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This year’s BoostUp! BRIDGE program aims to address challenges and find solutions under EIT Manufacturing’s flagship theme of “Low Environmental Footprint Systems & Circular Economy for Green Manufacturing”. In this edition, EIT Manufacturing is collaborating with Whirlpool EMEA, voestalpine & EROSKI to offer participants the chance to solve real-world challenges using their technology solution. Discover

In 2021, the EIT Digital Challenge Final takes place for the eighth consecutive year and focuses on ‘deep tech’ digital scaleups with a differentiating product offering, leveraging sophisticated, hard-to-reproduce digital technologies that fuel the digital transformation. EIT Digital, the organization behind the Challenge & Accelerator, embodies the future of innovation by mobilizing a pan-European multi-stakeholder

Business Factory Auto (BFA) is an initiative promoted by the Xunta de Galicia to accelerate and consolidate specialized projects in the automotive industry. They achieve this by transforming them into viable and scalable innovative companies that attract and retain talent, in turn, contributing to strengthening the position of the sector and increasing its international projection.

The fight against climate change is one of the greatest challenges that humanity will have to face in the 21st century, and the decarbonization of the economy and mobility is essential for this. Transport is responsible for a quarter of global CO2 emissions and a large part of pollution in urban environments. For this reason,

EnergySpin started as an innovative platform to share ideas and trends and developed into a multi-corporate accelerator program, supporting startups to grow, connecting them to corporates, and helping them to challenge the status quo of the industry. Because EnergySpin believes in a clean and sustainable future, it helps startups and enterprises reach their goals, and

Digital health companies that are looking for investments and commercial partnership opportunities with Bayer should act fast and apply for Bayer G4A Partnerships by June 20! Join the Growth or Advance Track The Bayer G4A Partnerships Program offers two ways of collaboration with digital health companies. Companies with a viable product in the market can

Pharmapack is the leading European hub for the pharma packaging and drug delivery industry. The event unites 400+ exhibitors and 5.000+ attendees from pharma, biopharma, and veterinary companies, contract manufacturing organizations (CMOs), contract research organizations (CROs), researchers, and regulatory bodies from 69 countries. To ensure that startups & global pharma decision-makers get the most out

In line with its commitment to the fight against climate change, the Iberdrola group is backing renewable energy as the way to drive the energy transition and the necessary decarbonization and electrification of the economy. The group plans to invest 150.000 million euros by 2030, raising its renewable capacity to 95 GW by the end

The Leipzig Region boasts a truly unique ecosystem in Europe. It has always impressed with its business logistics and outstanding connections to national and European transport networks. Now, an ambitious, skilled workforce, technical and cohesive social infrastructure, attractive office and commercial space, and a highly educated talent pool of motivated specialists make Leipzig the perfect

Being awarded by the EIT Digital Challenge represents a significant milestone for scaleups on the verge to grow and expand internationally. Europe’s flagship Deep Tech competition for fast-growing digital scaleups, the EIT Digital Challenge, covers a wide variety of topics spanning from Digital Finance, Digital Tech, and Digital Wellbeing to Digital Cities and Digital Industry.

BoostUp! RIS by EIT Manufacturing is a European business competition for innovative projects, startups, scaleups, and SMEs in the manufacturing sector with a geographical focus on RIS countries. The competition nurtures young entrepreneurial talent within the manufacturing sector and supports thriving teams and companies in different stages of development. Kaitlin McGovern (Senior Program Manager, Business

The EIT Digital Challenge, the leading competition for European digital deep tech companies, is now accepting applications. Fast-growing startups with existing customers – so-called scaleups – are invited to apply in one of five thematic areas: Digital Tech, Digital Cities, Digital Industry, Digital Wellbeing, and Digital Finance. The best three companies will receive prizes totaling

Metsä Group leads the way in the bioeconomy by investing in growth, developing bioproducts, and a fossil-free future. The raw material for its products is renewable wood from sustainably managed forests in northern Europe. The international Group has its roots in the Finnish forests as the parent company Metsäliitto Cooperative is owned by over 100,000

The EIT Digital Venture Program helps entrepreneurs with deep tech business concepts to develop and finalize their Minimum Viable Product (MVP), establish their startup company, and raise funds with investors. The program is targeted at 20 eligible countries. The program offers an eight-week pre-acceleration executed by six regional partners: Found.ation in Greece, Startup Wise Guys

