"EIC Weekly Media Review" Newsletter Issues

EU holds European Innovation Days in Silicon Valley (DW Español | Spain) (23/03/2023)

The European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, Mariya Gabriel, presented this Wednesday the European Innovation Days in the Silicon Valley region (California), which seeks to attract talent and tech companies from the US to Europe.

European Innovation Council equity fund to be fully externally managed by September (Science Business | Europe) (16/03/2023)

After problems in oversight and carrying out due diligence that continue to delay payments to start-ups, the Commission is transferring management of its equity fund to the European Investment Bank. The formal handover expected to complete in September.

EIC 2023: new EU Calls for Startups and SMEs (PMI.it | Italy) (23/03/2023)

Thanks to a ceiling of resources equal to 1.6 billion euros, the tenders promoted under the new 2023 work program of the European Innovation Council (EIC) are operational, which is part of the Horizon Europe project and aims to support Startups and innovative SMEs engaged in the development of cutting-edge technologies.

European Commission opens applications for European Capital of Innovation Awards (Agence Europe | Europe) (09/03/2023)

European Commission is opening the competition for the European Capital of Innovation (iCapital) Awards for 2023 to cities with at least 50,000 inhabitants located in a Member State or in a Horizon Europe associate country. The competition, supported by the European Innovation Council under Horizon Europe, rewards innovative cities, particularly in terms of governance and use of technology.

Finance Days in Athens on March 30 (Kathimerini | Greece) (26/03/2023)

EU Finance Days 2023, a European Commission event, will be held in Athens on March 30 to brief businesses and financial institutions about EU business support programs for the 2021-2027 financing period. Specialists will present financing and support programs such as InvestEU, the European Innovation Council and the Single Market Program.

Euronews Debates: How can Europe regain pole position in innovation? (Euronews | Europe) (21/03/2023)

Innovation is seen as key to solving some of Europe’s biggest societal, environmental and economic challenges. But competitiveness is lagging and renewed geopolitical uncertainty and Russia’s war in Ukraine are adding additional pressures. Dr. Lars Frolund, Board Member of the European Innovation Council, is to participate in the discussion.

Prague-based Miwa Technologies receives over €5M from the EU (Silicon Canals | Europe) (24/03/2023)

Prague-based Miwa Technologies, a startup that has developed a technology to reduce packaging waste, announced on Friday that it has been selected for the European Innovation Council (EIC) “EIC Accelerator” programme, securing significant funding for its future growth.

CBI boss hails Welsh medtech startup as "innovative success story" (Business Live | United Kingdom) (24/03/2023)

A south Wales medtech firm developing the world’s first wearable, real-time, blood glucose sensor for diabetes sufferers, has been hailed as an “innovative success story” by the director of CBI Wales following a significant funding boost earlier this year.

Start-ups from Poland finally have a chance for big money (Rzeczpospolita | Poland) (24/03/2023)

European Innovation Council (EIC) this year will distribute EUR 1.6 billion between scientists, innovators and entrepreneurs. Start-ups can apply for grants under one of three programs - the EIC accelerator. This is where the most money is up for grabs - as much as EUR 1.13 billion.

Sunrise Raises €17 Million and Aims to Increase Its Size Tenfold Within 5 Years (BusinessWire) (09/03/2023)

Sunrise, the company revolutionising home sleep testing, announces a €17 million in funding. The successful fundraising is led by Kurma Partners and includes the exceptional entry of the European Innovation Council (EIC Fund).

The neurological startup Newronika gets 2.5 million euros from the EIC Accelerator (StartupItalia | Italy) (09/03/2023)

Newronika, a spin off of the Policlinico hospital of Milan and of the University of Milan which develops technologies for brain stimulation, has obtained a grant of 2.5 million euros from the accelerator European Innovation Council (EIC) as part of the Grant first program, which will also allow you to negotiate an equity loan at a later stage.

