A startup mentor joined an international consultancy, then added a digital product studio. Civitta Hungary’s interesting bet is that funding, introductions and working software belong in the same conversation.
A Tartu consultancy works in the awkward space between invention and adoption. Its tools include European funding proposals, municipal pilots and an unusually candid account of what accelerators need to get right.
A village, an arts festival and a former steel district are testing how creative work can help communities change. The European research project behind them wants useful business models to outlive the grant.