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The European Investment Bank Group’s development arm, EIB Global, has signed a €250 million financing agreement with Banco do Brasil to support women entrepreneurs in the Amazon region. The EIB financing will help Banco do Brasil unlock a total of €500 million in microcredit for women-led and women...

OpenEU – First Edition is a joint initiative of 28DIGITAL, Bpifrance EuroQuity and the AI Coalition for the Netherlands (AIC4NL), designed to provide international investors with a structured entry point into the European deeptech, innovation and investment ecosystem.Taking place on 23–27 November...

The European Investment Bank (EIB) is lending up to €100 million to Swedish medical-technology company Elekta AB to advance treatments for a range of cancers and neurological diseases. The EIB loan will support Elekta’s research and development work in radiotherapy, radiosurgery, brachytherapy and...

European Commission Press release Brussels, 31 Aug 2026 Today, the Commission has designated ChatGPT as a Very Large Online Search Engine (VLOSE), as well as Reddit and Roblox as Very Large Online Platforms (VLOPs), under the Digital Services Act (DSA).

Choose europe: Guiding you into the European innovation ecosystem.Join 'Unlocking European Research' a free three-part webinar series guiding researchers, diaspora scientists and entrepreneurs through funding, career pathways, and relocation into Europe’s innovation ecosystem.Delivered with the EU...

An Austrian food-tech company is turning discarded stone fruit pits into valuable plant-based ingredients, helping reduce food waste, lower emissions and build a more circular food system.Every year, millions of tonnes of apricot, plum, cherry and peach pits are discarded after fruit processing...

The recently published European Innovation Scoreboard (EIS) 2026 shows that Europe’s innovation performance is improving, but that significant regional gaps remain. Addressing them will require stronger links between local talent, skills, investment and markets – precisely the connections that the...

Backed by EIT RawMaterials, Dutch scaleup E-magy is replacing Chinese graphite with locally produced silicon, strengthening Europe’s battery supply chain and improving battery performance.In most lithium-ion batteries today, graphite is the main active anode material. More than 90% of battery-grade...

Help shape the next generation of healthcare innovators and entrepreneurs!EIT Health is inviting consortia to apply for funding to develop a new EIT Label-certified micro-credentials programme for advanced Master’s students and PhD candidates in life sciences, medical technologies, biotechnology...