Insights to inspire, build and guide sustainable founding teams
Dr. Ingrid Kelly, Technology Transfer Manager and European Patent Attorney explains the work of the Institute of Science and Technology Austria and shares…
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Life changing technical innovation in type 1 diabetes treatment uses artificial intelligence to determine and administer insulin automatically
Erik Huneker, co-founder of European SME Diabeloop, speaks to 4iP Council about his company's innovation.
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"Race ahead commercially and keep making the product better and better and better"
4iP Council talks to Dr Alex von Frankenberg, the Managing Director of seed investor High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) to understand better the role of patents…
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Robots may soon be spotted in a field near you
Vitirover, the first robot mower able to cover surfaces as large and difficult as vineyards and power station parks
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How significant are SMEs to the EU?
Catherine Eginard, Head of Sector, H2020 – SME Instrument, talks to 4iP Council about the main highlights of the newly published SME instrument impact…
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An original financing solution for ‘not yet profitable’ SMEs investing in R&D
Neftys plays a crucial role in the innovation ecosystem. It offers start-ups and SMEs investing in R&D a form of bridging loan and, in so doing, solves an…
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Julian Nolan, pioneering data-driven invention
“It seemed strange to me that in such a data-driven world invention should be analogue, so I began to explore ways to create using data and algorithms.“
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Former CEO fuels chemical start-up growth.
Recipient of the ‘Commandeur de l’Ordre de la Couronne’ (Belgium’s highest accolade) and former CEO of Petrofina, François Cornélis, is now “having lots of…
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Catapulting UK Innovation
4iP Council talks to Simon Edmonds, Director of Catapults at Innovate UK.
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Investor’s perspective
Didier Tranchier is the Founder and President of ADELIT, a French angel investment company with a portfolio of forty technology companies. 4iP Council spoke…
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Perspectives on starting-up in France from eBlink founder, Alain Rolland
4iP Council explores the experience of French telecom start-up EBlink as it markets a ground breaking mobile antennae solution to global tech giants.
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Tanya Ewing, FRSA
Tanya Ewing is an award winning Scottish entrepreneur and a successful inventor. Voted 'British Female Inventor of the Year 2008', she created the real-time…
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Adrienne Corboud Fumagalli
Vice President Innovation and Technology Transfer at EPFL in Lausanne shares her experience with 4iP. (Photo: Michael Stahl)