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Supporting research and deep tech projects with a high degree of scientific ambition and risk.
Supporting maturation and validation of novel ideas from lab to business. A bridge between research and application development.
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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EIC Board Homepage

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

EIC Programme Managers

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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or in your business area

  • 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.

    Go to the EIC Podcasts

  • 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 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%

News

  • News article

The European Innovation Council and the European Institute of Innovation and Technology are launching the 2025 edition of the European Prize for Women Innovators. This joint initiative celebrates the outstanding achievements of women entrepreneurs driving positive change for people and the planet.

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  • 17 September 2024
MarkeLine | 16/09/2024 | Germany - Reverion, a company building reversible, carbon-negative power plants, has announced it had raised $62 million in Series A funding, including non-dilutive funding. The oversubscribed round was led by Energy Impact Partners (EIP) with participation from Honda and...
  • 17 September 2024
Tech.eu | 16/09/2024 | Estonia - Estonian cybersecurity startup Patchstack have raised a new $5M funding round to further their mission of covering the entire lifecycle of open-source security to provide the fastest mitigation to the emerging security threats. “Two years ago, the European Innovation...
  • 17 September 2024
Vergabe 24 | 16/09/2024 | Germany - It is still possible to apply for the European Innovation Procurement Awards until September 26. The European Innovation Council (EIC) awards prizes in two categories. The European Award for Innovative Procurement was created to recognise innovation procurement in...

HorizonEU - Innovative Europe

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