Al fine di contribuire a costruire un ecosistema europeo forte in cui le start-up possano prosperare, Startup Europe &Innovation Radar nell'ambito del programma Orizzonte 2 020 ha finanziato nove progetti. I progetti Startup Europe hanno fornito servizi di accelerazione a 770 start-up selezionate che coprono 39 paesi. Il "Innovation Radar" ha individuato innovatori ad alto potenziale nel programma R &Ie ha fornito un sostegno ai mercati a oltre 500 innovatori che successivamente hanno raccolto oltre 600 milioni di EUR di finanziamenti per la crescita.

Sweden has joined the Innovation Radar, an initiative supported by the European Commission, which identifies high potential innovations and the key innovators behind them in Horizon 2020 projects.

Already EUR 180 Mio of EU Funding Spent to Support Research & Innovation in Blockchain.

In order to address the investment gap in Central, Eastern and South Eastern Europe (CESEE) in the digital economy, the European Commission together with the European Investment Bank, the European Investment Fund, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and the World Bank Group agreed to launch the Digital Innovation and Scale-up Initiative (DISC). The initiative, launched at the Digital Assembly in Bucharest, is setting up the first regional investment facility that specifically targets digital innovations and the scale-up of digital startups in the CESEE region.

This year’s Startup Europe Summit in Cluj-Napoca marks a highpoint for this annual event. Startups have become essential actors in addressing significant societal challenges. It’s therefore important to keep supporting the work of the European startup community and their interaction with EU and national authorities . It’s necessary to jointly think about how to tackle future.

On the 22nd of March, during the Startup Europe Summit hosted in Cluj Napoca, a Joint Declaration for strengthening the relationship of European countries with their Tech Diasporas was signed by organizations that are working to reconnect talent and entrepreneurs to their respective regions.