - Getting people to fly less, or switch to e-vehicles, might not be a fast or reliable enough solution to decarbonise the transportation industry — but e-fuels, which are supposedly more environmentally friendly than traditional ones, could help us get there quicker. That’s according to Karlsrühe-based e-fuels company Ineratec. Today, it is announcing a $129m Series B, led by Piva Capital, a US VC firm investing in energy and industrial startups, with participation from existing investors such as Planet A Ventures and High-Tech Gründerfonds.

UK Biotech Multus Unveils World’s First Commercial-Scale Serum-Free Growth Media Facility (16/01/2024)

Vegconomist | 16/01/2024 | United Kingdom - British biotech Multus has recently unveiled what it claims is the world’s first commercial-scale production plant for developing affordable, serum-free growth media for the cultivated meat industry. The exact location of the facility has not been revealed yet. This expansion comes after the company successfully raised £7.9 million in January to produce its growth media at scale, bolstered by a £2.15 million equity-free grant from Innovate UK through the EIC Accelerator.

EIC to ramp up deals in first half of 2024 (18/01/2024)

Sifted | 18/01/2024 | Europe - The first half of 2024 will see an increase in the European Innovation Council’s (EIC) investments into tech startups via its Accelerator programme, compared to last year, according to an EU official.

Artificial intelligence is put to the test with the health of populations in the Global South (21/01/2024)

El Pais | 21/01/2024 | Spain - The main source of funding for these projects comes from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. And, for the meningitis project, the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) has joined forces with private financing and the European Innovation Council Accelerator. Petrone’s work is funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, through the Severo Ochoa Center of Excellence.

HyperTunnel gets funding to demonstrate swarm construction in Wales (22/01/2024)

Construction Management | 22/01/2024 | Wales - HyperTunnel will use the Department for Business and Trade funding to build an underpass at the Global Centre of Rail Excellence’s (GCRE) Dulais Valley site in south Wales.. Last year, HyperTunnel received backing from the European Innovation Council Accelerator scheme and Vinci.

Acorai raises $4.5m to advance heart monitoring device trial (22/01/2024)

Plato AI | 22/01/2024 | Sweden - Cardiology start-up Acorai has secured $4.5m in an oversubscribed series seed equity round to advance its non-invasive intracardiac pressure monitoring device in clinical trials. The round, which was led by Solardis Health Ventures, will aid in the Swedish company’s goal of completing its CAPTURE-HF clinical study in 2024. The seed round follows Acorai securing a €2.3m grant with a follow-on investment of €10m from the European Innovation Council (EIC) late last year.

The French quantum sector is struggling to find European funding (12/01/2024)

Euractiv.fr | 12/01/2024 | France - The EU should provide more funding for deeptech and quantum technologies , according to business founders and experts working in the quantum field in France. According to Mr. Peronnin, “ the fragmentation of European funding limits the growth of the quantum sector”, when these companies wish to raise large sums. To illustrate this state of affairs, the French startup Pasqal, which raised, in 2023, 100 million euros during its Series B funding round, to enable it to develop and begin to internationalize, opened its capital to Temasek Holdings, the Singaporean sovereign wealth fund, and to Wa'ed Ventures, the investment fund of Aramco, a Saudi state oil company. These resources from non-European private actors were supplemented by resources from public, European actors: the French public investment bank Bpifrance and the European Innovation Council.

French SSA startup Aldoria raises $10.9 million (23/01/2024)

Space News | 23/01/2024 | France - Aldoria announced 23 January it raised 10 million euros in a Series A round. Starquest Capital, a French venture fund, led the round, with participation from the European Innovation Council Fund, the French government’s Deeptech 2030 fund, Expansion Ventures, Space Founders France and Wind Capital.

Paptic Secures USD4.9 Million in Growth Financing (18/01/2024)

MarketLine Financial Deals Tracker | 18/01/2024 | Finland - Paptic Ltd, a Finland-based high-growth company manufacturing wood fibre-based packaging materials, has successfully completed the year 2023 with significant investment from new investors. The company made the second closing of the growth financing totaling EUR 4.5 million(USD4.90 Million) at the end of the year. The round was led by the UB Forest Industry Green Growth Fund (UB FIGG), joined by Emerald Technology Ventures, SIG InnoVentures, and EIC Fund.

QphoX welcomes €8M, the largest investment in a quantum company in the Netherlands to date (18/01/2024)

FinSMEs | 17/01/2024 | The Netherlands - QphoX, a Delft, The Netherlands-based quantum computing company, raised 8M in funding. The round was led by QDNL Participations, alongside the EIC Fund, and existing investors Quantonation, Speedinvest, High-Tech Gründerfonds, and Delft Enterprises.

50 over 50: Europe, Middle East and Africa 2024 (16/01/2024)

Forbes | 16/01/2024 | Europe - Sasha Bezuhanova-61 | Founder-Chair, Move.BG | Bulgaria At 51, Bezuhanova left her 20-year career as a corporate executive to boost women’s entrepreneurial efforts in Bulgaria. In 2013, she founded MOVE.BG, a think tank-like organization that provides research and support to founders and creators, particularly women and those who are building businesses with a sustainable focus. In 2020, Bezuhanova was appointed as an investment committee member for the European Innovation Council; in this role, she helps manage a more than $2 billion investment program for European tech startups.

UAB Tops Spanish Universities in Horizon Europe Funding (16/01/2024)

Mirage News | 16/01/2024 | Spain - The Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona has obtained €62.2M in funding for 101 Horizon Europe 2021-2027 research and innovation projects in these first three years of the current programme. This figure represents a 47% increase in the funding received when compared to the first three years of the previous programme, Horizon 2020, and places the UAB at the top of the list of universities in Spain to receive European funds.

We are already back! (15/01/2024)

We are switching to a weekly EIC Media Review. Not that the media presence or influence increased, but because the 'surveillance' has become much easier for us. For the traditional media it has always been. You know the centres of interest; you know the journalists and you know the style and potential impact. It is more difficult to spot good online writers - structured, short and efficient, with good pictures if possible. In any case, I wish you a nice week, don’t hesitate to contact the team if you need more (or less) info and propose to colleagues, from the Commission or not, to subscribe to the EIC Media Review. Until next Monday - there is more to come! Erwan (Personal link to LinkedIn below)

Decluttering Space Debris in Low Earth Orbit (12/01/2024)

EE Times | 12/01/2024 | Europe - “The European Space Agency estimates there are more than 11,000 tons total mass of space debris currently in all orbits around the earth,” said Stella Tkatchova, the European Innovation Council’s space systems and technologies program manager.

Austria : EIC Work Programme 2024 includes funding amounting to 1.2 billion (09/01/2024)

Mena Report | 09/01/2023 | Europe - European Commission adopted the European Innovation Council (EIC) 2024 Work Programme. It opens funding opportunities worth over 1.2 billion in 2024. The majority is dedicated to SMEs and start-ups to develop and scale up deep tech innovations in critical fields such as generative Artificial Intelligence (AI), space, critical raw materials, semiconductors and quantum technologies. This goes alongside the Commission Decision which completes the restructuring of the EIC Fund, which will receive a capital injection of 585 million to invest in EIC selected companies, leveraging over 2 billion in new investments. Paid article – Contact EISMEA-MEDIA-MONITORING@ec.europa.eu to receive the original.

EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation launches business-to-business platform for ecological transition (12/01/2024)

Agence Europe | 12/01/2024 | Japan - On Thursday 11 January, the European Innovation Council (EIC) announced the launch on 3 January 2024 of the Green Transition Business Matching Platform. This online platform organised by the EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation aims to bring together research and innovation players, such as research bodies, companies and start-ups from Japan and Europe, to work in partnership to contribute to a low-carbon society.

The neuroprosthetic that helps a paralysed man walk again (09/01/2024)

TechCentral | 09/01/2024 | Ireland - Nerve fibre breakthrough will likely be only the first steps in the development of therapeutic approaches. Onward Medical N.V has received a second subsidy from the European Innovation Council (EIC) to support the improvement of the Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) technology for individuals with spinal cord injuries.

TRL+ has created its first spinoff, Sensing Tools (22/12/2023)

Qué! Madrid | 22/12/2023 | Spain - Strategic collaboration in the scientific and technological field has proven to be an intelligent path for progress and constant innovation. This is what TRL+ understands , which created its first spinoff , Sensing Tools , last January 2023. This technology has been recognized by the European Innovation Council (EIC) as a “ Key Innovator ”.

Dronamics partners with top industry innovators (13/01/2024)

Freight Week | 11/01/2024 | Dronamics, the world's first cargo drone airline with a license to operate in Europe, announced on Thursday that it is part of the select group of companies launching the EU Future Mobility Taskforce, a strategic initiative to advise the EU's leadership in global transport innovation. The EU is boosting financial support for transportation innovators and startups through Horizon Europe cluster 5 and EIT Urban Mobility. The European Innovation Council, with a EUR 10 billion budget, is calling on transport entrepreneurs to apply.”

For sustainable fish farming: interview with the Franco-Austrian team of the start-up Blue Planet Ecosystems (08/01/2024)

France Diplomatie | 08/01/2024 | France - Faced with the food needs of a growing world population and the environmental challenges linked to overfishing, the start-up Blue Planet Ecosystems has developed a solution for sustainable and ecological fish farming, with an innovative method. From its creation, the start-up has benefited from international and European support, obtaining in 2022 European funding from the EIC Accelerato to support start-ups with innovative projects.

This headset works as a virtual “guide dog” to help blind people navigate the world (09/01/2024)

ardina | 09/01/2024 | Portugal - The solution was on display during CES 2024 , in Las Vegas, with .lumen being part of the group of 15 startups that were present at the European Pavilion, organised by the European Innovation Council. According to the company , the headset is in preparation for production and is expected to be launched on the market during the second half of 2024.

EIC Accelerator winners: promote your project during research and innovation week in Brussels (08/01/2024)

Auvergne - Rhône - Alpes Entreprises | O8/01/2024 | France - Are you a winner of the EIC Accelerator? Meet European investors and pitch your business project on March 19 in Brussels during research and innovation week .

Bio-manufacturing: The future of food production (12/01/2024)

Open Access Government | 12/01/2024 | United Kingdom - Multus is catalysing the growth media supply chain for cultivated meat production off the back of a €2.5 million grant from the UK Government via the European Innovation Council Accelerator funding program to enable breakthroughs in cost-effective large-scale cultivated meat production.

FIDEtechnology wants to revolutionize the industry with low-carbon cement (10/01/2024)

O Jornal Economico | 10/01/2024 | Portugal - FIDEtechnology has developed a prototype that allows new cement mixtures to be obtained with low carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, with a 50% reduction in CO2, and a production of 150 kilograms (Kgs) of cement per hour. FIDEtechnology has already applied for European funds from the European Horizon Europe program to produce the industrial-sized machine. The application requests a total mixed financing of 6.4 million euros. One of the applications was for the 'European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator' worth 2.4 million euros and another application was for an 'equity investment' from the 'EIC Fund' worth four million euros.

Iceland-based DTE raises EUR 16 million in financing (23/12/2023)

23/12/2023 | Iceland - Iceland-based leading innovator in process and quality control for the metals production and manufacturing industry, DTE raised EUR 16 million. The company announced the fundraise on December 23, 2023. Eyrir Vöxtur, alongside existing backers, the European Innovation Council (EIC) Fund, provided the investment.

Bioprinting’s Investment Milestones of 2023 (12/01/2024)

Ireland | 12/01/2024 | Ireland - Navigating through the landscape of bioprinting, 2023 unfolded as a year where targeted investments significantly nurtured this specialized field. November: RCSI’s POLINA Project. In one of the year’s last notable investments, the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) received €2.9 million for the POLINA project, backed by the European Innovation Council.

Scaling up osmotic energy: Sweetch secures €25m series A (15/01/2024)

Aqua Tech | 15/01/2024 | France - French company Sweetch Energy has secured €25 million investment to accelerate the commercial development of an osmotic energy system, generated by the difference in salinity when freshwater and seawater sources meet.

EU puts its weight behind home-grown processor for its new €273M supercomputer (11/01/2024)

Science Business | 11/01/2024 | France - ‘The dream of a European machine crossing the exaflop threshold with a European microprocessor inside is coming true,’ says Philippe Notton, CEO of SiPearl, the EU-backed start-up that designed the device. Notton said it was not easy attracting private investors, and while Atos and fellow microprocessor design company ARM invested in the round, €15 million came from the European Innovation Council and €25 million was in the form of a convertible loan from the European Investment Bank. The French government’s technology sovereignty fund also invested.

Farminsect – Transforming agriculture with innovative insect technology (10/01/2024)

Easy Engineering |10/01/2024 | Germany - FarmInsect focuses on the production of Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens) larvae, reforming the way they think about sustainable sources of protein. FarmInsect founders, Thomas Kuehn and Wolfgang Westermeier, have developed a modular semiautomated system for decentralized larvae fattening, introducing an innovative fusion of biology and technology to conventional agriculture. In October 2023, FarmInsect secured an impressive €8 million in funding to further enhance the company’s operations through research and development. Investors include the European Innovation Council Fund.

Minesto’s utility-scale tidal energy kite ready to start delivering (09/01/2024)

WorldPorts.org | 09/01/2024 | Faroe Islands - Minesto has completed the Dragon 12 offshore infrastructure in Vestmannasund, Faroe Islands, marking readiness for power production with the achieved connection of the export cable to the foundation. Having more than €40 million of funding from the Regional Development Fund through the Welsh European Funding Office, European Innovation Council and InnoEnergy, Minesto claims to be the EU’s largest investment in marine energy thus far.

Happy 2024! (08/01/2024)

We wish you happiness, health, security, and excellent media coverage for 2024! The new year starts well, not that journalists and online writers stop typing out sometimes, but that EISMEA Communication team has now access to a very powerful media monitoring service that covers more than 93 000 sources all around the World. We are already using more than 70 different keywords and names of persons for media research in all EU languages. We will also improve our list of contacts of journalists. If you think you can help us to be more precise and efficient in information surveillance for the EIC and EISMEA, never hesitate to contact us!

Commission takes new steps to support Ukrainian research & innovation (03/01/2024)

Neth-ER | 03/01/2024 | The Netherlands - The European Commission is launching three new initiatives for strengthened EU cooperation with Ukrainian researchers and innovators. Firstly, she is setting up an office for Horizon Europe, she is opening a new EIC campaign for the financing of deep tech companies and there is a new EIT Community Hub in Ukraine.

