The EU has officially launched the Scaleup Europe Fund, which it hopes will grow to €20 billion in the coming years

EU governments are considering introducing long-term funding for networks of laboratories on topics of strategic importance

Financial institutions and investors will work together to mobilise investments and help develop suitable financial instruments

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

The foundation will award €80 million to big interdisciplinary projects addressing major health and sustainability challenges

The model, developed in the US, funds projects that struggle to raise money from traditional research grants or venture capital

Survey finds investors are increasingly open to defence technologies, but rarely as a standalone investment strategy

Firms can offer their weaponry direct to units, says Benjamin Wolba of the European Defence Tech Hub

By inviting start-ups and academics into a working factory site, the Werner-von-Siemens Centre for Industry and Science hopes to speed up invention

Report maps the varying trajectories of deep-tech start-ups, with lessons for public and private funders