Tag: europe
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France, Germany call for EU funding for tech start-ups
They want national initiatives to be complemented by EU ones in bid to compete more effectively against US, China Berlin and Paris want their project to focus on tech leaders in academia as well as entrepreneurs and to provide funding for high-risk tech projects. Seen here is the Viva Technology conference in Paris. FRANCE…
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Inovação brasileira busca espaço na Alemanha
Movidas a inteligencia artificial, internet das coisas, nanotecnologia e visão computacional, soluções criadas por startups brasileiras ganham apoio no país visto como porta de entrada para o mercado europeu.No país onde nasceu o conceito da indústria 4.0, Bruno Luiz Belanda afirma que a inovação que criou em Piracicaba, no interior de São Paulo, é tão…
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Wanted: British export and innovation expertise post-Brexit
The UK needs new ideas and skills for expanding sales worldwide Peter Bellerby at the workshop of Bellerby and Co. © Julian Love If ever there was a time for UK businesses to display ingenuity in exporting and innovating, it is surely now, amid the uncertainties over the UK’s exit from the EU and rising…
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AI pharma start-up BenevolentAI now worth $2 billion after $115 million funding boost
British artificial intelligence start-up BenevolentAI has bagged $115 million from investors, lifting its pre-money valuation to $2 billion. The London-based firm, which is focused on the pharmaceutical industry, said the latest round of funding will help it scale drug development and its AI platform. The company currently has more than 20 drug programs. It said…
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No one disagrees Europe needs to step up commitment to innovation, but . . . how much appetite is there for more disruption?
The years since the financial crisis have been miserable not only for growth in Europe but for dynamism and innovation — outstripped on all counts by Asia and the US. But as eurozone growth recovers, the continent is gaining a second chance. As the shock of the UK’s Brexit vote and the fragility of the banking system…
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The EC to Spend EUR 30 billion on Research, Science and Innovation by 2020
The total budget of the Horizon 2020 program is € 77 billion intended to support scientific excellence in Europe and to achieve significant breakthroughs in science. Over the next three years, the Commission will seek to provide more research funding to address fewer but important issues such as migration, security, the environment, clean energy…
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How innovation can solve society’s problem
An innovative commons model can be exemplified by something as high tech as a new app…or something as traditional as alpine cheese-making. When you think of innovation, you also may think of patents and profits. But two Swiss researchers argue that we should be focusing more on people and places. Excellence in innovation is as…
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Investor activism is surging in continental Europe
LEAVE it to the Americans to besiege European companies in August, when the entire continent is on holiday. It emerged this month that Corvex Management, an American hedge fund, had built up a $400m position in Danone, a French food giant. AkzoNobel, a Dutch paints-and-chemicals firm which has been under heavy fire from…
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IF BORDERS WERE OPEN THE $78 TRILLION FREE LUNCH
Yes, it would be disruptive. But the potential gains are so vast that objectors could be bribed to let it happen A HUNDRED-DOLLAR BILL is lying on the ground. An economist walks past it. A friend asks the economist: “Didn’t you see the money there?” The economist replies: “I thought I saw something, but I…
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