Start-ups

Small and growing companies will enjoy better access to finance on the back of new EU rules agreed as part of the Commission's drive to stimulate venture capital investment

The business angels network will enable the entire ESADE community to make investments starting at €500 in start-ups supported by ESADE BAN investors. ESADE is the first business school to launch an initiative of this sort.

As head of innovation at EIT Digital, Chahab Nastar gives entrepreneurs the guidance to scale-up that was missing when he was building his own company

In February 2017 UvA startup incubator ACE Venture Lab organizes a five day intensive training program for students, researchers and industry specialists who want to turn their science or high-tech idea into a successful company.

Leak shows Brussels officials preparing new ideas to turn ‘acorns into mighty oaks’ and ease the pathway to growth for start-ups

ETH Zurich was awarded the contract by the European Space Agency (ESA) for the ESA Business Incubation Centre Switzerland. The initiative was launched by the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation. It supports selected young start-ups with a connection to space technologies.

Red Points is a tech company specialised in protecting digital assets and brands sold online

The EU still has not learned basic lessons about innovation from its US competition. Professors Gunnar Landgren and Ramon Wyss, both instrumental in the formation of EIT Knowledge and Innovation Communities, explain how to remedy the European innovation paradox