How the Ukrainian startup behind astrology app Nebula is thriving despite the war (05/01/2024)

TNW | 05/01/2024 | Ukraine - This is the story of OBRIO, a Ukrainian startup behind the successful astrology app Nebula. Speaking to TNW from his apartment in Kyiv just before the turn of the year, founder and CEO Alex Fedorov says that running a company during wartime is not exactly something you learn in business school.

Sílvia Garcia, administrator of the National Innovation Agency: “We are on the right track when it comes to creating a ‘Portugal startup nursery’” (25/12/2023)

Jornal de Leiria | 25/12/2023 | Portugal - Sílvia Garcia, responsible for ANI explains the main support tools for startups and guarantees that ANI is making efforts to simplify access to funds and follow-up once the support process is complete.

Meet the New Research & Innovation Strategy (02/01/2024)

Philenews | 02/01/2024 | Cyprus - With timetables, an action plan, putting under its umbrella as many sectors as possible and with the involvement of bodies from the public and private sectors, the New Research & Innovation Strategy moved forward. The new Research and Innovation Strategy 2024-2026 , announced very recently, is based on studies and strategies prepared for the Republic of Cyprus.

ARIA: a new era of British innovation (29/12/2023)

The St Andrews Economist | 29/12/2023 | UK - As a medium-sized economy, the UK can’t be globally dominant in every industry. There is a debate however as to whether the UK should try to compete in sectors like semiconductors where the US and China are currently much stronger, to avoid being dependent on the critical industries of other countries. As for now though, ARIA will work in the sectors like AI, digital, biomedical sciences, and petrochemicals where the UK has existing and natural advantages. This will complement the European Innovation Council (EIC) which operates under the EU’s Horizon Europe programme, which the UK recently rejoined.

“If we regulate cryptoactives, are we legitimizing this market?” asks Pedro Miguel Silva (02/01/2024)

Executive Digest | 02/01/2024 | Europe - In this context, the European Central Bank (ECB) plays a fundamental role in defining regulatory policies that can balance innovation and the protection of public interests. But what are the challenges of regulation? What opportunities do cryptoassets bring to the market? What are the main difficulties faced by central banks in regulating digital assets? Are we legitimizing this market?

The incredible wonders of liquid computing: the next revolutionary change (31/12/2023)

TecnoApple | Italy | 31/12/2023 - The world of information technology is experiencing an epochal transformation thanks to the work of a team of scientists from the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT). These experts have created an innovative liquid computer, using a ferrofluid composed of water and magnetite nanoparticles. This incredible advance is part of the European COgiTOR project which aims to develop advanced artificial cybernetic systems. The idea has received funding from the European Innovation Council.

The secrets of the Sun and new treatments: science demands attention (31/12/2023)

Il Secolo XIX | 31/12/2023 | Italy - 2024 will be important for the activities of the 'Revolutionary high-resolution human 3D brain organoid platform integrating AI-based analytics (3D-BrAIn)' project, funded by the 'European Innovation Council' to generate miniature three-dimensional brains in the laboratory.

TRL+ has created its first spin off, Sensing Tools (22/12/2023)

Qué Madrid | 22/12/2023 | Spain - Based on various European and international research projects, Sensing Tools has been created and oriented to the market, particularly from the SMARTLAGOON H2020 project, focused on monitoring the Mar Menor lagoon. Following its development, this technology has been recognized by the European Innovation Council (EIC) as a “Key Innovator”.

Vortex-io creates hydrology microstations inspired by space (03/01/2024)

Les Echos | France | 03/01/2024 -To better prevent overflows due to climate change, Vortex-io has designed microstations for measuring river flow and warning of floods. Vortex-io won a grant of 2.5 million euros from the European Innovation Council last April to set up the Whyld river forecasting service in France and Croatia, at a cost of 3.6 million. Paid article – Contact EISMEA-MEDIA-MONITORING@ec.europa.eu to receive the original.

“We’ve made more money than we ever dreamed of. More than we need”: RELEX Solutions’s Johanna Småros (19/12/2023)

Sifted | Finland | 19/12/2023 - Småros talks sustainability, founding a charitable foundation and AI. Her company RELEX makes supply-chain and retail-planning software — which might sound boring, but it's extremely important when you consider how much inventory, especially food, is wasted due to poor planning.

Quantum computing startup PASQAL’s CCO leaves to start his own company (04/01/2024)

Sifted | France | 04/01/2024 - Benno Broer, the chief commercial officer (CCO) of French quantum computing darling PASQAL, left the company earlier this week to start a new business, Sifted has learned. After two years at PASQAL, Broer is launching Science Rockstars, a company operating in stealth in the fields of high-performance computing, scientific software and AI

New billionaires, historic companies and the energy of tomorrow: the most beautiful stories of Italian companies told by Forbes in 2023 (27/12/2023)

Forbes | 27/12/2023 | Italy - The first CO2 battery - Energy Dome is the Italian industrial-scale energy storage company that designed a CO2 battery. It was born in February 2020, a few weeks before the lockdowns. It resisted Covid and started the first CO2 Battery plant in Sardinia. Among the investors who supported it are 360 Capital and Barclays. At the end of 2022 it received 17.5 million euros from EIC Accelerator, the funding program of the European Innovation Council.

From research to entrepreneurship (12/12/2023)

Wageningen University and Research | 12/12/2023 | The Netherlands - Every year, about 10 Wageningen scientists launch a start-up or a spin-off. Wageningen University and Research (WUR) aims to double that number. Plant-e, founded in 2009, got a prestigious EIC Accelerator Grant at the end of 2021. The company grew to a staff of 15 and is in the midst of a serious investment round now.

Trendspotting: Automotive IC Startup Funding In 2023 - SemiEngineering (04/01/2024)

Auto Appraisers | 04/01/2024 | Italy - VSORA raised $4.2M in financing in January 2023 led by Otium Capital, joined by existing and angel investors, and a $13.2M in grant and equity funding from the European Innovation Council Accelerator in November 2023. VSORA develops silicon IP and chips for ADAS and autonomous driving at L2+ through L5.

Two Spanish projects, on the list of promising startups in 2024 (02/01/2024)

02/01/2024 | Spain - In the list of the most promising artificial intelligence startups that CB Insights has compiled after a global analysis, the Spanish companies Argilla and Multiverse Computing are part of the group made up of a total of 98 companies. Argilla is an open-source data curation platform that allows users to easily develop, evaluate and improve natural language (NPL) models thanks to a friendly interface where data can be interpreted and annotated, in addition to conducting experiments. So far, the company has received 27 million dollars , and as investors it has the EIC Accelerator.

WIDMO Spectral Technologies obtained nearly €5.5 million in funding from the EU EIC Accelerator program - summary 2023 (04/01/2024)

MAMSTARTUP | 04/01/2024 | Poland - The end of the year brought us a distinction in the form of the Economic Award of the President of the Republic of Poland in the STARTUP_PL category – says Mirosław Trześniowski, CEO of WIDMO Spectral Technologies, in the summary of 2023. In the middle of the year, we were granted nearly €5.5 million in funding from the prestigious EU EIC Accelerator program for the development of the WIDMO Cities solution.

Could we make milk from CO2? (02/01/2024)

Spring Wise | 02/01/2024 | Europe - Backed by €5.5 million worth of funding from the European Innovation Council, the ‘HYDROCOW’ project aims to create a microbe that, using water and electricity, can convert carbon dioxide and hydrogen into beta-lactoglobulin – a whey protein that is a main component of dairy milk.