A supercomputer for AI inspired by the human brain (Springwise) (17/03/2023)

SpiNNcloud has announced it is receiving a €2.5 million grant from the European Innovation Council (EIC) for its newest project, “SpiNNode: SpiNNaker2 on the edge”. The funding will be used to expand and develop brain-inspired hardware for mobile applications and test it in real-life industrial situations.

Human Brain Project: spin-off receives EIC grant to develop energy-efficient AI technology (Journal of Engineering) (20/03/2023)

The European Innovation Council (EIC) has recently announced that it will award a Transition grant to SpiNNcloud Systems GmbH, a deep-tech startup based in Saxony, Germany.

EIC Pathfinder Open call 2023 closed with high interest (The Smart City Journal) (20/03/2023)

The European Innovation Council (EIC) received 788 project proposals from the research community by 7 March 2023 deadline (4758 participants in total), requesting €2.412 billion of grant support. Applicants are coming from 55 countries.

Robotic bees and roots offer hope of healthier environment and sufficient food (Robohub.org) (18/03/2023)

The RoboRoyale project that Arvin leads combines microrobotic, biological and machine-learning technologies to nurture the queen honeybee’s well-being. The project is funded by the European Innovation Council’s Pathfinder programme.

Wingtra drones on about its new $22 million in funding as it carries on mapping the world around us (Tech.eu | Europe) (21/03/2023)

Swiss producer of commercial vertical take-off and landing drones Wingtra has landed $22 million in a new funding round.

Transmetrics Closes €2.5M Convertible Round (FinSMEs) (01/03/2023)

Transmetrics, a Sofia, Bulgaria-based provider of an AI platform for the supply chain industry, raised €2.5M in funding. The round was led by European Innovation Council Fund, along with Impetus Capital.

EIC executive agency will launch two new specific actions to support Ukrainian businesses (Agence Europe | Europe) (24/02/2023)

On Friday 24 February, the first anniversary of the Russian military aggression against Ukraine, the European Innovation Council (EIC) took stock of its support for Ukrainian small and medium-sized enterprises.

Which investor has backed the most European unicorns? (Sifted | Europe) (17/02/2023)

The number of unicorns — current or exited — in an investor’s portfolio has long been a barometer of their success. Now, Sifted has launched a new European unicorn investor ranking to track which ones come top of the pack.

EARTO uit kritiek op instabiliteit budget Horizon Europe (Neth-ER | The Netherlands) (16/02/2023)

Instability of the Horizon budget harms the European research sector. This is central to EARTO's input to the evaluations of Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe. In addition, EARTO is concerned about the increasing complexity of projects, it criticizes instruments such as the missions and the EIC, and the organisation wants the complementarity between Horizon and other programs to be clarified.

Pieniądze dla start-upów dorzuci Unia (Rzeczpospolita | Poland) (21/02/2023)

The European Fund for a Modern Economy (FENG) program can help get the startup finance industry back on track. 'We hope that FENG will contribute to achieving further records' said Paweł Chorąży, Managing Director of the European Funds Division at Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego. But there will be much more money to be spent on innovations in particular, the European Innovation Council (EIC) will deliver this year's over EUR 1.5 billion for breakthrough technologies. The EIC has already supported 12 EU unicorns.

Marc Lemaître takes up the reins at research and innovation directorate (Science Business | Europe) (16/02/2023)

The Commission’s former regional development chief moves over to head the research directorate, amid hopes his experience in Cohesion policy will be applied to bridge east-west disparities in research and innovation

Two EIC Board members, Ana Barjasic and Kat Borlongan selected under Obama Leader Europe programme (22/02/2023)

The Leaders Europe programme identifies emerging leaders working in government, civil society, and the private sector who have demonstrated a commitment to advancing the common good. It aims to build a growing network of innovative and values-based changemakers who seek to drive change in their communities while developing and supporting one another.

