Innovation Bridge: Technology, Startups, and Europe’s Connection to Silicon Valley

On July 25 the Economic Institute released its newest report—Innovation Bridge: Technology, Startups, and Europe’s Connection to Silicon Valley, at the Runway accelerator in San Francisco. The report, which was supported by the European Union and other international and Bay Area partners, looks at the dynamic process that every year brings hundreds of European startup and early stage companies to the Bay Area, many of which stay and grow in the region. It particularly assesses the environment for starting and growing young technology companies in Europe and the region Bay Area.  The conclusions document the unique role that the region plays as the world’s leading innovation and entrepreneurial platform. More than two-hundred participants came to listen to the report’s findings and to engage with a distinguished panel of investors, technologists, innovation directors, and leaders in the startup community, who provided their own perspectives. The report is available on the Economic Institute’s website www.bayareaeconomy.org.