EU commissioner for research and innovation announces Women TechEU, an EIC-led initiative that will offer coaching, mentoring and funding to promising female tech entrepreneurs.

Leaked draft – dating from January - envisages the European Innovation Council handing out €602M to start ups and €507 million for targeted calls addressing specific areas of research in the next 11 months

As the European Innovation Council emerges from pilot mode, SMEs and researchers will be in line for a new type of funding for translating EU-funded research into products and more top-down, targeted calls

EIC takes first step to becoming one of Europe’s biggest venture capital investors as it acquires €178M of shares in emerging science and technology companies. That could increase to €3B over the next seven years

Switch to green hydrogen, more smart grids, extra funding for innovative start-ups are among 64 new measures announced by Trudeau government

Hermann Hauser, vice chair at the European Innovation Council, joins voices calling for ‘urgent’ firepower to keep pace with China and the US

After signing letter of intent, the European Institute of Innovation and Technology and the European Innovation Council are scoping how they can cooperate to de-risk investment in start-ups, providing the inputs needed to scale-up earlier and faster

The final budget and legal text for Horizon Europe is ready to be negotiated with the European Parliament, after research ministers agreed to cut all components apart from the Marie Curie researcher mobility scheme