Launch of the EU’s Innovation Radar: getting innovations to the market faster
The European Commission launches the Innovation Radar: a data-driven online tool which provides easy access to innovations supported by EU funding and the innovators behind them.
It will allow every citizen, public official, professional and business person to discover the outputs of EU innovation funding and give them a chance to seek out innovators who could follow in the footsteps of companies such as Skype, TomTom, ARM Holdings, all of whom received EU funding in their early days. Innovation Radar is not only a databank: it is designed to help broker contact between EU-funded innovators and, for example, investors or other professionals who can help them get their innovations to market, be it with additional expertise or capital.
The Innovation Radar tool can be accessed via the web (ec.europa.eu/innovation-radar) or as a Smartphone app (download from the iOS and Android app stores).