Arborea (SIT 2017) raises €3.6 million funding

SIT alumnus Arborea (SIT 2017), which is industrialising photosynthesis to expand the world’s food supply, has completed a €3.6 million funding round to scale its technology at a demo facility in Portugal. The facility will be used to demonstrate the company’s ability...

SIT Mentoring Bootcamp 2021

The 15 finalists of the 2021 Social Innovation Tournament (SIT), the flagship event of the EIB Institute, “got ready for Lisbon” during the SIT Mentoring Bootcamp held in Vienna from 29 to 30 June. Hailing from nine countries (Denmark, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg,...
EU funding for impact entrepreneurs

EU funding for impact entrepreneurs

The EIB Institute is pleased to invite you to the webinar “EU Funding for Impact Entrepreneurs” with Marco Zappalorto, from VVA Group, which aim is to help impact entrepreneurs understand and navigate EU funding opportunities. Join us on 21 July at 12h00...

Two SIT Alumni receive EU support

Two SIT alumni, Lixea (SIT 2018) and Glowee (SIT 2018) have received support from the European Innovation Council (EIC), a new programme under Horizon Europe with a budget of over €10 billion for 2021-2027 to develop and expand breakthrough innovations. Lixea’s goal...

New series about SIT Alumni

We are launching a new series about how Social Innovation Tournament Alumni are changing the world with their innovative ventures. Every month we will present a new SIT Alumni success story. We are beginning with Aprendices Visuales, a Spanish NGO that helps children...