Europe’s CreaTech ecosystem is emerging at the intersection of cultural and creative industries, deeptech and digital innovation, spanning AI-enabled creative tools, FashionTech, audiovisual and music technologies, gaming, immersive experiences, cultural technologies and advanced materials. The opportunity extends beyond traditional creative businesses to scalable software platforms, proprietary...

European philanthropy represents a substantial but still underexplored part of Europe’s innovation capital landscape. With more than €500 billion in foundation assets, the opportunity extends well beyond traditional grant-making to proof-of-concept and translational funding, venture philanthropy, mission-related investment, direct equity and fund investment. Winnovart’s latest Market Brief...

Europe’s defence and dual-use technology market is attracting unprecedented attention—but capital remains highly selective. Winnovart’s new market brief examines the investor appetite, emerging funding landscape and M&A activity shaping the sector. It brings together a wider universe of companies and capital providers, highlighting under-the-radar and less obvious companies to watch across...

The European Innovation Council has opened a new chapter for European defence and dual-use innovation. Following its June 2026 update, startups, SMEs and small mid-caps developing technologies with both civilian and defence applications can now access EIC Accelerator grants of up to €2.5 million, equity investments of up to €10 million, and dedicated STEP Defence Scale Up equity funding of...