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EIC Business Acceleration Services Offer 

As EIC beneficiary, a box full of lifelong business acceleration services and an extensive innovation network is waiting for you, even if your EIC-backed project has already ended. All this through a single entry gate: the EIC Community. It gathers all innovative companies funded under the European Innovation Council covering the EIC Accelerator, Pathfinder, Transition projects, Seal of Excellence (Horizon Europe), Women TechEU as well as coaches, procurers, staff of the EIC…and many more! Our ambition is to boost connections and foster communication by creating a shared knowledge base and a virtual meeting-place where innovative and business partners can connect and leverage new partnerships. 

Let’s take a closer look!  

Apply and register for our free EIC Business Acceleration Services, check the Open calls and upcoming events page. 

What services are available?

The EIC Business Acceleration Services are structured around three main pillars providing you with access to all that is needed to boost your growth: 

  • Contracts
  • Contacts 
  • Skills

A. Contracts

Your presence at the EIC is your gateway to matching activities with large corporations, investors, procurers and business partners. In 2021-2023 alone, our programmes led to a total of 103 deals, and EUR 50 million expected turnover generated from trade fairs. 

Discover our programmes providing you with access to contracts and boost your business: 

  • EIC Corporate Partnership Programme: Scale up your business by establishing valuable business collaborations with the largest corporations in Europe
  • EIC Innovation Procurement Programme: Enhance your access to market opportunities and procurement markets at the European and global levels.
  • EIC International Trade Fairs Programme: Promote your commercialisation strategy in foreign markets and leverage business opportunities at the most popular trade fairs across the world.
  • EIC Investor Readiness and Outreach Programme: Get access to the necessary tools and knowledge to attract investors and scale your ventures.
  • EIC Scaling Club: Join an exclusive community of 100+ European high-growth deep-tech champions and their partners.
  • EIC Next Generation Innovation Talents: Take your innovations beyond the invention stages and develop your entrepreneurial mindset.
  • EIC Soft-landing programme: Expand your business into some of the most innovative hubs in the world supported by local experts and without taking your attention away from their main operations at home. 

B. Contacts

As an EIC-supported researcher, innovator or entrepreneur, you can benefit from access to a wide ecosystem network comprising: 

  • 1,000+ corporates, investors and public buyers
  • 600+ coaches and mentors 
  • 140+ Ecosystem partners 
  • 100+ experts across areas such as intellectual property, regulation and venture building 

Discover our programmes providing you with access to contacts: 

C. Skills

As an EIC-supported researcher, innovator or entrepreneurs, you can enjoy free access to tailor-made coaching, mentoring, expertise and training delivered by specialised providers and adapted to your innovation stage.

Discover our programmes to advance your business skills and take over leadership positions: 

  • EIC Coaching Programme: Receive coaching and training tailored to your specific needs, starting as early as the stage of proposal preparation (step 2). 
  • EIC Community Programme: Connect with partners and boost your skills with peer-learning workshops and tailor-made training activities.
  • EIC Tech to Market Programme: Accelerate your science-startup project and transition from lab to market through specialised support and Design Thinking methodologies. 
  • EIC Women Leadership Programme: Strengthen your entrepreneurial skills and expand your network among female leaders with the support of a personal mentor and business coach.

 

Check the Open calls and Upcoming Events page and start applying to EIC Business Acceleration Services!