Since the launch of the Horizon 2020's SME Instrument in 2014, the European Union has invested more than €870 million in almost 2200 innovative projects. You can find all of them in our new interactive tool – the SME Instrument data hub introduced in November. Find out more in the articles below, read about the EU's new initiative to boost start-ups in Europe and meet two companies selected for the SME Instrument. With this last SME Instrument newsletter of the year, we wish you a very successful new year and don't forget, the next cut-off is already on 18 January!