Iberdrola operates over 1.1 million kilometers of electricity transmission and distribution lines, spread throughout the United States, Brazil, the UK, and Spain. The renewable energy leader is racing to get ahead of the current energy transition, to which it will add another €75 billion until 2025 to maintain its position at the forefront of the

“Studies have shown that women play a central role in bringing change and working towards a more equal society. We also see this in our daily work. In the many years of Bayer Foundation’s activities, the positive impact of strong women has been a central theme. They are the change-makers we need. As a basic

The fight against climate change is one of the biggest challenges humanity must face in the 21st century and we all need to be involved in the process of moving toward a decarbonized economy that is based on renewable energy. The minimum target of 32% renewable energy by 2030, set by the European Parliament and

To achieve climate-neutrality, wind energy will need to make a much larger contribution to the power mix – up to five times what we have today. This calls for changes across the board. Technological leaps, new business models, and new relationships between different energy industries. And with economic recovery calling for fresh approaches, now is

In recent years the Spanish entrepreneurial ecosystem has experienced significant growth and is now a very attractive destination for many international entrepreneurs. The world’s leading universities, research centers, and business schools together with an increasing number of accelerators and incubators, highly skilled human capital, and the availability of both private and public funding, are all

Changes in lifestyle, climate change, digitization, and Industry 4.0 are massively changing the beverage industry and opening up new innovation potential. Based in Germany, DICA – short for Drink Innovation Campus – is the beverage industry’s leading accelerator program with over 200 scouted startups in five batches. A B2B Co-Creation & Innovation Community The DICA

With most of the world on strict lockdown and no prospect of returning to the office any time soon, 2021 is playing out like much of last year so far, and people all over the country are understandably frustrated and tired. With uncertainty around the future and remote working continuing for most, staying motivated at

In 2020, COVID highlighted the fragility & interconnectedness of our global ecosystems, illustrating how actions in one place can have ripple effects all around the world. In the same light, it has also shown how if we work together we can rapidly develop groundbreaking solutions. 2020 gave us a unique opportunity to highlight the importance

With the involuntary switch from on-site office environments to work from home, online meetings have become the main working tool for most managers, especially in the so-called “white collar” industries. Indeed, over the course of the last couple of months, the sheer number of virtual call-ins in the US alone has increased by 13%. As

For small business owners and managers, time is a precious commodity. From juggling a multitude of administrative tasks to coordinating busy staff members, there’s barely a spare minute in the day. What’s more, small businesses are often unable to take advantage of the kind of advanced tech infrastructures that larger enterprises can afford to purchase.

Brinc is a next-generation venture capital and accelerator firm. Brinc believes that today, technology-focused startups, with the right backing and support, fundamentally change the way we move, eat, feel, and live – to usher in a sustainable future. Brinc is here to support and empower game-changing innovators who are making a positive impact on the

If you have read the title of this piece carefully, you may have found yourself facing quite a bit of a dilemma. What do you mean – using informational content to boost sales? Aren’t the two mutually exclusive? While you are certainly correct – and a sales-based copy is what we usually associate with boosting

The organizer of Electric City 2021, WindEurope, believes that climate-neutrality requires wind energy to significantly exceed current capabilities. Electric City is their platform to kick-start the conversations regarding clean and sustainable global energy utilization. The onshore and offshore wind event has participants from the energy sector and beyond. Heavy industries, mobility, district and domestic heating,

Entrepreneurs spot gaps and opportunities. What sets them aside is that they have the drive, energy, and ambition to turn those opportunities into successful business ideas. What they often lack is the right guidance and expertise to make it happen. According to Companies House, there were 672,890 new companies registered in 2018 to 2019, the

Iberdrola operates more than 1.1 million kilometers of electric transmission and distribution power lines, across the United States, Brazil, the UK, and Spain. Their network comprises more than 4.400 high-to-medium voltage substations and more than 1.5 million medium-to-low voltage distribution transformers. Together, Iberdrola provides high-quality and reliable service to a total of 31 million electricity

An Artificial Intelligence (AI) solution transforming patient care. A 3D radar redefining human-machine interaction. A machine-to-machine platform managing autonomous devices for Industry 4.0. These are just a few examples of the 20 finalists nominated for the final of the EIT Digital Challenge 2020. These solutions cover a wide variety of topics within EIT Digital’s focus