Discover our selection of services designed to help you grow and scale internationally.
We support business development through corporate partnerships, global expansion, access to procurement markets, trade fairs, investor matchmaking, and exclusive networks of high-growth deep-tech firms and experts.
EIC Corporate Partnership Programme
Scale up your business by establishing valuable business collaborations with the largest corporations in Europe and beyond.
The EIC Corporate Partnership Programme aims to establish and grow business collaboration between you and the largest corporations in Europe. By participating, you are invited to tackle key challenges and address the critical pain points these corporations face through targeted calls. If selected, you will be invited to attend an in-person event hosted by the corporation(s) and benefit from coaching and training sessions, matchmaking and networking opportunities, as well as connections with high-level decision-makers leading to significant business deals.
EIC Global Business Expansion Programme
Expand your business into some of the most innovative hubs in the world, supported by local expert.
When venturing into new markets and aiming for global expansion, you may often encounter numerous obstacles that hinder the growth of your business in unfamiliar territories. Beyond identifying suitable opportunities and partners, you must also get to know the local culture, regulations and business landscapes. This is where the EIC Global Business Expansion Programme comes into play. This programme is an exclusive business acceleration service that provides you with customised guidance and the adequate tools to continue your journey after having launched and gained traction abroad, helping you expand to a new market without keeping your attention away from your main operations at home.
EIC Innovation Procurement Programme
Elevate your business by accessing procurement markets of leading public and private sector buyers in Europe and at a global level.
The goal of the EIC Innovation Procurement Programme is to mainstream innovation procurement and establish the EIC as a centre of excellence on innovation procurement in Europe and at a global level, focusing on the supply side. This is achieved through two initiatives:
- SPIN4EIC (Strategic Innovation Procurement): a flagship initiative that facilitates the
access of top-notch innovators to procurement markets in Europe and at a global level. It
adopts a holistic approach (including communities of buyers, matchmaking, innovation
procurement academies, toolkits, helpdesks, assistance to buyers and suppliers and much
more). - InnoMatch: offers assistance (including financial support) to carry out proof of concepts or
pilot tests of innovative solutions on the services of public and private sector buyers,
complementing the services provided by SPIN4EIC.
EIC International Trade Fairs Programme
Promote your commercialisation strategy in foreign markets and leverage business opportunities at the most popular trade fairs across the world.
The EIC International Trade Fairs Programme 3.0 supports you in realising your ambition to scale up rapidly at European and global levels. The programme offers a set of services facilitating internationalisation, promoting your commercialisation strategy in foreign markets and helping you realise business opportunities at renowned trade fairs across the EU, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, and the United States of America (USA).
EIC Scaling Club
Join an exclusive community of 120+ European high-growth deep-tech champions and their partners.
The EIC Scaling Club aims to showcase Europe’s deep-tech excellence with an exclusive community comprising over 120 high-growth European deep-tech champions and their partners. As a participating company (upon nomination), you can engage with a diverse spectrum of key partners, including 100 active investors, 100 relevant corporations, 100 agencies, clusters and media entities, and 100 independent mentors with scale-up board-level expertise. Offering tailored mentorship and access to quality business partners such as corporates and investors, the EIC Scaling Club focuses on building and nurturing relationships with strategic partners and key European institutions.
EIC VentureMatch Programme
Get access to the necessary tools and knowledge to attract investors and scale your ventures.
Our services are a key step to boost your ability to become investor-ready and gain access to the best co-investment opportunities from the private sector. Our investor-readiness support includes benchmarking reports, pitch-deck reviews, free access to top venture capital resources, valuation analysis of competitors and much more. Our services are boosted with access to private investors.
InnoNext (Next Generation Innovation Talents)
Take your innovations beyond the invention stages and develop your entrepreneurial mindset.
Enabling eligible researchers to carry out an innovation internship in a hosting company, the EIC Next Generation Innovation Talents initiative (InnoNext) helps researchers and aspiring innovators to gain direct experience in taking innovation beyond the invention stage, supporting them in the development of their entrepreneurial mindset. At the same time, this scheme aims to provide innovative start-ups with access to new ideas and insights from the cutting edge of research, thus accelerating the development of their breakthrough products and services.