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En vitrine.
Petit instant émotion quand même.
(C’est mon premier, si on exclut ma thèse)
Glad to have made it into that list of people working hard to improve the science valorisation ecosystem
Thanks @dealroomco
🎤 30 of the most influential people shaping Europe's Spinout ecosystem right now! 🇪🇺
From founders and investors to university leaders, tech transfer pioneers and policymakers, these are the voices pushing the frontier forward.
And where are European spinouts heading next? 🧑🔬
On 18 November, the new European Spinouts Report 2026 launches at @SlushHQ , in collaboration with Atlantic, MITO Technology, FORWARD one and AlbionVC.
It's a deep dive into which universities produce spinout value, which sectors create the biggest outcomes, and what separates the spinouts that scale.
Get early access, link in the comments
Plus, let us know who's missing from the list!
The Top 30:
- Francesco Sciortino, Co-Founder & CEO, Proxima Fusion
- Lisa Ericsson, Head of KTH Innovation & CEO, KTH Ventures
- Karin Beukel, Chief Innovation Officer, University of Copenhagen
- Marco Hutter, Professor & Director, ETH Center for Robotics, ETH Zurich
- Frank Floessel, Head of ETH Entrepreneurship, ETH Zurich
- Ana Avaliani, Director of Enterprise, Royal Academy of Engineering
- Anu Honkalinna, Head of Spinoff Asset Management, Aalto University
- Devika Thapar, Co-Founder & COO, Wilbe
- Rafael Laguna de la Vera, Director General, SPRIND
- Paul-François Fournier, Executive Director of Innovation, Bpifrance
- Ekaterina Zaharieva, Commissioner for Startups, Research and Innovation, EC
- Greg De Temmerman, Director Deep Tech, Spin-Off and Ecosystems, Techleap
- Margrethe Jonkman, Chair of the Executive Board, VU Amsterdam
- Yann Menière, Chief Economist, European Patent Office
- Sacha Wunsch-Vincent, former Co-editor Global Innovation Index; Director, Creative Economy, WIPO
- Lisa Smith, CEO, Midlands Mindforge
- Diarmuid O’Brien, Chief Executive, Research Ireland
- Tomas Coates Ulrichsen, Director, Policy Evidence Unit, University of Cambridge
- Jan Goetz, Co-Founder & CEO, IQM
- Daniel Metzler, Co-Founder & CEO, Isar Aerospace
- Helmut Schönenberger, Co-Founder & CEO, UnternehmerTUM
- Jamie Macfarlane, Founder & CEO, Creator Fund
- Paul Van Dun, General Manager, KU Leuven Research & Development
- Massimiliano Granieri, Board Member & Policy Lead, Netval
- Stefano Buono, Founder & CEO, newcleo
- Jens Nielsen, CEO, BioInnovation Institute
- Simon Hepworth, Interim Chief Development Officer at UKRI & President at TenU
- Paweł Bochniarz, Managing Partner, Radix Ventures
- David Barber, Director, UKRI SOFAIR Lab, UCL
- Malte Brettel, Prorector for Industry and Business Relations, RWTH Aachen
And of course, the authors of the European Spinouts Report: Lorenzo Chiavarini, Leonardo Massa, Quentin Calleja, Boy de Jonge, Dave Grimm. 🙌
Explore the top 30 profiles and their backgrounds, and get early access to the report 👉🏼
dealroom.co/top-30-people-eu…
New @substack article
A quick analysis of science-based innovation (that we now refer to as deep tech) and why it has become such a priority
fifthereaandatoms.substack.c…
New article
Some thoughts about where AI could be transformative for innovation. And where it will not in the near future
fifthereaandatoms.substack.c…
Look what I just found. Still works and contains some of the codes and calculations I wrote back in the day…
Hey @Eurostar
Any chance you update your information when your train is rerouted to another station?
Parents might be waiting on their teenagers at the original destination.
Problems happen- lack of info in 2026 should not
😠
How the cost of useful energy has evolved for fossil fuels and modern “clean” technologies
Spot the difference
(Talking about costs not prices)
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
Less clouds, less glaciers. The earth is absorbing more sunlight and warming faster.
And this is caused by climate change itself which is caused by the 1800 billion tons of CO2 we have emitted…
Source: Earth is dimming
economist.com/interactive/sc…
from The Economist
Les sandwichs au saucisson devraient etre interdits dans les trains...
(surtout quand la ventilation du TGV est off... merci @SNCFVoyageurs pour ces moments)
Wonder why 🤔
Could it be because no one understands the motivations while suffering from the consequences ?
economist.com/united-states/…
from The Economist
Great data viz by @OurWorldInData showing the largest source of electricity in countries across the globe. Clearly a coal cluster in Southeast Asia and a lot of gas countries
Nuclear dominates in a few countries only
Europe is too slow on electrification and it is a big problem. Despite 2 major energy crises, the narrative remains vague. The countries (like China) who are pulling ahead will maintain an advantage for quite some time.
Nice wake up call from Fatih Birol in @FT
