We are analysing the European Innovation Council’s “EIC Accelerator/ EIC Fund” programme to see if it is successful in bringing in more private investors for the companies involved in its funding scheme. This research investigates the publicly available funding history...
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This research focuses on the top Venture Capital firms located across several European regions: France & Benelux, Nordics, DACH, Southern Europe, UK & Ireland, CEE, and Israel.
For each investor/VC, we identified what investment stage they specialise in (pre-seed, seed, series A) and the number of companies in their portfolio. From their investment profile, we filtered through all the companies...
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We are constantly analysing if the EIC Accelerator/ EIC Fund - EC's flagship innovation funding programme succeeds in identifying European outliers and overseen game-changing innovators OR it supports companies already funded by private investors. This research looks into the...
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The EIC Board released a statement, aiming to double the participation of widening countries (Central-Eastern Europe) in EIC programmes from below 8% to at least 15%.
EIC's New Participation Targets for Widening Countries. The EIC Board has set an ambitious target: to bolster the participation of widening countries in EIC instruments to a commendable 15%, a marked rise from the existing...
The EIC Accelerator supports companies (principally SMEs, including start-ups, but also small mid-caps with up to 500 employees) to scale up high impact innovations with the potential to create new markets or disrupt existing ones.
The total budget for the EIC Accelerator in 2024 is €675 million, with €375 million allocated for the Open Call, €300 million for the six Challenge calls. The budget...
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