Real Heart has received 750,000 euros from the European Innovation Council (29/12/2023)

Nyheter | Sweden | 29/12/2023 - The medical technology company Real Heart has now received the second part of the grant awarded to the company by the European Innovation Council in December 2021.

Peptinov, winner of the EIC Accelerator (18/12/2023)

L'actu des Business Angels | 18/12/2023 | France - The Peptinov start-up, supported by Les Business Angels des Grandes Ecoles, is one of the 47 winners of the EIC Accelerator. Following its selection in this very competitive process, Peptinov will receive a €2.5 million grant and a €5.5 million equity contribution to finance the phase 2 clinical development of its anti-IL-6 immunotherapy. targeting osteoarthritis.

A big month for energy, but fintech and healthtech lose their shine: December’s seed wrapup (05/01/2024)

Sifted | 05/01/2024 | Europe - As expected, the holiday season meant a slowdown in funding. There were 273 pre-seed and seed deals announced in December, compared with the 292 we saw in November, according to data from Dealroom. Those 273 rounds drummed up €403m in total, down from €504m in November. And funding fell short of last December’s total — €576m — by 30%, while the number of deals fell sharply from 499 in December 2022.

Startup accelerators maintain strategic role in challenging funding environment (05/01/2024)

Business Review | Europe | 05/01/2024 - With more than 400 startup accelerator programmes operating across Europe, entrepreneurs have the opportunity to explore the potential of such initiatives that can guide founders in their efforts to raise funding or pivot with their idea or product. Accelerators are also gaining ground in Romania and while they’ve mainly been focused on the tech sector, some niches such as healthcare and food are also amassing more startups.

8.3 billion euros raised in 2023, an expected drop which signals the end of easy money (04/01/2024)

Maddyness | 04/01/2024 | France - The cycle of investment contraction, which has now lasted for almost two years, has caused a drastic drop in funds raised by French startups with a maximum of 10 years on the clock. Over the last 12 months, French Tech has raised just over 8 billion euros, a drop of more than 36% compared to last year.

Iceland-based DTE raises EUR 16 million in financing (23/12/2023)

VCBay | 23/12/2023 | Iceland - Iceland-based leading innovator in process and quality control for the metals production and manufacturing industry, DTE raised EUR 16 million. The company announced the fundraise on December 23, 2023. Eyrir Vöxtur, alongside existing backers, the European Innovation Council (EIC) Fund, provided the investment.

Antabio raises 25 million to fight nosocomial diseases (17/12/2023)

Les Echos | 14/12/2023 | France - To fight more effectively against nosocomial infections, the biopharmaceutical company Antabio has just completed a Series B fundraising of 25 million euros. Paid article – Contact EISMEA-MEDIA-MONITORING@ec.europa.eu to receive the original.

Estonian GeneCode earns global acclaim for novel anti-Parkinson drug (01/01/2024)

inestinestonia.com | January 2024 | Estonia - stonian HealthTech startup GeneCode has been named among Europe's top-10 Discovery and Development solution providers for its groundbreaking drug to slow Parkinson's disease. This recognition follows another significant win for GeneCode. In summer 2023, the company was awarded a €16 million grant and equity investment option from the European Innovation Council’s (EIC) Accelerator.

EIC FUND and UNICORN (26/12/2023)

Il Corriere Nazionale | 26/12/2023 | Italy - The EIC Accelerator 2024 call, provides non-repayable financing of up to 2.5 million euros for the development of innovation, investments of up to 15 million euros for scale up, natural evolution of the startup that establishes itself in the market and intends to make a big leap in size, therefore investments for other significant costs. If the technologies are of "strategic interest at a European level", the company can request even higher EIC investments.

Chiara Petri joins the EIC Board (02/01/2024)

Start Up and Ivationne | 02/01/2024 | Italy - The CEO of the scale-up WSense, specialised in wireless underwater monitoring and communication systems, joins Francesco Profumo, the only Italian among the 20 members of the Board appointed by the European Commission.

Francesco Profumo, president of the scientific steering committee (26/12/2023)

Il Quotidiano | 26/12/2023 | Italy - Francesco Profumo, former Minister of Research and current President of Compagnia di San Paolo and ACRI, is the new President of the Strategic and Scientific Steering Committee of Entopan Smart Networks & Strategies. He is also a member of the new Board of the European Innovation Council (EIC).

Aix-Marseille-Provence metropolis: Moroccans back in force during the last delegation led by Anima (18/12/2023)

Aujourd'hui le Maroc | 18/12/2023 | France - The challenges of industrial cooperation around the Mediterranean basin are clear. Enabling this region to gain competitiveness in this sector in the face of Asian competition and achieving its ambitions for redevelopment of the industrial sector is the main objective. And this last operation of the year, labeled as the European Capital of Innovation iCapital - prize awarded to the Aix-Marseille-Provence metropolis by the European Innovation Council - confirms this common desire.

The tech and startup events Sifted will be attending in 2024 (04/01/2024)

Sifted | 04/01/2024 | Europe - There is no shortage of events and conferences for a European startup enthusiast in 2024 — here's which the Sifted team will attend -> including of course EIC events.

Antabio raises €25 million to fight nosocomial diseases (14/12/2023)

Les Echos | 14/12/2023 | France - To fight more effectively against nosocomial infections, the biopharmaceutical company Antabio has just completed a Series B fundraising of €25 million. Paid article – Contact EISMEA-MEDIA-MONITORING@ec.europa.eu to receive the original.

Joyeux Noël ! (22/12/2023)

The last EIC Media Review of 2023! Čestit Božić! Veselé Vánoce! Glædelig Jul! Prettige Kerstdagen! Häid jõule! Hauskaa joulua! Frohe Weihnachten! Χαρούμενα Χριστούγεννα! Buon Natale! Priecīgus Ziemassvētkus! Linksmų šv. Kalėdų! Wesołych Świąt! Feliz Natal! Crăciun fericit! Feliz Navidad! God jul! Веселого Різдва! We will be back in a few days...

Sweetch Energy raises €25m in series A funding (19/12/2023)

FINSMES | 19/12/2023 | France - Sweetch Energy, a Rennes, France-based renewable energy company specialising in osmotic energy, raised €25M in Series A funding. The company is financially backed by industrial, deeptech and cleantech investors (EDF, CNR, Go Capital, Demeter Investment Managers, Future Positive Capital) as well as by BPI, Ademe and the European Innovation Council.

How to make a European research framework programme (19/12/2023)

Science Business | 19/12/2023 | Europe - Here’s an explainer on how the next seven-year EU research programme, FP10, is being crafted, from the EU institutions and stakeholders, to the budget battle and potential sticking points. As Horizon Europe’s main basic research funding body, the European Research Council says it needs more money, while the main innovation funder, the European Innovation Council says Europe needs more strategic technologies fast.

European Innovation Council in line for changes next year (14/12/2023)

Science Business | 14/12/2023 | Europe - The European Innovation Council work programme for 2024 will see changes to the EU’s start-up fund, as its budget shrinks from €1.6 billion to €1.2 billion. Changes include a wide-scale introduction of lump sum funding, a much-demanded revision of intellectual property rules, and a stricter selection process.

The EIC is looking for Programme Managers (11/12/2023)

Science Business | 11/12/2023 | Belgium - Become an EIC Programme Manager and lead the next wave of European deep-tech innovation!

