2020 was foreshadowing when it comes to our climate crisis. Despite Covid-19-related economic shutdowns, and more commitments to decarbonize our economy, climate-related extreme events accelerated as we experienced a record year of heavy storms, extensive flooding, severe droughts, widespread wildfires and extreme heat waves. Economic losses resulting from those damages…

“This is the moment to reimagine and rebuild a new economy. This is no time to build back to the way things were.” This is the opening statement of the White House summary of the American Jobs Act announced a few days ago by President Biden. We agree. This is…

On March 18, EU commissioner Ursula von der Leyen announced the launch of the European Innovation Council (EIC), a new entity within Horizon Europe — the EU’s umbrella program to fund innovation across the continent––focused on identifying and supporting breakthrough technologies coming out of Europe. …

This past summer, we helped launch Together With Nature, a call to corporate leaders across sectors to commit to four principles for investing in nature-based solutions to global warming and our climate crisis. These principles were defined by climate, ecology and biodiversity scientists and experts, and launched with a Special…

There are very few issues impacting the world’s population that are still as culturally stigmatized and misunderstood across all societies as mental health and well-being. With this in mind, we are continuously evaluating and on the look-out for future leaders and pioneers in the mental health space, and are thrilled…

What were you doing on Tuesday? We were at the European Investment Fund’s (EIF) annual conference — an impressive event that brought together ~250 of EIF’s fund managers to reflect on 20 years of investment in European venture capital. Our co-founder Sofia Hmich was asked to make a keynote speech…

Insights from Hello Tomorrow — Intro: is “Homo-Machinalis” beneficial to humanity? “We no longer are mere users of technology, we are now part of the technologies themselves.” This is how the all-star AI panel started last week at the Hello Tomorrow Summit, arguably the leading “deep-tech” conference in Europe. Steffi Friedrichs, a scientist by training who now works as a policy…

Today, we’re thrilled to announce the launch of FuturePositive Events, a bi-monthly event to bring together individuals who seek inspirational, pragmatic and forward-thinking conversations about the potential for advanced technologies to drive progress at scale, and who come together to design the future we want to live in. Through our…