Funding programme
EIC Accelerator
Europe's flagship instrument for high-risk, high-impact deep tech startups — blended finance to cross the valley of death and scale globally.
Key facts
- Funding
- Up to €2.5M grant + up to €15M equity
- Maturity
- TRL 5–8 · validated technology scaling to market
- Deadlines
- Short application year-round · full-proposal cut-offs
- Best for
- Breakthrough deep tech: chips & photonics, quantum, biotech, space, energy, robotics and AI hardware.
- Issuing agency
- European Innovation Council (EIC)
What evaluators reward
What wins EIC Accelerator
The points an application is scored on, and the ones we work through with you.
- Genuine breakthrough and a defensible technological moat
- Large, credible market and a sharp commercialisation plan
- Evidence the team can execute at scale
- A compelling, well-evidenced impact and risk narrative
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Next step
Aiming for EIC Accelerator?
Book a call and we will look at where your venture stands and what the application needs.