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Patras Science Park makes room for the next idea
In Western Greece, a state-owned science park helps researchers become business owners. Its most revealing experiment is how to keep that help going when the grant money stops.
AEI opens doors. Entrepreneurs do the rest.
A supermarket shelf. A bank loan. A university lab. Ecuador’s AEI connects the people behind them - and makes a practical case for building businesses together.
The first thing to build in Vietnam? A network.
CCI France Vietnam turns introductions into practical help: a partner search, a first office, a local hire. Its chamber-of-commerce model makes more sense when you follow the work that happens after the handshake.
TownSq: what happens when a town gets a room of its own
A former supermarket in Wrexham became a place to start businesses. TownSq is taking that idea across Britain, selling workspace, practical help and the chance to find your people close to home.
Hatch Enterprise UK opens the door before the pitch
Five applicants chased every place on Hatch’s first Disabled and neurodivergent Launchpad. The UK charity is making a business out of a neglected question: who gets the help to begin?
The Studio That Learned to Run the Mission
Media Fusion began by making an invisible spacecraft visible. Thirty years later, its more revealing trick is making the invisible work around America’s technical missions run smoothly.
F6S built a business around the work between the big ideas
A network of 6.5 million members, a cupboard full of software deals and a growing role in European innovation: F6S makes the unglamorous parts of building a company easier to find.
DigitalHealth.London tackles the hard part: getting the NHS to use your idea
A working health app is only the beginning. DigitalHealth.London helps founders find the evidence, relationships and practical footing to turn a promising product into something the NHS can use.
H7’s €295 ticket into Lyon’s startup world
In a former boiler works, H7 bundles a workspace, startup coaching and introductions for €295 a month per desk, excluding tax. Behind that offer sits a business balancing founders, corporate partners and a very large room for events.
hub.brussels and the art of a cheaper first mistake
Brussels built an agency that helps entrepreneurs test ideas, find funding and cross borders. Budget cuts are now putting parts of that hands-on model to the test.
AwakenHub wants women on both sides of the cheque
The all-island founder community has built a route from first business questions to investor introductions. Its next challenge is turning those connections into customers, capital and companies that can travel.