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Fascinating to see the quality of startups emerging in Europe recently. SC Ventures, Standard Chartered's corporate venture capital unit, is leading a €12m ($13m) series A round for Swiss distributed cloud provider Hive and starting to use its services. Alex said: "We are big believers of Hive's distributed cloud technology that will enable cheaper and more efficient access to computing power and storage, a critical point when most of our ventures may have an AI component requiring increasing such computing power." More broadly, William's Tech Tour Growth50 Europe highlighted Europe's most promising tech companies in digital, health, and sustainability, with SiPearl, DNA Script, and Carbon Clean recognized as category winners https://lnkd.in/eNWiJVjQ and picking 48 to join the EIC scaling Club (GCV's a partner organisation to the European Innovation Council but the scaling club is organised by Tech Tour and other partners) https://lnkd.in/e-9xTWEX) And what's more exciting is how the building blocks to allocate more capital are starting to come into play - just whether it's enough to move the needle at this late stage? Fortunately, GCV is expanding its network of corporate venturing events held over the years from the UK, France, Spain, Germany and the Netherlands to central and eastern Europe and the New Nordics and working with the EBRD, Nato and the EC among others to help prepare the region for the renewed aggression from Russia to our democracies and economies. Thanks Charlie, @michael chaffe and team H/T Jussi, Stéphane, Marjut, Shiva, Andreas,

🌱 "𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧-𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 21𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐲!" 🌱 (𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝐃𝐨𝐞𝐫𝐫) In order to support high potential 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐩𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 and connect them with (the many, many!) investors and potential partners at 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐓 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭 2024, I’m excited to let you know that I've got 3 exclusive embassidy-packages to give out for one of Europe's best Tech events!! 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐬: ✅  Free Tickets to Start Summit (21st-22nd of March in St Gallen 🇨🇭) ✅  Free Fair Booths (2x2m, your own branding included) in the Sustainability Lounge ✅ Fast track code to skip the first selection round on the way to the pitch competition 𝐘𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧? 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨: ↪️Send me your pitch deck to [email protected] until Sunday, 4th of February and write a few sentences why START Summit would be important for you to attend. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐨: ⚖ Together with my esteemed partnering judges, Michael Münnix, a seasoned VC from the Planet A Ventures team, a fund focussing on the world's largest environmental problems, and Julian Frede & Mark Palm of evolutiq impact advisory GmbH, true experts in sustainability transformation and measuring, we'll evaluate all applications and select the top 3 Green Tech Startups! 💥 Together at Start Summit Let the winners be ensured that we’ll be making sure to make the most out of the conference experience; with lots of networking, pitching as well as many new insights and inspiration!!! 🚂 Please note: If you're selected, you'd need to figure out how to get to St Gallen and find a place to stay. Unfortunately, travel expenses cannot be covered START Global | Sascha Gerlach massive thanks and kudos to you and your team for the awesome work!

The EIC Scaling Club has welcomed its first 48 deep tech scale-ups into the fold. Those companies are part of one of four pre-defined market sector groups, with a dozen companies per group. Each group represents a high-potential area where Europe and its bright minds can not only contribute but lead globally. The selected companies are poised to drive innovation in these sectors, as well as contribute to achieving the EU's energy, security, and technological ambitions. In fact, they're well on their way. Here's how much the scale-ups in each sector have already raised prior to joining the Club: ➡ Digital Security & Trust -> €202.64M ➡ Next-Gen Computing -> €341.47M ➡ Renewable Energies -> €341.9M ➡ Smart Mobility -> €482.45M More than just a category, each market group is a nexus of companies, mentors, stakeholders, investors, and peers all connected through EIC Scaling Club with the goal of helping at least 20% of the scale-ups to reach 'unicorn' status. But who are the participants? What investments have they raised to date? Who will mentor them? Who are the stakeholder members? For the answers and other market group insights, check out EIC Scaling Club's market group highlights – link in the comments! Yours truly, EurA AG, Hello Tomorrow, Tech Tour, EuroQuity - Bpifrance, IESE Business School, Webrazzi / Tech.eu and the European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA) Gilles Le Cocguen; William Stevens; Teresa Cunha; Nicolette Komitska; Denitsa Nenkova; Yasemin Baran; Iva Tchetinova; Ricardo Greenfield; Valentin Marin; Etienne Pebrier; Josemaria Siota; Alberto Garcia Picazo; Alizée Blanchin; Lucas MAURICE; Carmo Cupertino de Miranda; Oriana B.; Cristiana Gonçalves; Rute Mata João; Márcia Macieira; Irmak Acar; Julia Gifford; Krista Krumina #EICScalingClub #EIC #MarketHighlights #SmartMobility #RenewableEnergies #DigitalSecurityAndTrust #NextGenComputing

