Innovative region: United Kingdom

The United Kingdom is among the global innovation leaders, according to the Global Innovation Index (GII) 2020: Who Will Finance Innovation.

The report, produced by Cornell University, Insead and the World Intellectual Property Organisation, shows the country only lags Switzerland, Sweden and the United States, and is ahead of other high-income economies including the Netherlands, Denmark, Finland, Singapore, Germany and South Korea.

Global venture capital investments declined in 2020 due to the pandemic and the deals tended to have a…

Edison Fu

Edison Fu is a reporter and Asia liaison at Global Corporate Venturing.