Geldregen für junges Unternehmen; Europäische Union fördert Neugründung aus Jena mit zehn Millionen Euro (Ostthüringer Zeitung | Germany) (17/02/2023)

German start-up IDloop will receive €10 million funding from the EIC Accelerator. The company is developing what it says to be the world's first 3D scanner that takes fingerprints without contact and with microscopic resolution.

Autonomous cargo drone airline Dronamics reveals it’s raised $40M, pre-Series A (Techcrunch | UK) (17/02/2023)

Dronamicsplans to run a “cargo drone airline” using drones built specifically for the purpose. Dronamics claims its flagship “Black Swan” model will be able to carry 350 kg at a distance of up to 2,500 km faster, cheaper and with less emissions than currently available options. It’s now coming out with the news that it’s raised a total of $40 million in pre-Series A funding from VCs and Angels. The $40 million raised to date is in addition to the €2.5 million grant Dronamics was awarded by the European Commission under its European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator program, and the EIC’s material commitment to support Dronamics’ Series A round with another €12.5 million.

La Comisión Europea da 2,5 millones a OneChain para impulsar en España una terapia CART contra la leucemia (Europa Press | Spain) (23/02/2023)

A project led by Spanish OneChain Immunotherapeutics (OCI) received 2.5 million euros from the EIC for the development of a new CART therapy that could treat up to 80 percent of T-type acute lymphoblastic leukemia patients. (T-ALL), a subtype of leukemia, mainly pediatric, that has few therapeutic options and represents 25 percent of all cases.

Bulgaria’s ImPulse I invests in AI solutions provider Transmetrics (SeeNews | Bulgaria) (23/02/2023)

Bulgarian investment company ImPulse I said its ImVenture II fund has invested 100,000 euro in local artificial intelligence (AI) solutions provider Transmetrics as part of a 2.5 million euro funding round. The round was led by the European Innovation Council (EIC).Transmetrics is offering AI-powered software aimed at addressing inefficiencies in logistics and optimising transport planning.

PH tessuti, a rilevarlo un sistema miniaturizzato nel corpo (ANSA | Italy) (20/02/2023)

A miniaturized and biodegradable system in the body to detect the pH of tissues, and which transmits real-time data to a smartphone. This is what was developed by the team of electronic engineers of the information engineering department of the University of Pisa. They already received funding from the EIC before, under Phases 1 and 2 of the 'SME Instrument'.

French Tech : Pasqal lève 100 millions d'euros, un record dans l'ordinateur quantique en Europe (Les Echos | France) (22/02/2023)

French start-up Pasqal develops a technology based on neutral atoms. It has already sold machines and signed contracts with manufacturers to provide them with its computing power. They received funding from the EIC and Bpifrance, among others.

‘Dubious results are a major challenge for large language models’ (SiliconRepublic | Ireland) (17/02/2023)

Iris.ai’s CTO and co-founder discusses the growth of the AI industry – particularly large language models – and how the tech will be adopted. Victor Botev is the CTO and co-founder of Iris.ai, a Norwegian start-up that develops AI tools to assist academics, researchers and scientists during the research process. The company was recently selected for a €2.4m grant and up to €12m in equity investments from the European Innovation Council Accelerator programme.

Twee EIC Transition-beurzen naar Nederlandse projecten (Neth-ER | The Netherlands) (14/02/2023)

The European Innovation Council (EIC) has selected two Dutch projects for a Transition grant. Of the more than 79 million euros reserved for this round, 5 million euros will go to Dutch projects.

Advanced Nanomaterials enhance potential for Microbot Brain Modulation (Labmate Online | UK) (16/02/2023)

CROSSBRAIN, an international project funded by the EIC Pathfinder is set to develop tiny injectable robots capable of predicting and mitigating epileptic seizures.

