European ingenuity against the climate emergency: the EIT Climate startup ecosystem
27 October, 2022
Cleantech startups supported by EIT Climate-KIC are helping to shape a climate-positive new normal through breakthrough innovations that support ambitious climate action. Over 969 startups are now mapped on a dedicated database to facilitate access to investors, customers and employees to help them innovate and scale their solutions. Explore more at startups.climate-kic.org EIT Climate KIC startups, by the numbers EIT Climate-KIC startups all…
The notoriously entrepreneurial Nordics have a reputation for social equality in their policy-making, but how does that convert into their startup ecosystem? In partnership with Danske…
Agriculture is one of the biggest challenges of our time, closely connected to hunger, poverty, deforestation, biodiversity and climate change. These problems are especially felt in Africa. …
Next month’s Plastic Free July is an eco-friendly initiative encouraging people to reduce their reliance on single-use plastic disposables, reduce plastic pollution, and push for lasting solutions to…
We are confronted with it on a daily – if not hourly – basis: the shocking figures about how our world is changing. The dire consequences that will follow are everywhere to be heard. Another IPCC report made it clear just a few weeks ago. Fortunately, an increasingly growing number of organizations are committing to making our world more sustainable. Net Zero commitments have sprung up like mushrooms since…
International Women’s Day: startups, VC and closing the gender gap
16 March, 2022
From the gender funding gap and Ukrainian women startup founders, to fintech products tackling financial inequality, and healthtechs leading the femtech revolution, this International Women’s Day we dived into some…
This International Women’s Day, we’ve taken a look at how women founders are faring so far in 2022 when it comes to raising startup investment and the gender funding gap.
Fintech, Food, Health, Impact, Central & Eastern Europe
The invasion of Ukraine and the corporate fallout
7 March, 2022
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has triggered an international and humanitarian crisis. While governments and civilians around the world rush to send aid and support to Eastern Europe, the knock-on effects…
Startups supporting Diversity & Inclusion in the workplace
16 November, 2021
Together with swiftscale we mapped 60+ startups and scaleups working on addressing and fostering Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) in the workplace, an important topic at…
A year on since the launch of our dedicated Impact startup database at Impact Fest, we take a look at the venture and innovation impact ecosystem, and the…