European Innovation Council
@EUeic

🇪🇺 🚀 Investing in market-creating research & innovation | Official account for #EUeic @EU_EISMEA @EU_commission. Data protection europa.eu/!fc89kC

 European Union
eic.ec.europa.eu/
Joined February 2014
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What happens when 17 European cities come together to share ideas, challenges and opportunities? This week, the #iCapitalAwards Alumni Network gathered in Leuven to explore how cities can learn from each other. Thank you to all s who made the meeting such an inspiring exchange!
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The call is now open for the EIC Winter School on ESG readiness! 📚 Join two online sessions on 13 & 20 November to strengthen your strategy for fundraising, due diligence & corporate partnerships. 🤝 Apply by 16 October👉 tinyurl.com/4n3acsnt #eicBAS #ESG
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🛡️ What do new EIC opportunities mean for Europe’s defence & dual-use innovators? The latest EIC Game Changers podcast explains the new pathways, including €10–30M in equity for defence scale-ups and support for dual-use technologies. 🎧 Listen now: piped.video/watch?v=Eo2LdJIg…
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🚀 EIC-backed health biotech companies! Ready to pitch to investors? Apply for the EIC VentureMatch Pitching on Health Biotech taking place on 10 November in Cologne, Germany. Apply by 6 October 2026 (end of day). 🔗 tinyurl.com/5n96hsep #eicBAS
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Take your deep-tech innovation to the next level! Meet the EIC in Sofia! 🚀 Join us on 29 October to discover funding opportunities, hear from EIC-funded innovators and get practical advice. Come with questions. Leave with opportunities. Register: link.europa.eu/8gKXwQ
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Developing a novel food for the EU market? 🍽️ @EFSA_EU's new call, Novel Food Call 26, allows you to get free, tailored advice from EFSA on authorisation requirements. Apply by 18 November 2026 👉 tinyurl.com/yc2ztatu
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Missed our info session on the European Prize for Women Innovators 2027? The recording and presentation slides are now available, featuring everything you need to better understand the prize, application process and award criteria. ➡️ link.europa.eu/kX6h4C @EITeu #WiPrizeEU
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Promising research is the starting point. 🔬 What does it take to bring it to market? Two EIC Tech to Market Entrepreneurial Trainings are currently open for applications: 🌱 Entrepreneurship Foundation 📈 Entrepreneurship Immersion Apply 👉 tinyurl.com/ms83wa7j #eicBAS
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European Innovation Council retweeted
Menlo Times
@menlotimes
Sep 17
EnduroSat @EnduroSat Raises $205M to Scale Next-Generation Space Fleets. EnduroSat, a space company building standardized, software-flexible satellites and a streamlined constellations-as-a-service model, led by Raycho Raychev @RaychoRaychev, has raised $205 million in a round co-led by Riot Ventures and Atreides Management @Atreidesmgmt, with backing from the European Innovation Council @EUeic, Google Ventures @GVteam, Founders Fund @foundersfund, House Capital, Lux Capital @Lux_Capital, Omnes Capital @OmnesCapital, Giant Ventures @Giant_Ventures, Emphatic Capital & Endeavor Catalyst @endvr_catalyst. Read More At: menlotimes.com/post/endurosa…
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European Innovation Council retweeted
Ekaterina Zaharieva
@EZaharievaEU
Sep 16
🚀President @vonderleyen highlighted @iceye_global in #SOTEU - an example of what Europe can achieve when talent, public funding and private investment come together. @rmodrzewski and @pekkalaurila met through Erasmus and ICEYE began with an idea around satellite imagery. (1/3)
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EU Science & Innovation 🇪🇺
@EUScienceInnov
Sep 16
From an Erasmus encounter to one of the world’s leading space-tech companies 🇪🇺🛰️ Backed by #HorizonEU funding, @iceye_global shows that EU is the home of innovation and what science, talent and entrepreneurship can achieve together. #SOTEU
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📢 EIC Partner call alert: Join @EUIPcooperation & @EU_IPO on 23 September for a practical webinar on Korea’s IP system. Apply by 21 September, 12:00 👉 tinyurl.com/8rzrjn28
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The EIC Board has issued a statement on Horizon Europe 2028–34, calling for: 🚀 More agile, high-risk deep-tech support 🚀 A strong and integrated EIC Fund 🚀 Greater support for dual-use and defence  🚀 A budget that matches the EIC’s ambition More: link.europa.eu/qKtVr8
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European Innovation Council retweeted
EU Science & Innovation 🇪🇺
@EUScienceInnov
Sep 11
🗓️ SAVE THE DATE: 16 September 2026! Curious about what the EU has been up to in the past year and what’s coming next? The State of the European Union 2026 is coming up! Join us as we reflect on our shared achievements and chart the path forward for Europe.
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EU Science & Innovation 🇪🇺
@EUScienceInnov
Sep 14
Let's help visionary European ideas scaleup in the EU and compete globally. Discover the European Innovation Act with @EZaharievaEU ⬇️
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Meet the EIC in Bucharest, Romania 🇷🇴! If you are a startup or scaleup, join our event on 5/10 to explore the funding opportunities, learn directly from EIC experts about application processes & connect with members of the innovation ecosystem. Register: link.europa.eu/bWTK96
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🚀 EIC ACCESS+ Open Call #2 to be launched in November 2026, with broader eligibility and more flexible co-funding. Support will remain up to EUR 60 000, with up to 70% for certain services. 👉 See what is changing and how to prepare: tinyurl.com/y5y5x8yu #eicBAS
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Could you be one of the next European Women Innovators Prize winners? Join our online info session: 🏆 Learn about the prize categories 💡 Get tips for your application 🎤 Hear from a winner ❓ Get your questions answered Register: link.europa.eu/KhgRNd #WiPrizeEU @EITeu
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Meet 19 EIC awardees selected to pitch at the EIC VentureMatch Investor Day on Resilient Energy, Industry and Agri-Food Systems. 📍15 September, Malmö 🇸🇪 Investors attending The Drop? Join us by registering here: tinyurl.com/37x24yvv More: tinyurl.com/594k7h4u #eicBAS
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Congrats to @isaraerospace, who launched the first ever commercial rocket into orbit from continental Europe recently, as mentioned today from the Intl Space Summit. 🚀 We are happy that the decision to award them with Horizon Europe EIC prize proved to be the right one.
Ursula von der Leyen
@vonderleyen
Sep 10
Our security on Earth increasingly depends on our security in space. And some capabilities are too important to depend on others. Up there, Europe must act as one. Building together what no Member State could build alone. nitter.net/i/broadcasts/1dxYlagNp…
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