Un sistema miniaturizzato e biodegradabile nel corpo permetterà di rilevare il pH dei tessuti (AISE | Italy) (26/02/2023)

Funded by the EIC Pathfinder, the RESORB project develops a miniaturized pH detection system that transmits real time data to a smartphone will allow substantial progress in the diagnosis and treatment of extremely widespread diseases, such as bacterial vaginosis, whose diagnosis requires an accurate detection of the acidity of tissues, and which is often associated with complications that have a great impact on women's quality of life.

Robotic bees and roots offer hope of healthier environment and sufficient food (Horizon Magazine | United Kingdom) (24/02/2023)

Miniature robots that mimic living organisms are being developed to explore and support real-life ecosystems. One of these projects - funded by the EIC Pathfinder - RoboRoyale project tcombines microrobotic, biological and machine-learning technologies to nurture the queen honeybee’s well-being.

Vestager : « On ne construit pas la compétitivité sur des subventions publiques » (Les Echos | France) (09/02/2023)

In an interview with top economic French newspaper 'Les Echos', EC vice-president Margrethe Vestager mentions the EIC as a possible model for the implementation of the European Sovereignty Fund.

EU to inject €3.75B into venture capital funds to help companies scale up (Science Business | Europe) (14/02/2023)

A European Investment Bank-run ‘fund of funds’ aims to further French-led ambitions for a globally competitive EU tech industry.

Office of European research programme Horizon Europe to open in Kyiv in 2023 (Agence Europe | Europe) (04/02/2023)

The European Commission, alongside the EU-Ukraine summit, on Thursday 2 February announced the opening of an office of the European research framework programme Horizon Europe, hosted by the National Research Foundation, in Kyiv. This comes in addition to other European support initiatives for the maintenance and development of research and innovation networks in Ukraine. For example, €20 million has been committed by the European Innovation Council (EIC) to support high-tech small and medium-sized enterprises in Ukraine.

Innovation responsable : l’European Innovation Council met 1,6 milliard d’euros au service des valeurs européennes (Alliancy | France) (02/02/2023)

Marie-Elisabeth Rusling, EIC Ambassador, presents the ambitions of the ambitious EU Fund. She's also analysing recent evolutions from innovative start-ups and insitutions that can support them.

The Ecosystem: the EU Startup Nations Standard stirs into life (Science Business | Europe) (07/02/2023)

Two years on from its start, the EU Startup Nations Standard is finally showing signs of life, with a baseline version of the scoreboard that is intended to track progress towards meeting the standard published at the end of January, showing EU states are working on the underlying issues.

Pieniędzy na innowacyjne projekty w Polsce w 2023 r. nie powinno brakować – motorem napędowym będą unijne fundusze (Parkiet | Poland) (14/02/2023)

There should be no shortage of money for innovative projects in Poland in 2023 - EU funds will be the driving force. Brussels wants to support scientists and innovators in Europe in search of breakthrough solutions under "Horizon Europe" work programme for 2023-2024 (€13.5 billion). In addition, the European Innovation Council has over €1.5 billion for breakthrough technologies. But the real driving force for start-ups will be the European Funds for Modern Economy 2021-2027 (FENG).

Publication: The determinants of Public Grants and Venture Capital financing: Evidence from Europe (JRC | Europe) (14/02/2023)

This analysis compares the characteristics of firms supported by public and private sources in early-stage financing to investigate funding patterns for innovative companies. It examines whether the two sources of funding target similar firms in the period 2008-2017 using a portfolio approach on EU-based firms raising either Venture Capital financing, public grants under the Horizon 2020 ‘SME Instrument’ scheme, or both.

£9.7m funding for Scottish firm focused on detection of early-stage cancers (The Herald | UK) (15/02/2023)

A Glasgow-based company developing a blood test aimed at detecting cancer at an early stage has raised £9.7 million through an investment round and grant funding, including £2.2 million from the EIC.

