A separate shared tech transfer office is not necessary to reap the rewards of pooling spin-out support, networks and pipelines

Pilot organisers pitch EU platform to connect companies with academic teams to solve discrete technological challenges

The foundation has mobilised $533 million in a model based on venture capital and US Advanced Research Projects Agencies

Dutch knowledge transfer professionals join forces to press for better public funding

TenU Rise gives professionals a chance to share skills in areas such as negotiation, deal building and career development

Plans for an EU due diligence platform and centre of expertise should be active by 2026, conference hears. But cultural change will take longer

Governments are invited to use EU auction and grant instruments to back promising cleantech projects which don’t win EU funding

Warning comes as the EU looks to expand investment programmes, including for innovation, in push for greater competitiveness

China leads both the EU and US by a wide margin, and its lead has been growing

Brussels wants to make the European Innovation Council more like the legendary US innovation agency, but currently the differences are large