European Commissioner Ivanova: Investment in Science, Research, Innovation Should Be Strategic Priority for Europe (19/12/2023)

Bulgarian News Agency | 19/12/2023 | Bulgaria - European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth Iliana Ivanova said investment in science, research and innovation should be a strategic priority for Europe. She addressed the Nineteenth National Innovation Forum “Innovations and Sustainable Growth” in Sofia.

Speech by Commissioner Iliana Ivanova at the launch event of the Horizon Europe Office in Kyiv (20/12/2023)

European Commission | 20/12/2023 | Ukraine - Today marks a pivotal moment in the story of our European community of researchers and innovators. But also, for the present and the future of our relations. I take immense pride in inaugurating the Horizon Europe Office in Kyiv. This is a monumental achievement, and not only for the whole European R&I ecosystem. It is also a testament to the enduring spirit of the Ukrainian people.

European Innovation Council steps up effort to increase success rates in Widening countries (13/12/2023)

Science Business | 13/12/2023 | Europe - A partnership with the Central European Research Infrastructure Consortium is one of the latest moves to try and improve success rates in getting finance from the EU start-up funder.

More than 100 start-ups and innovation organizations from South South Eastern will be part of a task force to increase technology adoption in the region (12/12/2023)

Outsourcing Today | 12/12/2023 | Europe - More than 100 start-ups and innovation organizations from South South Eastern Europe will be part of a task force that aims to increase the adoption of technology and support the internationalization of start-ups in the region. The event was attended by representatives of start-ups, companies, national and European authorities, including Robert Schröder – Head of Sector External Communication, European Innovation Council (EIC).

Sustainability dominated the foodtech landscape in 2023. Here's what it means for 2024 (20/12/2023)

Tech.eu | 20/12/2023 | Europe - We take a look at the leading trends in foodtech over the last year and predict what's the come over the following year. This week, the EU announced it will invest €50 million next year in helping startups and small businesses scale up the production of alternative proteins via funding facilitated through the European Innovation Council (EIC) Work Programme 2024.

Solar Panels Reimagined: New Prototype Produces Methane Through Artificial Photosynthesis (13/12/2023)

SciTechDaily | 13/12/2023 | Workd - Solar panels, harnessing the sun’s energy to produce electricity, are becoming more widespread. While humans are still mastering the conversion of solar energy into fuel, plants have long perfected this through photosynthesis. The authors acknowledge funding from the Japan Technological Research Association of Artificial Photosynthetic Chemical Process and the European Innovation Council.

EU to invest $55m in precision fermentation start-ups (19/12/2023)

Just Food | 19/12/2023 | Europe - The EU is set to invest €50m next year to help precision fermentation start-ups scale-up the production of alternative proteins. The investment will come through the European Innovation Council’s (EIC) Work Programme 2024, under the EU’s Horizon Europe project.

Future Food Quick Bites: Oat Milk Soap, New TiNDLE CEO & Plant-Based Diplomas (20/12/2023)

Green Queen | 20/12/2023 | Finland - In our weekly column, we round up the latest news and developments in the alternative protein and sustainable food industry. Finnish air protein startup Solar Foods is leading a consortium (which includes Gingko Bioworks and two Dutch universities) that has been awarded €5.5M from the European Innovation Council Pathfinder programme.

The Ecosystem: start-ups in Widening countries get a helping hand in winning European Innovation Council funding (13/12/2023)

Science Business | 13/12/2023 | Europe - SynergistEIC supports start-ups to give them a better chance of success in the EIC Accelerator. But high demand means getting selected for the scheme is almost as competitive as the EIC Accelerator itself.

EIC Accelerator slashes 2024 support for startups (13/12/2023)

EE News Europe | 13/12/2023 | Europe - The European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator programme has slashed the support for deeptech startups in 2024. The total budget for the EIC Accelerator in 2024 is €675m, down from €1.1bn last year, with key changes to the way the programme is managed.

After the summit, COP28 entrepreneurs look to new innovative ways to cut carbon (14/12/2023)

Taranga News | 14/12/2023 | Finland - The main Cop28 spotlight was on important pledges to move away from fossil fuels and save the planet. Carbo Culture’s plant has secured funding from the European Innovation Council as part of a key EU program that identifies breakthrough technologies.

Vaultree: How This Company Solves Persistent Data Encryption Security Issues (11/12/2023)

Pulse2 | 11/12/2023 | Ireland - Vaultree is a company that has developed the world’s first fully functional data-in-use encryption solution that solves the industry’s fundamental security issue: persistent data encryption, even in the event of a leak. “Closing a successful A series, the release of our SDK, the partnership with Google AlloyDB and Google Cloud SQL, being selected as the only Irish company to receive the European Innovation Council (EIC) grant, the Cybersecurity Excellence Award and others, and most recently Vaultree’s recognition as a 2023 Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum (WEF).

Maeve Unveils Plans For 80-Seat Hybrid Regional Airliner (11/12/2023)

Aviation Week | 11/12/2023 | Netherlands - Maeve Aerospace has started research and development work on an 80-seat hybrid-electric turboprop that is targeted at the regional jet and De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400 replacement market. Maeve is in the process of finding an industrial lead investor. Maeve has so far received funding from private investors, the Dutch government and the European Innovation Council.

FGen AG gets funding for sustainable milk protein production project (20/12/2023)

NUFFOODSSpectrum | 20/12/2023 | Switzerland - The EIC has tapped FGen and partners to work on developing a sustainable, alternative approach to milk production using only CO2 and electricity.

Louis Dreyfus Company chooses bound4blue to install four eSAILs on juice vessel (19/12/2023)

World Ports | 19/12/2023 | Sweden - bound4blue and Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) announced a commercial agreement for the manufacture and installation of four eSAILs on LDC’s chartered juice vessel, MV Atlantic Orchard, in collaboration with Wisby Tankers AB, Sweden (Wisby Tankers), according to Louis Dreyfus’s release.

Francisco Velázquez, new member of the European Innovation Council (21/12/2023)

Capital Riesgo | 21/12/2023 | Spain - Francisco Velázquez has recently been appointed as a member of the European Commission’s European Innovation Council (EIC) Board. Francisco is the founder and Chairman of Axon Partners Group, a global investment and consulting firm in the innovation and technology sector.

European Innovation Council: Profumo and Petrioli in the new Board (14/12/2023)

CorCom | 14/12/2023 | Europe - The European Commission announced a change in the team: 10 new entries and 10 renewals under the presidency of Michiel Scheffer. Two-year mandate until 2025. The next EIC Board meeting will be held in Leuven, Belgium, on 10 and 11 January 2024.

QuantumDiamonds picks €7M funding to launch innovative quantum sensors for diverse industries (27/11/2023)

TechFundingNews | 27/11/2023 | Germany - QuantumDiamonds, a quantum sensing startup based in Munich, has announced to have secured €7 million in seed funding. €4 million are provided by the European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator.

Shaping The Future Of Renewable Resources Through EIC Support (27/11/2023)

In the journey of innovation and sustainability, the A-LEAF project stands out as a successful story of pioneering advancements in cleantech. The project was supported by the European Innovation Council (EIC) and came to an end in 2021, after successfully creating an artificial leaf capable of using sunlight to turn water and CO2 into fuels and chemicals.

Lisbon and Linköping win innovation capital awards (28/11/2023)

ResearchProfessional News | 28/11/2023 | Europe - Portugal’s capital Lisbon and Sweden’s Linköping have won the EU’s 2023 innovation awards for cities. The EU created the prizes to reward cities with inclusive innovation ecosystems that connect citizens with academia, businesses and the public sector.