The Afon Blood Glucose Sensor, A Non-invasive Glucose Monitor, Is Expected To Hit The Market Sometime In The Near Future (TechnoStalls | UK) (11/02/2023)

The estimated release date of the Afon Blood Glucose Sensor, a non-invasive glucose monitor, will be welcome news for the millions of diabetics who now endure painful finger-sticking procedures. The Afon Blood Glucose Sensor may be used in conjunction with a wearable device to provide constant monitoring of blood sugar levels. The firm recently announced that it has received investment of €2.4 million from the European Innovation Council.

3Deus Dynamics investit 1,5 M€ dans une ligne de production (Le Progrès | France) (31/01/2023)

Thanks to a €2.5 m. funding from the EIC Accelerator, French company 3Deus Dynamics will be able to drastically accelerate the development and industrialisation of their innovative solution for dynamic molding.

Vésale Bioscience sur la voie royale (L'Avenir | Belgium) (02/02/2023)

Belgian biotech start-up Vesale Bioscience received €1.8 m. grant from the EIC to help them develop a solution to antibiotics resistant infections.

French start-ups rake in almost half a billion in EIC Accelerator funding (Science Business | Europe) (14/02/2023)

French companies are the biggest winners in Horizon Europe’s €7 billion start-up funding scheme, the EIC Accelerator, having secured €447 million in funding in the first two years.

Swedish startup Syntach receives EIC grants for cardiac support tech (Techarenan News | Sweden) (09/02/2023)

The European Innovation Council (EIC) has granted the Swedish medical technology startup Syntach AB up to €15 million in equity financing to develop the Syntach Cardiac Support System.

Startup: Eic Accelerator punta su xTrap di Farm Technologies, 1 mln di euro finanziamento (ADN Kronos | Italy) (09/02/2023)

Italian start-up xFarm technologies received a €1 million grant from the EIC Accelerator. Their project xTrap, is aimed at developing an automatic IoT trap for monitoring phytophage insects in the field of agriculture.

Bazuca de 1,13 mil milhões para financiar inovação empresarial quer mais candidaturas portuguesas (Dinheiro Vivo | Portugal) (11/02/2023)

The European Innovation Council has already funded 29 Portuguese start-ups through the EIC Accelerator and wants to continue helping to create companies capable of competing with American and Chinese giants in 2023. "Despite being the source lot of innovation, Europe has had difficulty in creating large-scale and international-scale businesses that can effectively help economic and social development", said Carlos Oliveira, EIC Ambassador in Portugal.

RESEARCH; €79.3 million in European funding will allow the development of 34 high-tech projects (Agence Europe | Europe) (08/02/2023)

The European Innovation Council (EIC) announced on Wednesday 8 February that it had selected 34 projects from the September 2022 EIC Transition call, one of the instruments of the EIC’s 2023 work programme.

Europa financia un plan gallego para crear una vacuna anticáncer de ARN (La Voz de Galicia | Spain) (13/02/2023)

Spanish TraffikGene are developing their own RNA therapies against cancer and other diseases. Their main project has just been financed by the European Innovation Council (EIC) with 2.5 million euros under the EIC Transition program.

Lancement d’un projet de recherche ambitieux pour une production d’hydrogène « vert » (CNRS | France) (15/02/2023)

A European consortium just launched a project called ELOBIO. The objective is to produce 'green hydrogen' and 'high-value molecules' from biomass. They received almost €4 million from the EIC Pathfinder.

‘Microbot’ development could help treat epileptic seizures (Smart Futures | UK) (13/02/2023)

University of Glasgow researchers are part of a new project which is setting out to develop tiny injectable robots capable of predicting and mitigating epileptic seizures. CROSSBRAIN is funded by the EIC Pathfinder Challenge Grant, funded by the European Innovation Council.

UT participates in EU project for developing artificial placenta system (myscience.org | Netherlands) (13/02/2023)

Together with partners from academia and industry from the Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, Ireland and Canada, TechMed researchers Jutta Arens and Dimitrios Stamatialis aim to develop a novel artificial placenta system, the ArtPlac. To do so, they have been awarded an EIC Pathfinder grant.