Building upon my reflections on the 2030 Startuplab 2030 Cleantech Summit at Oslo Innovation Week, I had the privilege of observing numerous startup founders pitch their ideas in under 2 minutes to an audience of like-minded individuals and investors. The high-stress environment exposed me to the dynamics of presenting innovative ideas to potential backers. As someone who thrives on learning through observation and action, this experience proved to be exceptionally valuable. Drawing from my past engagements in pitching competitions under a startup in Singapore, this summit further enriched my understanding of effectively articulating ideas to investors. From observing these pitches, this was my main takeaway: 💡 Passion is a potent communicator. Personally, the pitches that resonated most profoundly with me were those where founders authentically conveyed their passion, particularly within a community deeply committed to cleantech. Furthermore, a panel discussion held challenged the conventional notion of capturing a startup's target country before expanding internationally. Insights shared emphasised the significance of engaging international investors early on for greater exposure, a strategy deemed beneficial for long-term company growth. While acknowledging potential variations across industries beyond the clean tech space, this perspective offers a compelling food for thought. Overall, I'm grateful for the opportunity to witness these impactful pitches, connect with a diverse group of individuals and immerse myself in the dynamic realm of innovation and cleantech! ⚡ #OIW2023 #OsloInnovationWeek #Cleantech #StartupLab2030Summit

Kidults on Tech Spirit Barcelona 2023 by Tech Barcelona Three insights I got from Catalonia's tech scene. 1) In 2023, more investors pay attention to proof of the tech and proof of business model and less to the founder's ambitions. And it noticeably slows down innovation development. 2) Catalonian and Spanish startups think locally. They compete and focus on national or regional markets. Mentality influences even innovative ones. 3) Based on the Catalan Pitch Competition, the top industries for innovation here are medtech and greentech (and a bit of agrotech). All finalists are socially impactful green- or med-.  The winner is — Miinta (congrats, guys)

🌎 Another publication about the one-year celebration of The Israeli National Center of Blue Economy!   Ocean Exchange asked us to write about this past year. We discuss our international collaborations, our Blue Tech Program (and two of the startups we work with, namely WATCHIT by Aqua Marina Tech and Bomvento), the past Blue Tech Summit, and provide some takeaways for a thriving blue future. 🌱💙 Thanks, Ocean Exchange and Susan Zellers for featuring us!  Click below to read the article.  #BlueTech #BlueEconomy #Innovation #Sustainability #MarineTech #Collaboration #Future Hila Ehrenreich Omri Shamir Iris Tzur 🌊