VInnovate Launch Marks a Decade of Vanguard Initiative's Interregional Innovation (07/12/2023)

Science Business | Europe | 07/12/2023 - On its 10-year anniversary, the Vanguard Initiative (VI) makes a significant stride with the introduction of VInnovate, a groundbreaking interregional funding instrument. The President of the Board of the European Innovation Council, Michiel Scheffer, among other distinguished guests contributed to the afternoon 10-year anniversary conference and explained why the ‘Vanguard Initiative is an important network, perhaps the most important one for the EIC.’

Cork City wins at the Innovation Awards (28/11/2023)

96FM | 28/11/2023 | Ireland - In a major endorsement of its reputation for innovation, Cork City was last night awarded third place in the European Rising Innovative City category.

7 ways in which Irish research is improving the future of health (28/11/2023)

Silicon Republic | 28/11/2023 | Ireland - From 3D-printed medical devices to new ways of detecting cancer, Irish research has been making progress at warp speed to improve health. MedScan3D, develops 3D anatomical models for healthcare research and applications. This project – called Polina – has received €2.9m from the European Innovation Council’s Pathfinder programme.

Dronamics and Qatar Airways Cargo Redefine Air Cargo with Interline Agreement (29/11/2023)

Financial Express | 29/11/2023 | Bulgaria - Dronamics, the world’s inaugural cargo drone airline licensed for operation in Europe, has joined forces with Qatar Airways Cargo, the globe’s largest international cargo carrier. The company is co-funded by the European Union under the European Innovation Council, a flagship innovation program in Europe.

EIC podcast featuring Antoine Chalaux (01/12/2023)

ROSI | 01/12/2023 | France - In the latest episode of the European Innovation Council (EIC) podcast, ROSI was invited to discuss the crucial role played by “deep tech” start-ups in the transition of innovative ideas from lab to market.

Irish start-up Akara lands deal with UK hospital for its virus killing robots (02/12/2023)

Business Post | 02/12/2023 | Ireland - Irish healthcare automation start-up Akara has secured the first order for its ultraviolet light-based disinfection robots. Funding was then raised through the European Innovation Council’s Accelerator programme in 2021, and through a partnership with chip giant Intel.

EIC publishes strategies for its portfolio challenge areas (30/11/2023)

Research Professional News | 30/11/2023 | Europe - The European Innovation Council has published strategic plans for five focus areas of its early stage Pathfinder funding scheme.

Warsaw ranks 2nd in European Capital of Innovation Awards (23/11/2023)

Warsaw Business Journal | 23/11/2023 | Poland - Warsaw was recognized for its innovative approach as the key to creating a good place to live for all, including its ‘active resident’ strategy, where Warsaw encourages people to achieve their personal and professional goals.

Find it. Found it. Fund it – key takeaways and highlights of the Slush 2023 event (05/12/2023)

Testi | Finland | 05/12/2023 - First launched in Helsinki in 2008, Finland’s annual Slush for startups and venture capitalists has become a major international event. Tesi has taken part in Slush since its early years, and naturally followed this tradition in 2023. We summarise here the main insights and observations from Tesi’s perspective.

EU launches chips partnership with €1.7B for pilot lines (05/12/2023)

Science Business | 05/12/2023 | Europe - The EU has officially launched its Chips joint undertaking, kicking off with a call for four pilot production lines to bridge the gap between research and fabrication.

Investment in the European technology sector has almost halved (28/11/2023)

Il Sole 24 Ore | 28/11/2023 | Italy - This is confirmed by the annual report of the Atomico investment fund, State of European Tech 2023, which intends to take a snapshot of the European technological ecosystem. The brightest gem is D-Orbit, an Italian company active in the space-tech sector among the most promising at an international level, which recently also received EU funds of 350 million euros after the acceleration program launched by the European Innovation Council (EIC).

A New Disruptive Technology for Zero-Brine Discharge: Towards a Paradigm Shift (08/12/2023)

MDPI | Europe | 08/12/2023 - The desalination of aquifers and seawaters is a viable choice to meet primarily domestic and industrial global water requirements. This research was funded by ASEC Grant #190180588 through the EU’s EIC/Accelerator Horizon Europe 2022 call.

Commission assembles advisers for Framework Programme 10 (05/12/2023)

Science Business | 05/12/2023 | Europe - Portugal’s former research minister, Manuel Heitor, will chair the group advising the Commission on the next seven-year EU research programme. The group will be striving for impact - and the budget will be a critical issue, Heitor tells Science Business.

As investment falls, EU innovation policy needs a ‘massive overhaul’, says start-up association (30/11/2023)

Science Business | 30/11/2023 | Europe - European tech start-up funding is down from $82B in 2022, to $45B in 2023. France Digitale has some suggestions to stop the slide in its manifesto for the 2024 European elections

EIC has invested more than €1bn in European deep-tech start-ups (14/11/2023)

Silicon Republic | Europe | 14/11/2023 - Since its launch last September, the venture arm of European Innovation Council has invested in nearly 160 deep-tech start-ups to boost the sector in Europe.

Why a €3.5bn fund is supporting European deeptech (15/11/2023)

Sifted | 15/11/2023 | Europe - The European Innovation Council Fund has backed 159 deeptech startups across the continent to date, with a combined total of approved investments of nearly €1bn

The end of Russian technological investments through the European Innovation Council (17/11/2023)

infocom.gr | 17/11/2023 | Greece - The European Union's 10 billion euro investment fund for startups has introduced new rules allowing it to exclude co-investments in sensitive technologies from countries such as Russia. [Direct link to EN version with Google Translate]

Viewpoint: Where should the next EU Framework Programme be heading? (27/11/2023)

Science Business | 14/11/2023 | Europe - Over 40 years, the EU’s flagship research programmes have drifted from their early focus on collaborative, pre-competitive R&D benefiting industry and society. A Swedish expert on the programme calls for a rethink.

TargetMI: University of Malta at the forefront of research on heart attacks (26/11/2023)

Times of Malta | 26/11/2023 | Malta - The European Innovation Council has recently awarded to the University of Malta, which has partnered with Leiden University Medical Centre, four million Euros to conduct research to find better ways to identify people at risk early on, and to find novel drug targets to prevent heart attacks.

RespiQ awarded €4M EIC Pathfinder grant for COPD monitoring device (20/11/2023)

Tech.eu | 20/11/2023 | The Netherlands - RespiQ, a Dutch healthtech company, announced that it has been awarded a €4 million Pathfinder grant from the European Innovation Council (EIC).

Minerva Printer: ValCUN's breakthrough with EIC support (09/11/2023)

Flam3D | 09/11/2023 | The Netherlands - ValCUN announces a €2.5 million grant from the European Innovation Council (EIC) to further develop its MMD (Molten Metal Deposition) technology.

Dronamics, the first cargo drone airline, expands its operations globally (17/11/2023)

infodron.es | 17/11/2023 | Spain - Through the partnership with Aramex, the company will explore deployment opportunities in the United Arab Emirates and other key markets. The company is part of the SDF portfolio and is co-financed by the European Union , within the framework of the European Innovation Council .

Swedish Acorai, pioneering heart failure solution, receives €2.3M grant funding from European Commission (14/11/2023)

ArticStartup |14/11/2023 | Sweden - Acorai, a medical device startup based in Helsingborg, has received a significant grant of €2.3 million from the European Commission, coupled with an investment offer of €10 million from the European Innovation Council (EIC).

