EC Green Lights “EU Inc” Proposal
EU Inc, a new pan-European legal entity structure, proposed by the European Commission, aims to simplify company incorporation, investment and acquisitions for startup ventures across the European Union.
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NZ Unlocks More Science Innovation
Following a recent reorganisation of the nation’s publicly funded science research institution structure, the New Zealand government has this week announced a mandated new pathway for science and technology commercialisation from 2026. Science and technology Minister, Shane Reti says that a more consistent national approach to intellectual property management is needed in order to reward…
How Is Europe Approaching Spin-Offs?
by Paul Spence – Founder Genius ReFi It has been interesting following the unfolding political and economic events that matter to Europeans of late as the global geopolitical landscape has become disrupted in 2025. Meanwhile as American civil society continues to unravel, science funding is being slashed and top universities find themselves under siege. We…
COP29: Flawed – But Better Than No Discussion
The 2016 Paris Agreement set the amibitious goal of achieving global net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 and limiting temperature rise to 1.5 deg C. With the temperature increase limit almost breached this year, analysts and commentators have already set to work digesting the outcomes of the latest climate COP. Some progress is better than none…
Is The Biodiversity COP A Cop Out Or A Lifeline?
With an estimated 1 million plant and animal species currently facing extinction, member countries of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) devised a framework with 23 targets aimed at stemming the loss of nature by 2030. That was two years ago. This week representatives from 196 nations will reconvene in Cali, Colombia at…
Will Politics Stifle The Green Shoots Of Agritech?
Conflicts, climate change, constrained investment and the requirement to reduce agricultural emissions are all factors impacting our global food production system at present. Novel approaches will be needed in the future if we are to feed an estimated population of 10 Billion by 2050. Foodtech and agritech are likely to play an increasing role in…