🎉 We're absolutely thrilled to present UPPERION, an exceptional innovation support and tracking company, joining the ACCELERO project as a European Hub (EUH)! Their vast experience and profound expertise will significantly bolster the European innovation ecosystem. 🚀 Founded by Dr. Frederic Daumas and Laurence Servant, UPPERION is renowned for identifying and networking innovative SMEs with public or private partners. A significant contribution to the entrepreneurial landscape has been their creation and implementation of digital and dematerialized incubation, acceleration, and open innovation programs, such as Challenges, Innovathons, and Hackathons. Furthermore, they manage Thélème, a dematerialized incubator. 💡 UPPERION extends its support to the design and implementation of innovations for SMEs. Being referenced as a Business and Funding expert in European programmes and a member of various funding networks, their influence spans multiple areas of the innovation domain. They are also recognized as a "Solution Provider for Industry" by CCI Business. 🌍 With a firm focus on ecological transition, UPPERION has provided their expertise to SMEs on behalf of European programmes and entities like SmartEES, InnoRate, DeFIne, CleverCities, and InvestHorizon. Their collaboration with the CINEA agency (EU Climate) and the EIT Climate KIC demonstrates their commitment to supporting European SMEs in their commercial development and strategy, data utilization, and environmental impact. We're excited to see the significant contribution UPPERION will make to our mission of fostering an inclusive and well-balanced innovation ecosystem across Europe. 🇪🇺 Join us in supporting #EUInnovationEcosystems, boosting #innovation, #startup culture, and growth for #SMEs under the #HorizonEU framework! 🌐 ACCELERO is a project led by EurA AG with partners EBN - European Business & Innovation Centre Network, bwcon, BIC Innobridge, EuroQuity - Bpifrance, and Krakowski Park Technologiczny | Krakow Technology Park, and is financially supported by the European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA).

🚀 We're on the final countdown! Just a couple of days left until we join the brightest minds in #circulareconomy at the much-anticipated CIRCULAZE by CURAZE Summit in Munich! 🌿 As passionate drivers of circular innovation, we are happy to announce being there on Tuesday (Nov 7th) night and Wednesday exhibiting at the Start-Up Village. Meet us there, where we’ll be sharing insights, sparking conversations, and showcasing our latest developments that are not just pushing the envelope — they’re redesigning it for a circular future. 💡 Imagine a place where ideas flow as freely as the coffee, where networking turns into partnership, and where each conversation could be the seed of the next big sustainable breakthrough. That's what the Circulaze Summit is all about, and that's where you'll find Circulix. 🔗 Click the link for a glimpse of what's to come: https://lnkd.in/efZMhXM3 🤝 We're looking forward to meeting fellow innovators, thought leaders, and change-makers. Let's make connections that matter and drive the change we all want to see in the world. #CirculazeSummit2023 #Sustainability #CircularEconomy #Innovation #StartUp #Networking #MunichEvents #JoinUs #Circulix See you in Munich! 🌐✨

🤩 Amazing news for everyone! With support from Investment and Development Agency of Latvia (LIAA) and Riga City Council, HELVE is launching Future Hub Climate, a free pre-acceleration program for idea( ) stage Baltic ☘️ climate tech startups. Future Hub Climate will support 8 climate tech teams with up to 💶 5000 EUR (equity-free), connect each startup with a 💼 corporate partner for a proof of concept piloting, and highlight the results in front of climate tech 💰 investors during Baltic Sustainability Awards. The main goal of the program is to 🌉 bridge the existing gaps between incubators and climate tech startups landing their first funding rounds, a necessity highlighted by many ecosystem players: 💬 “We've supported climate-related programs in the past, most recently the CityToSea program, and believe that Future Hub Climate will ensure the necessary continuity between past programs and the startups attracting their first investments,” shares Kaspars Rožkalns, Director General at Investment and Development Agency of Latvia. At HELVE, we believe that climate innovation is not just about technology; it’s about fostering a community of passionate changemakers. We’ve seen the impact of our past climate-related programs and we are more determined than ever to ensure the continuity of support for these startups in their journey through Future Hub Climate - designed to empower and connect startups with forward-thinking corporations on a shared mission to create a sustainable future for our planet. Future Hub Climate will accept applications from Baltic climate tech startups until 8 teams are selected, but no longer than by 🗓️12 September, 2023. 🧠 If you’re a Baltic climate tech startup with a vision for a better future, seize this opportunity by applying through the link provided in the comments below. #Helve #climatetech #FutureHubClimate #HELVEforChange #BalticSustainabilityAwards

"If sustainable travel was easy, everyone would have done it already" It's a busy week for the Startups Magazine team! Deputy Editor Anna Wood is at TIS - Tourism Innovation Summit for the next few days, covering the conference and interviewing the tech startups exhibiting. Sustainability is definitely on the agenda as Florence Kaci discusses how new technology will solve real world problems. #entrepreneur #startupsmagazine #TIS2023 #TourismInnovationSummit