Barcelona startup Methinks AI obtains 2.5 million euros (20/11/2023)

IT Espresso | 20/11/2023 | Spain - Methinks AI, a Spanish digital health company specialized in the early detection and management of acute stroke patients using artificial intelligence (AI), has received funding from the European Innovation Council (EIC) Fund, obtaining 2.5 million euros in convertible loans to prepare your next investment round.

Kaffe Bueno Brews Upcycled Coffee-Derived Ingredients for Cosmetics and Skincare (13/11/2023)

Happi | 13/11/2023 | Denmark - Kaffe Bueno has opened its coffee biorefinery in Rødovre, Denmark that provides a source for naturally derived, upcycled active and functional ingredients for skin care, beauty and personal care. With €2.5 million backing from the European Innovation Council, Kaffe Bueno site is the first coffee biorefinery in the world.

Revolutionising the e-waste sector through smart recycling (17/11/2023)

Business Post | 17/11/2023 | Ireland - FPD Recycling is availing of robotic and AI-powered automation solutions that will help the international e-waste recycling industry. The company received €2 million in grant funding from the European Innovation Council (EIC), through the EIC Accelerator program over the last 12 months to fund the development of the Circular PRO.

Vote to elect the researcher who will receive the Nice-Matin readers’ prize (22/11/2023)

Nice Matin | 22/11/2023 | France - These scientists excel in their field. Through their work they advance knowledge and innovate. We invite you to vote for the researcher who will receive the Nice-Matin readers' favorite prize. Patrick Collombat: regenerating insulin-producing cells to treat diabetes. DiogenX was the recipient of funding from the European Innovation Council Accelerator (9.5 million euros).

The Estonian cleantech start-up slashing carbon emissions (20/11/2023)

Emerging Europe | 20/11/2023 | Estonia - Efenco, an Estonian cleantech start-up slashing carbon emissions in critical industrial heat applications, has closed a funding raise worth 4.5 million euros. The funding is comprised of 1.3 million euros in a financing round led by Ivo Remmelg for EstBAN Syndicate, and 3.2 million euros in grants from the EU’s European Innovation Council (EIC) and Estonia’s Archimedes Foundation.

In its 2023 report on innovative technologies, EIC identifies innovations supported under Horizon Europe (03/11/2023)

Agence Europe | Europe | 03/11/2023 - On Wednesday 25 October, the European Innovation Council (EIC) published its 2023 report on cutting-edge technologies and sectors supported by the EIC under Horizon Europe, the “EIC Tech Report”. The report identifies the new technologies and innovations submitted to the EIC as part of Horizon Europe.

EIC proposes a Code of Conduct for consultants offering services to applicants for its calls for tenders (06/11/2023)

Agence Europe | Europe | 06/11/2023 - The Executive Board of the EIC announced, on Monday 6 November, that, following work carried out with stakeholders, it had published a Code of Conduct designed to establish minimum standards that consultants offering services to applicants to its calls for tenders undertake to apply.

Modern society needs innovative manufacturing tech, says Trinity engineer (31/10/2023)

Silicon Republic | Ireland | 31/10/2023 - For Trinity engineer Prof Rocco Lupoi, additive manufacturing is about developing sustainable and efficient processes to meet the demands of modern society. Lupoi and an international research team were awarded EIC funding under the Pathfinder scheme for their MadeCold project.

Lessons from raising Europe’s biggest climate fund (31/10/2023)

Sifted | Germany | 31/10/2023 - In Germany, there’s the €1bn deep tech and climate tech fund, the European Innovation Council accelerator offers grants for pre-seed and seed companies, and on a European level, huge funding is going towards quantum technologies and space tech. “We don’t talk enough about what’s on offer in Europe” says Danijel Višević, founding partner of German VC World Fund.

Portugal at the second place for funding from the EIC (31/10/2023)

ACEPI | Portugal | 31/10/2023 - Portuguese companies achieved record results of 37.4 million euros at the European Innovation Council. Only one of the companies obtained 17.44 million in financing, being very close to the maximum value per project.

Quantum: Quandela raises 50 million euros to export its machines (07/11/2023)

Le Figaro | France | 07/11/2023 - The French company, well placed in the race for the quantum computer, is finding means to accelerate its development on a global scale. Also in Les Echos, La Tribune, Le Monde...

EU selects Element-E - climate tech 3Bee's revolutionary methodology to develop the first certified biodiversity credits (05/11/2023)

The Phoenix Newspaper | Italy | 05/11/2023 - Italy is developing the first certified biodiversity credits: 3Bee, the climate tech company at the forefront of biodiversity protection through technology, has been selected by the European Innovation Council as part of its EIC Accelerator.

Acorai wins €2.3m grant to help fund trial for heart monitoring device (09/11/2023)

Medical Device Network | Sweden | 09/11/2023 - Cardiology start-up Acorai has secured a €2.3m grant with a follow-on €10m investment from the European Innovation Council (EIC) to advance its non-invasive intracardiac pressure monitoring device.

Estonian cleantech startup RAIKU bags €8.8M to replace bubble wrap with sustainable wooden springs (06/11/2023)

Tech Funding News | Estonia | 06/11/2023 - Estonian startup RAIKU, known for developing innovative packaging filling material from wooden springs, has secured a €5.65 million grant from the European Innovation Council (EIC) and €3.15 million in investments from private sector investors.

Vsora raises €13m for AI chiplet accelerator (03/11/2023)

eeNews Europe | France | 03/11/2023 - Vsora in Paris has raised €13m for the development and deployment of its hardware accelerator for AI inference, advanced signal processing and complex algorithms.

Konree joins EIC accelerator to unlock up to €2.5m in funding (05/11/2023)

Business Post | Ireland | 05/11/2023 - The Galway-based company is focused on eliminating sea lice, which cost the global salmon production industry up to €4 billion annually.

ValCUN receives €2.5 million from the European Innovation Council to further develop 3D printing technology (08/11/2023)

Tech News Insight | Estonia | 08/11/2023 - 3D printer manufacturer ValCUN It has been selected for funding by the EIC. The financing consists of a grant of €2.5 million and an option to obtain up to €5 million in additional equity investments. The funds will be used to further develop ValCUN’s MMD (molten metal deposition) technology.

Serial entrepreneurs are returning home to Italy to found their next companies. That’s a good thing for local tech (09/11/2023)

Sifted | Italy | 09/11/2023 - Serial founders are bringing their brains — and deep pockets — back to their home country. One of the 2023 funding rounds: Claudio Spadacini — Energy Dome.

Nanopower receives millions in support from the EU (06/11/2023)

elektronikknett.no | Norway | 06/11/2023 - The Kristiansand-based company has received extra help to complete the first generation of chips. Nanopower receives 2.5 million euros in grants from the EIC Accelerator. In addition, the company is in the process of allocating equity capital of 5 million euros from the EIC Fund and the equivalent from other investors.

Solar Materials puts recycling plant into operation in Magdeburg (03/11/2023)

Volksstime | Germany | 03/11/2023 - The start-up Solar Materials has put its first recycling plant for solar modules into operation. There is also a financial injection from the EU for the Magdeburg company.

The European Innovation Council 2023 report is out (27/10/2023)

Tech Ethic | Europe | 27/10/2023 - The EIC, European Innovation Council, publishes the new version of its annual report. The objective is to give spotlight to emerging technologies, which could benefit from supports of from European funds.

