# Europe’s Innovation Ecosystems: Who Funds Breakthroughs?

Europe’s Innovation Ecosystems: Who Funds Breakthroughs? at Falling Walls Science House, Tsukamoto Café, Saturday 7 November 2026, 15:00.

- Venue: Falling Walls Science House, Tsukamoto Café, Karl-Marx-Allee 34, 10178 Berlin
- With: Heinrich M. Arnold, Hermann Hauser, Rafael Laguna de la Vera, Lene Oddershede
- Go to page: https://falling-walls.com/programme/europes-innovation-ecosystems-who-funds-breakthroughs

A panel discussion on Europe's innovation ecosystems at the Curie Stage. It is hosted by the Federal Agency for Disruptive Innovation - SPRIND and the EIT Higher Education Initiative. It asks who funds the systems that carry breakthroughs from research to market, given that public grants, venture capital, foundations, development banks and institutional investors rarely operate as one system. Speakers include Heinrich M. Arnold, Hermann Hauser, Rafael Laguna de la Vera and Lene Oddershede.

## Dates

- Saturday 7 November 15:00 — Falling Walls Science House, Tsukamoto Café

Written by a model, sources: [falling-walls.com](https://falling-walls.com/programme/europes-innovation-ecosystems-who-funds-breakthroughs)

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