Startups and Innovation

The world’s largest green business ideas competition returns for the tenth consecutive year in Cyprus and invites students, start-ups, entrepreneurs and researchers to submit their cleantech business idea. ClimateLaunchpad ...

Apple sought to block Apella Games from registering name and logo in the EU Cyprus-based indie gaming company Apella Games has won a major battle against tech giant Apple Inc., ...

Hellas Direct was recently recognised as one of Europe’s 1,000 fastest-growing companies by the Financial Times, the fourth time it has received this distinction. The innovative insurance tech company is ...

The non-profit association TechIsland announced today the launch of the TechIsland Awards, a new annual award program designed to recognize and celebrate the outstanding contributions of individuals, companies, and projects ...

Technology executives, prominent venture capitalists and founders including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman raced this weekend to keep alive companies caught up in the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SIVB.O). ...

Non-profit organisation TechIsland this week announced a partnership with an annual international educational initiative for project-driven software development. TechIsland is becoming the ecosystem partner of Joint Advanced Student School(JASS), ...

The 5th CASSINI hackathon will be held later this month by the NGO organisation Citizens In Power (CIP) in Cyprus. The event, which will start on Friday, March 24 and end ...

The new Deputy Minister of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy has started to meet with various key stakeholders, including the ambassadors of Japan, Estonia and Greece. The Deputy Minister also ...

The Cyprus University of Technology (Tepak) this week announced its participation in the SIEQUA-CERT project, which focuses on indoor environment quality, something which can affect employee satisfaction and have an ...

The hybrid working model is here to stay and may offer an advantage for Cypriot businesses competing for domestic and international talent, Kyndryl Cyprus general manager Marios Kapiris said on ...

The Cyprus Computer Society this week released a statement congratulating Deputy Minister of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy Philippos Hadjizacharias for his recent appointment to the role. “The Cyprus Computer ...

The Cyprus Computer Society this week released a statement congratulating Deputy Minister of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy Philippos Hadjizacharias for his recent appointment to the role. “The Cyprus Computer ...

The Cyprus-based fintech company, Armenotech, will be actively participating in central bank digital currency (CBDC) projects internationally in 2023. The company is considering taking part in three ventures, two of which ...

The Research and Innovation Foundation (Idek) on Wednesday announced that it has concluded an agreement for its participation in the Academianet Network, with the aim of strengthening women’s activity ...

The beauty and personal care startup Snap is in the process of raising capital through the equity crowdfunding platform CrowdBase, with the company having already raised 70 per cent of the ...

This is the first deal announced by Zubr Capital after the launch of Fund II, its new investment fund, in 2022. A large investment of $13 million went to Oro, a well–...

The University of Cyprus on Monday announced the launch of a new project, in which it will link with foreign organisations, aiming to stimulate excellence and innovation capacity at the ...

Britain said it would extend until the end of June the financial guarantee it has provided to ensure UK applicants to the Horizon Europe scientific research programme receive funding while ...

The Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF) recently announced two new calls for proposals for the ‘Research in Enterprises’ programme. The total calls budget is €6 million, of which €1 million addresses enterprises ...

The non-profit organisation TechIsland has previously rebuilt the Regional Primary School in Arakapas, which suffered from a terrible wildfire. The organisation has invested more than €200,000 in renovating the school. TechIsland ...

The new Deputy Minister of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy Philippos Hadjizacharias took over the portfolio of the Deputy Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy during a brief ceremony ...

As was recently announced, the new Deputy Minister of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy is Philippos Hadjizacharias. Hadjizacharias is the managing partner of the consulting and audit firm PHS & ...

Businesses and organisations must adopt a holistic approach and utilise all of the tools at their disposal, if they wish to remain competitive, according to a number of experienced industry ...

The European Investment Bank (EIB) this week announced that new financing agreements signed in Cyprus for the year 2022 amounted to €250 million, with all of them relating to green projects. In 2022, ...