Blended Finance

Are the European Innovation Council’s (EIC) funding programmes successful in helping companies obtain more private investors?

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...

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...

Does the European Innovation Council (EIC) target the right company profiles with its flagship funding programme?

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...

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%.

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...

€250+ million in the form of grants, equity investments or blended finance were awarded to CEE-based firms between 2014-2022. Nearly 500 CEE-based firms successfully applied for funding from Europe's flagship EIC Accelerator programme (previously called SME instrument under Horizon 2020).

The EIC Accelerator programme helps high-risk, innovative SMEs and start-ups willing to develop and...

Over €1 billion in the form of grants, equity investments or blended finance were awarded to companies in France & Benelux between 2014-2022. 800+ companies in France & Benelux successfully applied for funding from Europe's flagship EIC Accelerator programme (previously called SME instrument under Horizon 2020).

The EIC Accelerator programme helps high-risk, innovative SMEs and start-ups willing...

Almost €350 million in the form of grants, equity investments or blended finance were awarded to Israeli firms between 2014-2022. 287 Israeli firms succeeded in applying for funding from Europe's flagship EIC Accelerator programme (previously called SME instrument under Horizon 2020).

The EIC Accelerator programme helps high-risk, innovative SMEs and start-ups willing to develop and commercialise...