Innovation can fail in the gap between public research funding and private investment taking over, often termed the Valley of Death. But innovation culture also has a key role to play.  Services offered by the European Innovation Council and the EPO’s network of over 320 PATLIB centres spread across Europe can help entrepreneurs cross the valley safely and thrive.  Join Tom Withnell (EPO), Francesco Matteucci (Programme Manager, EIC) and Roberto Santolamazza (Managing Director,t2i PATLIB Centre, Italy) as they discuss these topics. Patent information centres (PATLIB): https://www.epo.org/searching-for-patents/helpful-resources/patlib.html European Innovation Council: https://eic.ec.europa.eu/index_en European Innovation Council 2023 work programme: https://eic.ec.europa.eu/eic-2023-work-programme_en