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Meet the leading innovators who advise the EIC on its overall strategy and performance

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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

EIC Ambassadors announced at the EIC Summit

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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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

Projects funded by the EIC

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  • EIC Podcasts

    The game changers: from idea to innovative business. Interviews with EIC Programme Managers - technology experts from fascinating industries including space, energy, health and quantum - on the latest technology trends.

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  • Tech Talks
    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

71
Companies selected
€387 million
Estimated budget
21%
Women led
79%
Receive blended finance
16
Countries
Top Countries: Germany, Netherlands, Sweden

News

Events

  • 17 March 2025
The National Registry of Costa Rica and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) signed a Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen cooperation in intellectual property. The agreement, signed during the IP KEY Summit 2025 in Rio, focuses on trademarks, designs, IT systems, and...
  • 17 March 2025
Dutch startup QuantWare raised €20 million, with support from the EIC Fund to develop, VIO, their core offering which focuses on scaling bottlenecks in quantum processing units (QPUs).
  • 17 March 2025
Qarnot, a leading European provider of cloud high-performance computing (HPC), has secured a new round of funding from the EIC Fund to accelerate the deployment of additional computing clusters.

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Promote coordination and dialogue on the development of the Union's innovation ecosystem