Euractiv – EU unveils innovation blueprint
Patent reform and new sources of finance are at the heart of the EU’s new innovation strategy, published today (6 October) by the European Commission. The EU has also announced the first ‘Innovation Partnership’, which will begin next year and is dedicated to healthy ageing.
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Real Deals – UK venture-backed team wins Nobel Prize for Physics
Scientists backed by MTI have been awarded the Nobel Prize for their research on Graphene, a highly efficient conductor of heat and electricity
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Venture capital adds economic spice – Deutsche Bank Research
Venture capital (VC) is an important professional source of financing for innovative startups. It backs some of the most interesting and daring business ventures. The importance of young innovative firms is undisputed. They are often first to embrace new technologies and to turn them into commercially successful products. It is no coincidence that many of today’s leading IT and internet firms have been financed by venture capitalists.
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