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RSS![Representatives of the EIC-funded companies at Intel & Hugging Face Summit](https://eic.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-11/intel.jpg?itok=BKManKcc)
AI-related start-ups showcase their innovations in Amsterdam.
![EIC Accelerator statistics table - read the article for full information](https://eic.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-11/EIC%20Accelerator%20Proposals%20Submitted%20Nov%202023.png?itok=M6f2jdEi)
1083 full applications from start-ups and SMEs.
![EIC Pathfinder Challenges - Proposals submitted (deadline October 2023): 371 proposals submitted, €163.5 million estimated budget, 2077 participants, 41 countries, €3.2 million average EU grant, results in spring 2024](https://eic.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-11/EIC%20Pathfinder%20Proposals%20October%202023.png?itok=WFeFTOYv)
The European Innovation Council (EIC) received 371 project proposals for it 25 October 2023 EIC Pathfinder cut-off
![The European Social Innovation Competition (EUSIC) 2023 winners, Fighting energy poverty: ECODES, City of Eeklo, EmpowerMed #diogochallenge](https://eic.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-11/EUSIC23%20-%20winners.jpg?itok=W3amLYkP)
Today, the European Commission officially announced the 3 winners of this year’s European Social Innovation Competition challenge: fighting energy poverty.
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In just over one year, 159 start-ups and SMEs, all selected under the EIC Accelerator programme, have had their investments approved reaching €1 billion milestone.
![Code of Conduct for consultants offering services to applicants to EIC](https://eic.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-11/code%20of%20conduct%20published.png?itok=LfJe7qk1)
The European Council Board publishes the Code of Conduct [link] for consultants offering services to organisations applying to EIC calls.
![EIC Accelerator - Successful companies (Cut-off June 2023) 47 companies selected, €349 million estimated budget, 11% female CEO, 68% receive blended budget, 15 countries, top countries: France 25%, Germany 11%, widening countries 13%](https://eic.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-10/EIC%20Accelerator%20Results%20June%202023%20cutoff%20v2.png?itok=qCVsz6ln)
A new set of 47 companies have been selected to receive EIC funding, combining grants and equity, following the third 2023 EIC Accelerator cut-off in June.
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Watch the video of Michiel Scheffer, the EIC Board President, summarising EIC's collaboration with the European Patent Office.
![EIC Tech report 2023](https://eic.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-10/tech-report-2023.png?itok=7G3kC2H2)
The EIC Tech Report 2023 highlights novel technologies and innovations submitted to the EIC under Horizon Europe.
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New deadlines for EIC Pathfinder and Accelerator calls.
![EIC Transition - September 2023 cut-off statistics](https://eic.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-10/EIC%20Transition%20%2027%20September%202023%20cut-off.png?itok=K185ReO-)
The Commission’s European Innovation Council (EIC) received 257 proposals for the September 2023 cut-off of EIC Transition calls.
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The EIC, in collaboration with the Delegation of the European Union to the United Arab Emirates and Dubai World Trade Centre, is organising the official opening reception of the European Pavilion at GITEX Global 2023
Company CorWave officially inaugurates their new manufacturing facility.
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The Commission has announced today the European Capital of Innovation Awards (iCapital) six finalists
A member of the SISHOT EIC Transition project, Prof. Anne L’Huillier (from Lund Univ.) won the 2023 Noble prize in physics with two other scientists.
![inPROBE is a device designed to speed up cancer diagnostic time](https://eic.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-10/Optics.jpg?itok=wAs8qYPq)
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed up to a €10 million loan agreement with Lublin-based Polish company SDS Optic Inc.
![Call for tenders: EIC Corporate Partnership Programme 3.0, apply by 23 October 2023!](https://eic.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-09/European%20Innovation%20Council%20Corporate%20Partnership%20Programme%203.0.png?itok=LqhP9SFU)
EISMEA launched new tender for the future European Innovation Council Corporate Partnership Programme 3.0
Sifted listed the EIC Fund as the fifth largest tech investor in Europe
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12 cities from 10 countries have advanced to the semi-final stage of the ninth edition of the iCapital Awards.
![EIC Pathfinder Open 2023 Successful applications: 783 proposals evaluated, €169.5 million total EU contribution, 343 participants (53% higher education, 24% private organisations, 21% research organisations, 3% other, 53 projects chosen, €3.19 million average EU grant, 33 countries](https://eic.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-09/EIC%20Pathfinder%20Open%20Results%20March%202023%20final.png?itok=UYBPKM8h)
The European Innovation Council (EIC) has selected the next set of proposals under the 2023 EIC Pathfinder Open call