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Issued by: DEEP Ecosystems Project: MED‑Hubs – Blue Economy in the Western Mediterranean (EU‑funded) Submission deadline: 18 December 2025 Submission email: [email protected] 1. Background DEEP Ecosystems is implementing the EU‑funded MED‑Hubs project to strengthen the Blue Economy ecosystem in the Western Mediterranean. As part of this initiative, we will expand and p...
Startups are more than just new businesses; they are vital contributors to Europe's innovation potential and economic dynamism. A newly released report, Ease of Doing Startups in the EU-27: A Path Towards Enhanced Competitiveness and Innovation, examines how startups navigate the regulatory, financial, and administrative landscape of the European Union. Supported by the Europ...
A new StepUp StartUps report, Untapped Opportunities for European Venture Capital: Pension Funds and Sovereign Wealth Funds, highlights how Europe can bridge its scale-up financing gap by unlocking institutional investment. The study reveals that EU pension and sovereign wealth funds—managing trillions in assets—remain underrepresented in venture capital. Through smarter regu...
Funding the AI Economy—a new report developed under the StepUp Startups project—shows AI has moved to the center of global VC, yet Europe still lacks late-stage scale. From 2020–2025, the EU deployed ~€252B in VC with 18% to AI, versus the US’s ~€1.33T with 34% to AI; in €25M+ rounds EU investors provide only ~26% of capital. The report outlines targeted fixes—an AI Scaleup F...
Co-funded by the European Union under EMFAF-2025-PIA-FLAGSHIP, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena (UPCT) jointly with DEEP Ecosystems, Region de Murcia, FMRM, ALDA, Justonearth, Maltaccelerate, Venice Lagoon Plastic Free, Changemakers Agency, CTN, and Fabbrica Italiana dell’Innovazione will lead MED-Hubs—two interregional hubs in Spain and Italy accelerating maritime innova...
