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EIC Fund

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EIC Fund

Empowering breakthrough deep tech innovations for European competitiveness.

Brussels

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About

The EIC Fund, established in 2020, serves as the venture capital investment arm of the European Innovation Council (EIC). Financed by the European Commission with investment advice from the European Investment Bank, its mission is to bridge the financing gap between public and private sectors for Europe's most promising deep tech startups and scaleups. With a capitalization exceeding €4 billion, the fund provides patient capital and strategic co-investments to empower visionary entrepreneurs. It aims to accelerate the market entry of breakthrough technologies, thereby enhancing Europe's global competitiveness and innovation leadership. The fund supports companies from Series Seed to Series B and beyond, primarily through the EIC Accelerator programme.

Investment profile
Investment thesis
The EIC Fund's core investment thesis is to address and bridge the funding gap for high-risk, breakthrough deep tech innovations across Europe. By acting as a strategic public investor, it aims to crowd in significant private capital and foster the growth of future global leaders. The fund is driven by the goal of empowering visionary entrepreneurs to successfully scale their technologies, thereby strengthening European competitiveness and leadership in innovation.
Ticket size
€0.5M - €30M (blended finance, including equity up to €15M for EIC Accelerator and €10M - €30M for EIC STEP Scale-Up).
Sweet spot
Deep tech startups and scaleups with breakthrough technologies, high-risk innovators, aiming to become global leaders.
What they add
Patient capital, Strategic co-investments, Access to Business Acceleration Services, Support for scaling breakthrough technologies, Grant funding up to €2.5M, Equity investments up to €30M.
Stages
Pre-seed · Seed · Series A · Series B · Scale-up.
Geographic focus
Europe
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