At your service: robotics starts to attract VC funding Its science fiction overtones once left robotics out of the funding mainstream and reliant solely on government funding. Not any more. 05 Feb 2008 News
Big companies lose out as France merges its two main innovation agencies For two years France’s industrial innovation agency put large sums of public money into big company R&D projects. No longer. 28 Nov 2007 News
Commission to investigate R&D aid to Peugeot The European Commission said it will investigate whether a €96 million aid that France plans to grant Peugeot-Citroën and other partners for the development of a hybrid diesel car is compatible with EC Treaty state aid rules. 14 Nov 2007 R&D Policy
Microsoft enrols French business angels France Angels, the country’s business angels’ network, has agreed to provide seed funding for the Microsoft start-up programme Idées. 07 Nov 2007 News