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s what the member states have in mind for FP10 (27/10/2023)

Science Business | Europe | 26/10/2023 - Draft documents seen by Science|Business suggest governments want to strike a different balance between basic and applied research, more strategic international cooperation, and better synergy with other funding streams in the next EU research programme.

MEPs call for start-ups to be treated differently from SMEs (27/10/2023)

Science Business | Europe | 17/10/2023 - Current EU legislation does not distinguish innovative start-ups from the massed ranks of SMEs. A specific definition - and a specific strategy - is needed to back start-ups and help them to grow

The European Union: a strategic partner for innovative companies (08/10/2023)

USAnews.net | Europe | 08/10/2023 - The European Union has established itself as the great ally for companies with disruptive projects and for emerging companies. Programs such as the European Innovation Council Accelerator or LIFE, more focused on the environment, offer not only financing but also guidance to launch successful projects.

The EIC Accelerator and STEP: that transfer of Horizon funds that is not entirely convincing (24/10/2023)

Warrant Hub | Italy | 24/10/2023 - The functioning of STEP for the financing of critical technologies also involves the European Innovation Council (EIC). This involves a transfer of funds from Pillar II of Horizon Europe (which works very well) to the EIC (which instead has some critical issues), creating some doubts among participants from the sector.

Smart upcycling machine dissects batteries to save them (27/10/2023)

TechCrunch | Luxembourg | 24/10/2023 - Circu Li-ion is in the business of saving usable battery cells from shredders. The Luxembourg startup’s machine identifies batteries by their appearance, via AI and a growing “battery library”; it separates cells from other materials, such as plastic housing and PCB boards; and it determines the cells’ states of heath. This month, Circu Li-ion secured about €4.5 million in equity financing led by BonVenture, on top of around €4 million in earlier grants from the European Innovation Council Accelerator and other sources.

Semiconductors: Grenoble-based UpMem is strengthening (13/10/2023)

Les Echos | France | 13/10/2023 - UpMem develops electronic circuits to optimize the use of memories in data centers. It has just raised nearly 6.6 million euros, while its first chips should be marketed in 2024.

Versono Medical Prepares For Large US Study Of FastWire After Early Success (16/10/2023)

BusinessPlus | Ireland | 16/10/2023 - Galway MedTech company Versono Medical has had success with a new medical device that has been found to be "hugely effective" at treating severe arterial blockages. Earlier this year Versono Medical was recognised and awarded two R&D grants: one from the European Innovation Council to finalise and commercialise FastWire, and the other from the government's Disruptive Technology Innovation Fund.

How can traceability and authentication be integrated in any moulded product (27/10/2023)

Tech Ethic | Switzerland | 27/10/2023 - Veronica Savu, CEO of Morphotonix, shares how traceability and authentication can be integrated in any moulded product. The Morphotonix solution was selected by the European Innovation Council (EIC) for its market potential and sustainable profile.

Dracula Technologies builds organic PV module factory in France (19/10/2023)

PV Magazine | France | 19/10/2023 - Dracula Technologies has built an organic photovoltaic (OPV) module factory in France to make OPV devices with digital printing technology for connected objects. The facility can produce up to 150 million cm² of OPV modules per year, with the first shipments scheduled to start in 2024. The new factory represents a total investment of €15 million, with funding coming from a €5.5 million fundraising effort in collaboration with Banque des Territoires, the Auvergne Rhône-Alpes sovereign fund, and Semtech. An additional €1.6 million in grants from the EIC Accelerator program and several loans have also contributed to the financing.

Interview: 'Smart Immune is one of the French innovators in cellular therapy' (24/10/2023)

biotech.info | France | 24/10/2023 - Over the past year, Smart Immune has announced an investment in its capital of €5 million euros from the Bill Gates Foundation; its selection among the 20 disruptive French biotech companies in the French Tech Health 20 program, and €17.5 million in funding from the EIC (European Innovation Council) to accelerate the development of its ProTcell platform, designed to re-arm the immune system against tumors and infections, thanks to the power of the thymus. Interview of Karine Rossignol, Co-founder and CEO of Smart Immune.

Interview with Ioanna Zergioti, CEO and co-founder of PhosPrint (25/09/2023)

Innovative Greeks | Greece | 25/09/2023 - Ioanna Zergioti is the acting CEO at PhosPrint and a Professor at the National Technical University of Athens. She is a world-leading expert in laser printing with more than 30 years of experience. The largest part of the company development has been funded by a €2 millions grant from the EIC Accelerator program (the first Greek company to-date to receive it) that started in May 2023.

Europe's most active early-stage healthtech investors (13/10/2023)

Sifted | Europe | 13/10/2023 - Here are the investors signing the most cheques in European healthtech in 2023, according to Dealroom data. They’ve raised $7.7bn in funding so far. While that figure’s dipped from the $12.5bn picked up across a frothy 2022, it’s fallen far less proportionally than European VC as a whole.

FineHeart's revolutionary heart pump soon to be tested in humans (25/10/2023)

La Tribune | France | 25/10/2023 - The clinical trial will begin in the coming weeks in the Czech Republic: around ten patients suffering from heart failure will be equipped with Flowmaker, the wireless mini pump designed and assembled by FineHeart in France region, Gironde. The startup is preparing to raise another 50 million euros to aim for marketing in 2027.

Cellevate raises 39 million SEK (10/10/2023)

Nordic Life Science News | Sweden | 10/10/2023 - Cellevate has announced the closure of its recent investment round, securing a total of 39 million SEK. The round was led by Industrifonden, in syndication with the European Innovation Council Fund (EIC Fund) and Onsight Ventures.

German FarmInsect buys 8 million euros to offer an alternative sustainable protein source for animal feed (23/10/2023)

Silicon Canals | Germany | 23/10/2023 - FarmInsect, a Munich-based insect technology company, announced on Monday that it has closed an oversubscribed Series A funding round of €8 million. Oslo Sandwater led the Series A round with participation from the Bayern Kapital Growth Fund, the Minderoo Foundation Strategic Impact Fund and the European Innovation Council Fund.

Nanogence secures financing and delivers to India (27/10/2023)

swisstrade.com | Switzerland | 23/10/2023 - Nanogence SA from the canton of Vaud has secured financing from a consortium of investors led by CirCap and Planet First Partners, as well as the EIC Fund. Thanks to the funding, the company’s CO2-reduced concrete can be supplied for use in airport construction in India.

A 3 million € research project at the Technical University of Cluj: Bio-cementing for soil stabilization (14/10/2023)

Ziar de Cluj | Romania | 14/10/2023 - The Technical University of Cluj-Napoca (UTCN) has launched a research project aimed at revolutionizing the field of soil stabilization. The project, called BIGALPS, is based on an innovative soil treatment technology called bio-cementing.

Robotics and artificial intelligence against prostate cancer (17/10/2023)

Telemantova | Italy | 17/10/2023 - The PROFTH project was born in collaboration between the university and the spin-off Needleye Robotics. The studies find a fundamental moment of transition from basic research to applied research in the Robiopsy project, recently funded by the European Innovation Council with 2.5 million euros.

Sudden deaths, the Impact project starts: «This way we will find a drug to treat cardiomyopathy» (27/10/2023)

Il Gazzettino | Italy | 27/10/2023 - Young people, very young people can sometimes die suddenly, without a reason, without being able to predict it. All this could come to an end thanks to Impact, a study financed with 4 million euros by the European Innovation Council and coordinated by the University of Padua.