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Europe’s biggest deep-tech investor

€1 billion approved investments by the EIC Fund in 159 companies since 2022

Leveraging private co-investment

Co-investment leverage of 3 | €43.05 billion combined portfolio valuation

Scaling up innovations

10 EIC-backed unicorns | 112 EIC-backed centaurs | 665 research projects

Fostering woman entrepreneurship

20% funded companies led by women

EIC Pathfinder
Supporting research and deep tech projects with a high degree of scientific ambition and risk.
EIC Transition
Supporting maturation and validation of novel ideas from lab to business. A bridge between research and application development.
EIC Accelerator
Supporting start-ups and small and medium-sized enterprises to develop and scale up to new markets or disrupt existing ones.

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Benefit from a wide range of services: access to coaches, mentors, access to global partners & innovation ecosystem.

 

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Meet our in-house experts who head EIC support in various portfolios such as health, digital, green-deal, space, construction or technology

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EIC Ambassadors

EIC ambassadors act as a voice for the EIC in the Member States, and provide feedback from all corners of the innovation ecosystem

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EIC Jury Members

The EIC draws on a wide range of external advice and expertise in order to select the most promising projects and companies and to support them

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    Tech Talks

    Visionary Programme Managers – in collaboration with various experts from across the European tech ecosystem – guide and connect portfolios of EIC projects and companies in support of major technological goals. Hear more from them in these videos.

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Latest statistics - EIC Accelerator March 2024 cut-off

68
Companies selected
€411 million
Estimated budget
21%
Women led
96%
Receive blended finance
17
Countries
Top Countries: Germany 19%, France 19%, Widening countries 7%
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  • 14 October 2024
The Hottest Startups in Madrid in 2024
Wired | 14/10/2024 | Spain - Tucuvi is a healthtech company offering a voice-based conversational AI and “virtual nurse” called Lola. The service monitors patients after they leave hospital to reduce readmissions. Lola leads patients through a structured conversation and sends the results to the...
  • 13 October 2024
Bio-Sourcing Secures EIC Accelerator Funding
Entertainment Close-Up | 09/10/2024 | Belgium - Bio-Sourcing, a Belgian biotherapeutic company, has reported the award of EUR2.5M in grants and EUR10M in equity from the European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator. The company said the funding will enable Bio-Sourcing to bring the first biosimilar...

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