Investment

With a total of €90 million to spend in the area, venture capitalist Aris Constantinides speaks to Science|Business about the investment strategy.

France Angels, the country’s business angels’ network, has agreed to provide seed funding for the Microsoft start-up programme Idées.

The European Commission wants to remove the stigma of bankruptcy and give entrepreneurs a second chance.

The European Investment Bank and the European Commission have announced the introduction of the Risk Sharing Finance Facility to provide additional support to R&D and innovation projects in Europe.

Flagship venture capitalist David Berry takes a hands-on approach to finding and nurturing emerging ideas and companies in life sciences and clean energy.

Companies from the US and Japan are investing and launching partnerships in France to take advantage of its nanotechnology expertise.

It’s not enough to spin companies out and build them as national enterprises, says Imperial College Pro Rector Tidu Maini. The challenge is to go global – we need to scale up our thinking on science.

Inward investment and high-tech start-ups are seen as key ingredients of the knowledge economy. But the two are not compatible, says new research

The European Commission and the European Investment Bank have set up a €2 billion risk-sharing finance facility to support research and innovation in Europe.