Cyprus Seeds is one of the major players in Cyprus, contributing to creating a knowledge-based economy. In only 4 years of operation, Cyprus Seeds can demonstrate tangible results towards this direction, such as: 

• €1. 300.000+ donations have been attracted from the private sector, including foundations, corporate donors and individuals from Cyprus and abroad. 
• Cyprus Seeds is the only initiative in Cyprus which has attracted donations from The Hellenic Initiative, a not-for-profit organisation established by Greeks and Cypriots of Diaspora and global philhellene communities based in New York).
• In less than four years, Cyprus Seeds completed 2 successful funding cycles and supported 12 scientific projects from the Universities, Centres of Excellence and Research Centres of Cyprus.
• €630.000+ has been granted during the 2 Cycles.
• Change of mindset every grantee is looking to either spin out or pursue a licensing agreement.
• 2 start-ups spun out from the University of Cyprus as as a result of two projects supported by Cyprus Seeds.
• 1 of the 7 projects of the 1st cycle concluded 2 “Option-to-be Licensing Agreements” with 2 US Pharma companies, resulting in funding to the Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics.
• Acted as a mini technology transfer office and paid for the filing of 8 Provisional Patents in the USA and Europe; 1 of the 8 US patents was recently awarded. 
• 10 new hires of researchers as a result of Cyprus Seeds funding.
• The only private initiative supporting exclusively the commercialisation of academic research from Cypriot universities, Centres of Excellence and Research, aiming to slow down the brain drain and create a pipeline of research based start-ups which will attract private investors’ funding.
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