La biotech gallega Lincbiotech lidera un proyecto europeo para desarrollar moléculas que frenen enfermedades graves (El Correo Gallego | Spain) (01/02/2023)

Galician biotech company Lincbiotech will lead a project funded by the European Innovation Council for the development of molecules that can eliminate proteins that, when secreted in excess, could end up in serious diseases.

Vésale Bioscience en passe d’industrialiser sa solution de lutte contre l’antibiorésistance (La Dernière Heure | Belgium) (07/02/2023)

Belgian spin-off Vésale Bioscience just received a €1.8 million grant from the EIC to develop an antibiotic resistance solution. They hope to put the product on the market in 2024.

El CSIC lidera un proyecto europeo para conseguir hidrógeno verde a partir de bacterias (La Razon | Spain) (06/02/2023)

A new project on 'green hydrogen' received €4 m. funding from the EIC Pathfinder to develop an alternative solution to generate hydrogen using photosynthesis. The project involves companies and scientists from Spain, Sweden, Portugal, Italy and the Netherlands.

Spintronics appeals to artificial intelligence (Université Paris-Saclay | France) (09/02/2023)

Scientists from the University of Paris-Saclay are working on artificial neural networks, computer systems capable of solving complex problems. This technology, which revolutionises the binary system used in computers, exploits the electrical charge of electrons and a quantum property called spin. The team won funding from the European Innovation Council (EIC Pathfinder).

HySiLabs lève 13 millions pour sa technologie de transport de l'hydrogène (Les Echos | France) (14/02/2023)

The French company has identified a silica derivative which can absorb and release gas at ambient pressure. It has just opened up its capital to the Norwegian oil giant Equinor and to the Portuguese energy producer EDP, with the participation of the EIC Fund.

RESEARCH; EIC Fund adopts 42 new investment decisions worth €331 million for innovative start-ups in Europe (Agence Europe | Europe) (06/02/2023)

The European Commission announced on Monday 6 February that the European Innovation Council Fund (EIC Fund) has adopted 42 new investment decisions since November 2022.

Finland’s TILT raises €22m to progress cancer therapies (WRBM Global Pharma | Finland) (07/02/2023)

TILT Biotherapeutics, a Finnish company developing cancer immunotherapies, reported the final close of its €22m. round, which was led by Finland’s Lifeline Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm, with €9 m. contribution from the EIC (Accelerator and Fund).

€100m kicks off quantum computing venture by Nobel laureate (Capacity Magazine | UK) (24/01/2023)

Pasqal - a quantum computing company co-founded by a winner of last year’s Nobel Prize for physics - has raised €100 million in funding. Investors include Wa’ed Ventures, Bpifrance, Quantonation, the Defense Innovation Fund, Daphni, Eni Nex and the EIC Fund. Pasqal plans to double its current team of 100 employees this year.

Vestas, others invest in wooden towers maker Modvion (Renewable Now | Finland) (07/02/2023)

A group of investors including the corporate venture capital arm of Denmark’s Vestas Wind Systems A/S and the EIC Fund have poured SEK 125 million (USD 11.8m/EUR 11m) into Modvion, the Swedish company developing modular wind turbine towers from wood.

Siléane accueille à son capital le Fonds France Nucléaire, accompagné de Garibaldi Participations et de l’EIC Fund (L'Usine Nouvelle | France) (10/02/2023)

French company Siléane, specialised in robotics and AI for the nuclear sector, welcomes investment from the EIC Fund together with Fonds France Nucléaire and Garibaldi Participations.

Welcome to our new service: the EIC bi-weekly media review (15/02/2023)

The external communication team of EISMEA is happy to announce the launch of a new service: the EIC bi-weekly media monitoring newsletter.

Webinar: IP Commercialisation and Licensing (23/02/2023)

Intellectual Property (IP) commercialisation is the process of turning an idea or invention into a product that can be purchased and sold. This webinar will give a general overview of important concepts in the field of IP licensing, offer negotiation advice and spotlight common pitfalls. It will also provide information on different types of agreements or contracts (i.e., assignment, distribution agreement).

