European Innovation Council
eic.ec.europa.eu Direct investor
The European Innovation Council is an EU funding programme under Horizon Europe that provides grants and equity investments to start-ups, SMEs and research teams developing breakthrough deep tech innovations. It supports projects from early-stage research through to scale-up.
European Innovation Council is a public fund. It invests directly in companies, from seed to growth, in deep tech, breakthrough technologies, dual-use and defence. Its stated cheque size is €1 - €10 million.
“One of the largest deep tech investors in Europe offering €6,5 billion of support to startups, research & tech transfer”
— European Innovation Council, own website
- Layer
- Direct investor
- Type
- Public fund
- Invests in
- Europe
- Cheque size
- €1 - €10 million
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page European Innovation Council publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
- https://eic.ec.europa.eu/select-language?destination=/node/1name, type, invests_in_geographies, sectors, thesis_quote, description, status
- https://eic.ec.europa.eu/eic-funding-opportunities/eic-accelerator_enis_investor, layer, stage_min, stage_max, cheque_size
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Record 12428 · added 2026-09-29 · link last verified 2026-09-29 · confidence high
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