Ian Mundell

Early and later stage start-ups will benefit from Estonia’s approach to building venture capital for green technologies

Supporting blockchain is a priority for the Belgian EU presidency, but at home the industry has developed on its own initiative

A project that built links between accelerators, incubators and start-ups in Europe and Africa shows the potential for benefit on both sides. A centre in Cape Town will now continue its work.

The bank wants to stimulate and strengthen capital markets in the Baltic states, beginning with new offices in Riga and Tallinn. The move is expected to increase access to scale-up funding for high tech start-ups

Innovation in regenerative agriculture needs a broad brush approach if economic and ecological benefits are to be accurately assessed. A new project aims to scale up to landscape level to enable this

Strip away some of the risk attached to start-ups in Widening countries and the investment money should flow. Intermediaries such as incubators have an important role to play

Top-tier European universities are doing more to de-risk new technologies on their way to the market, through industry partnerships and the creation of spin-outs