With the EU falling behind the US and China in the global innovation race, the forum aims to tackle bottlenecks and work on coherent innovation policies. But as US investors sweep up European assets, the critical gap is funding for scale-up

The board will meet for the first time next week, following the first EIC summit in Brussels

Pan-EU tracking is needed to measure progress of the Commission’s grand plan to make Europe an innovation  powerhouse, says start-up group

New applicants will now have to wait until October to have full bids for funding assessed by the EU’s start-up fund. Entrepreneurs are not happy

Small and medium-sized companies can apply for grants of up to €2.5M and direct equity investments of up to €15M in the first calls

After a three-year pilot phase, the EIC emerges fully formed, with €1.5B to invest in innovation this year and calls for proposals launching today

At first event to be jointly organised by European Innovation Council and European Institute of Innovation and Technology, entrepreneurs call for EU to fill gaps in support and funding their companies need to scale up and be profitable

Commission launches scheme aiming to close the gender gap in the male-dominated EU innovation ecosystem

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