What comes to mind when you think of “space?” A vast universe of stars or the latest Hollywood sci-fi thriller? The aerospace industry has undergone a dramatic shift in recent years, with European New Space SMEs at the forefront of small satellite constellations, launch systems and robotics, changing life on…

From pandemic preparedness to simple everyday therapeutics, digital solutions are changing the way we approach healthcare — and healthcare’s approach to us. Here’s a brief look at three innovative European SMEs leading the way, and some thoughts about the direction we are taking. In what has become something of a…

Rather than chase the €1bn valuation in paper value, shouldn’t we be chasing positive impact on 1bn people’s lives? That was the main question Uli Grabenwarter aired at this year’s Ugly Duck event, and the main message that coloured the gathering throughout the afternoon. Big, bold, blue and pink…

The EU is encouraging people to invest in (vocational) training and re-skilling with loans at better terms or other financing schemes that make access to education more affordable for people. And, not only for tech! With a growing focus on tech, disruptive innovation has become one of the most defining…

People think of it primarily as meaning shipping and fisheries. Trade and transportation. And shipbuilding. But there’s more. It’s also about food and feed. Tourism, leisure, and energy. And aquaculture and carbon capture. And it’s also about all the technologies and industries that depend on and derive from these fields…

Newspapers, conferences, podcasts, book publications around the globe are suggesting that the moment has arrived: Impact investing has become mainstream. It is no longer a religious debate on the boundaries of impact investing that determines whether the USD 1 trillion threshold has been surpassed. New targets are proposed: USD 30…

One of the more encouraging developments for those of us who worry about tomorrow, is the impressive growth of the field of impact investing in recent years; a breath of fresh air against a historical backdrop of businesses driven exclusively by profit. This is about investing in businesses that…

According to estimates, the pandemic has accelerated the digital transformation by 4–6 years. Whilst differences across Europe persist in terms of small businesses’ readiness to digitalise — due to connectivity matters, or lack of skills and resources to invest, the past year has also shown that the imperative for digitalisation…

This is what young people think: in a new collaboration between the EIF and the group of gen-z and millenials at EU&U, we look into whether online platforms are the enemy or the unlikely savior of Europe’s SMEs. The article is written by Pietro Valetto and Joshua Michael Devine (EU&U). …