(IN BRIEF) Empa spin-offs BTRY and Perovskia Solar have each received €2.2 million from the European Innovation Council’s EIC Accelerator programme, securing more than €4.4 million in combined non-dilutive funding. BTRY will use the funding to industrialise its thin-film solid-state … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Electronics & Machinery, Energy, Gas & Oil, Healthcare, Science, Society, Switzerland, Technology
Tagged Abdessalem Aribia, Anand Verma, Asset Tracking, BTRY, BTRY and Perovskia Solar Advance Energy Technology Scale-Up With EIC Grants, consumer electronics, deep tech, Demar Künzle, EIC Accelerator, EIC Accelerator Awards €2.2 Million Each to BTRY and Perovskia Solar, electronic shelf labels, Empa, energy storage, ETH Zurich, European Innovation Council, indoor photovoltaics, innovation funding, Internet of Things, IoT, Jessica Girard, medical wearables, Moritz Futscher, Pauline Boillat, Perovskia Solar, perovskite solar cells, renewable energy, smart home systems, solid-state batteries, Switzerland, thin-film batteries, Tobias Meyer, Two Swiss Deep-Tech Startups Win EIC Funding for Battery and Photovoltaic Innovation
(IN BRIEF) NWO has opened the 2026 autumn application round for Take-off phase 2 Vroegefasetrajecten, making up to €4.95 million available to support early-stage programmes that help research-based innovations move toward commercialisation. The funding, provided by the Ministry of Economic … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Education, Government, Investment, Netherlands, Science
Tagged 2026 autumn round, 2026 Autumn Take-off Phase 2 Round Opens With Updated Application Procedure, academic entrepreneurship, Applied Research Organisations, cash-flow forecast, Dutch Chamber of Commerce, Dutch knowledge institutions, early-stage funding, feasibility study, GEBR declaration, grant funding, innovation funding, Innovative Start-ups, knowledge transfer agreement, knowledge valorisation, KvK Business Register, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate, Netherlands, NWO, NWO Launches New Funding Round to Help Research-Based Ideas Reach the Market, research commercialisation, SME test, Take-off, Take-off phase 2, Take-off Phase 2 Call Supports Commercialisation of Dutch Knowledge-Institution Research, TO2, universities, universities of applied sciences, Vroegefasetrajecten, ZonMw
(IN BRIEF) Eni and CDP Venture Capital have jointly invested €550,000 in EXE Engineering to accelerate its growth and expand its carbon offsetting and waste valorisation projects in Africa and Europe through a funding round led by Zero and Eni … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Industrial, Investment, Italy, Management
Tagged Africa projects, carbon offsetting, CDP Venture Capital, circular economy, Clara Andreoletti, Elena Martelli, ELIS, Emissions Reduction, Eni, Eni Award, Eni Next, EXE Engineering, EXE Engineering Secures New Funding from Eni and CDP Venture Capital to Advance Waste-to-Energy Solutions, Forbes Top 100 Italian Startups, Gianni Cordaro, innovation funding, Joule School of Entrepreneurship, landfill biogas, Sergio Mattarella, Stefano Molino, ZERO accelerator, Zest
(IN BRIEF) NWO has opened the 2026 call for its Open Technology Programme (OTP), continuing a 45-year tradition of supporting application-oriented, technology-driven research with strong societal relevance through close collaboration between researchers and public and private partners. With a total … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, Netherlands, News, Science, Small Business, Technology
Tagged application-oriented research, collaboration with industry, Dutch Research Council, innovation funding, interdisciplinary research, Netherlands research funding, NWO, NWO Continues Long-Running Open Technology Programme with New 2026 Call, NWO Invites Researchers to Apply for Open Technology Programme 2026 Funding, Open Technology Programme, Open Technology Programme 2026 Opens with €25.9 Million Budget for Collaborative Innovation, OTP 2026, Public-Private Partnerships, research funding, research grants, societal impact, technical sciences, technology research
(IN BRIEF) The Demonstrator 2026 call has opened with more than €1.2 million in funding available to support researchers in transforming academic knowledge into market-ready products or services, offering up to €200,000 per project and supporting a maximum of six … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Investment, Management, Marketing, Netherlands, News, Science, Small Business, Technology
Tagged academic research, Commercialisation, Demonstrator 2026, Demonstrator 2026 Launches with Higher Funding Limits and Broader Commercialisation Options, European research funding, innovation funding, innovation programme, knowledge transfer, market readiness, minimal viable product, research funding, research grants, societal readiness level, SRL 5, Technology Readiness Level, TRL 5, utilisation activities
(IN BRIEF) Finnvera has become a shareholder of the European Investment Fund, giving Finland direct representation in EU-level decision-making for SME financing and strengthening national access to European funding. The EIF provided €606 million to SMEs in Finland during 2024, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Economy, Environment, Financial, Finland, Industrial, International Trade, Investment, Management, News, Small Business
Tagged Climate and Digitalisation Loans, COSME, economic growth, EIF, EU financing, European corporate finance, European Investment Bank Group, European Investment Fund, export guarantees, Finland, Finnish representation enters EIF ownership as Finnvera aims to channel more European funding to domestic companies, Finnvera, guarantees, innovation funding, InvestEU, Juuso Heinilä, Karl Nehammer, Marjut Falkstedt, private equity, risk-sharing, SME finance, UKRAINE
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Bank (EIB) has provided a €20 million loan to Overture Life to develop automated and AI-driven technologies for in vitro fertilization (IVF) and egg freezing. The funding supports the company’s R&D, production expansion, and clinical … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Banks, European Union, Financial, Healthcare, Investment, Luxembourg, News, Pharma & Biotech, Science, Spain, Technology
Tagged AI in healthcare, Bio-Europe 2025, biotechnology, DaVitri platform, EIB, EIB Backs Overture Life’s Innovation to Make IVF More Efficient and Widely Available through AI, EIB Invests €20 Million in Overture Life to Advance AI-Based Fertility and IVF Technologies, European Innovation, European Investment Bank, fertility preservation, fertility technology, Hans Gangeskar, healthcare digitalisation, innovation funding, InvestEU, IVF automation, Karl Nehammer, life sciences, Overture Life, reproductive health, TechEU, Vienna, Women’s Health
(IN BRIEF) NWO Domain Applied and Engineering Sciences (AES) has awarded funding to six projects under its 2025 Demonstrator programme, with a combined total of EUR 1 million. The funding enables researchers to transform their scientific breakthroughs into minimal viable … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Business, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, Netherlands, News, Science, Technology
Tagged applied sciences, Demonstrator funding, ELASA project, engineering sciences, Erasmus MC, innovation funding, market introduction, MATADOR project, MAVE project, minimal viable product, MSKAssist, Netherlands research, NWO AES, Radboud UMC, resistance gene identification, TPM1 ovarian cancer, UMC Utrecht, University of Groningen, Wageningen University and Research
(IN BRIEF) Manchester has been named the UK’s most AI-ready city for 2025, topping the SAS AI Cities Index for the second consecutive year. The city excels in AI-related job opportunities, funding, education, and business activity. Other cities like Leeds, … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Awards, Business, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged AI Action Plan, AI education, AI growth zones, AI jobs, AI readiness, Awards, Dundee, innovation funding, leadership, Leeds, Manchester, regional innovation, Salford, SAS AI Cities Index, St Albans, UK AI sector
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