Sweden is setting up a national innovation platform for materials and the life sciences, to help companies make the most of research infrastructures such as the Max IV synchrotron radiation facility and the European Spallation Source (ESS), currently under construction near Lund. Seven regional nodes will be established in universities across Sweden to act as gateways to these and other research facilities.
GreenWaves, the French pioneer in RISC-V application processors for battery powered devices and a performance leader in AI and DSP, announces a 20 million euros financing led by Innovacom together with Thales, Definvest[1] and the French Tech Seed Fund[2], with the backing of historical shareholders Soitec and Zepp Health and other financings.
After a hesitant start, the EU’s Interregional Innovation Investment (I3) scheme is finally gathering speed. The first project to receive support has been announced and the first call for proposals under a capacity-building strand is due to be published in December. While broadly welcoming the scheme, interested groups want to see improvements in the work programme for 2023 - 24, which is expected to be published shortly.