Connection of early stage smart investors with technology-based start-ups in innovation ecosystems

The 9th Plenary Meeting of the European Technology Transfer Offices (TTO) Circle took place in San Sebastian (Spain). The 2 days meeting was structured in the following 3 main sessions: - The first session "Connection of early stage smart investors with technology-based start-ups in innovation ecosystems" explored effective ways to connect early-stage venture capital and technology-based start-ups within and across European innovation ecosystems; - The second session "Synergies among EIT and TTOs strategies in technology-based start-up generation" focused to identify European level actions that can be addressed jointly by KICs and TTOs to enhance effectiveness beyond what is being done by each of the entities in their scope. - The third session "Start-up creation and entrepreneurship" explored the TTO circle members' initiatives in fostering start-up creation and entrepreneurship. The meeting agenda and a list of participants can be found in the Annex I of this report.