EIC ePitching to Procurers, Las Rozas de Madrid (13/01/2023)

The EIC joined forces with the municipality of Las Rozas Madrid to co-host an EIC ePitching to Procurers session. Five EIC innovators were selected to pitch their innovations to the Spanish municipality, in the hopes of fostering new business opportunities.

Workshop on Genetic Resources: Introduction on Regulatory Aspects and Protection of Intellectual Property (15/03/2023)

The EU-funded project BreedingValue invites the European breeding and plant research community to a workshop striving to establish a common understanding of the regulatory framework for intellectual property (IP) management of new pre-breeding material. High-level representatives of the ECPGR, FAO, CPVO and the European Commission will share their views on the current international regulatory framework and its consequences for IP management of pre-breeding material. European research projects focusing on GenRes will provide insight into the IP landscape. The workshop will be held in a hybrid format.

Towards industry 4.0: a unique pitching contest for Europe's upcoming SMEs (02/05/2018)

Are you a small fast-growing company working on Industry 4.0? The European Innovation Council (EIC) pilot's SME Instrument invites you to pitch their business cases and ideas to top investors in the South Moravian Innovation Centre (JIC) in Brno, Czech Republic. Apply before 13 May!

Meet the Ambassador of the Month: Christina Deyl (07/02/2023)

Every month, the European IP Helpdesk team introduces you to a member of our regional intellectual property (IP) Ambassadors, who put all of our resources at your fingertips and answer your IP inquiries in your own language. We are excited to introduce you to our February ambassador, Christina Deyl from Hessen Trade & Invest GmbH, Germany, who has supported regional small and medium enterprises (SMEs) for over 15 years. Read the full interview to get to know Christina and her views on IP!

HRP Community meets European IP Helpdesk: Intellectual Property as a Business Asset (08/02/2023)

The European Commission Horizon Results Platform (HRP) Team is delighted to join forces with the European IP Helpdesk. Together, we are inviting you to join a brand new webinar on "Intellectual Property as a Business Asset". This webinar will give insights into how IP can ensure business growth and how it can help you earn a higher return on investment and manage your assets efficiently. We look forward to welcoming you to this session, dedicated to enhancing the valorisation of your research results!

Four years of practical support to a Sustainable Blue Economy in the Western Mediterranean (06/02/2023)

An overview of main accomplishments during these past 4 years (2018-2022)

Webinar: HRP Community Meets European IP Helpdesk: Intellectual Property as a Business Asset (08/02/2023)

We are excited to offer a brand-new webinar jointly organised by the European IP Helpdesk and European Commission Horizon Results Platform team! This entry-level training session will look at the importance of intellectual property (IP) in helping to drive innovation and growth by bringing in financial returns, raising brand awareness and ensuring business growth. The speakers will not only give insights into the basics of IP but also give examples of successful IP business strategies.

EPO Publishes Patent Insight Report on Quantum Computing (07/02/2023)

The second patent insight report on quantum computing has recently been published by the European Patent Office (EPO). It summarises the results of patent analyses in quantum technologies. The report finds that the number of inventions in the field of quantum computing multiplied over the last decade, and, compared to all other technological fields, innovation in quantum computing is rising more quickly.

Webinar: Technology Transfer (07/02/2023)

Technology transfer is a complex process that involves many non-scientific and non-technological factors and many different stakeholders. This webinar will introduce you to the major elements and concepts of knowledge and technology transfer. It will also give insight into the potential risks, technology transfer agreements as well as key aspects of successful negotiations.

BlueInvest Day | 9 March 2023 | Brussels, Belgium (06/02/2023)

The BlueInvest Day is the main blue economy matchmaking event in the EU since 2019, bringing together innovators, entrepreneurs and investors.