France is pushing hard to be the tech startup capital of Europe. There’s been a huge amount of activity in the whole tech ecosystem in recent months, with a big…
The United States must transform existing ‘brick-and-mortar’ physical infrastructure into digital infrastructure to seize the next wave of economic opportunities that will create jobs and improve people’s quality of life,…
Almost everywhere you look today, people talk about innovation and entrepreneurship. It’s true that in a world where governments are focused on minimizing public expenditure, that economic growth depends on…
The province of Ontario, Canada, is investing nearly CAD 100 million (Canadian dollars) through its Green Investment Fund to boost cleantech innovation and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In addition, the…
California’s innovation economy is considered to have the recipe for success. It has the technology industry base, talent, universities, entrepreneurs, and risk capital necessary to fuel economic growth. But what…
Crowdfunding is not necessarily new (remember the story behind the Statue of Liberty), but what it is doing in the modern age is funding an unprecedented global wave of innovation.…
The Indian healthcare market is expected to grow to $280 billion by 2020, according to the World Bank’s IFC, but healthcare in India faces the growing challenges of access and…
When tech clusters grow and become more successful by nurturing a strong start-up and scale-up culture, enabling infrastructure and attracting talent, the success can often have a side effect. As…
The solid-state Lithium-ion battery startup Sakti3 received a $7 million investment from Beringea through the InvestMichigan! Growth Capital fund. And President Obama thought the technology promising enough that he invited the innovator behind it, Sakti3’s Ann Marie Sastry, to the White House’s first Demo Day this summer. And, legendary Silicon Valley VC Vinod Khosla was so impressed, his firm,…
by Nitin Dahad Regional and economic development agencies nowadays are very proactive in the measures they take to create their own Silicon Valley like ecosystems, so that they can attract…