Strategic fit
Eligibility, deep-tech character, European relevance and the right EIC pathway.
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Breakthrough ambition needs exceptional evidence.
The EIC backs a small group of Europe’s most ambitious innovators: companies combining genuinely breakthrough technology with the capacity to create and scale new markets.
Europe's most selective innovation pathway
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Cutoff intelligence
Selection is consistently exceptional.
This view compares the final number selected with full Step 2 proposals—not initial short applications. Select a cutoff to inspect its published figures.
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Method note. The series intentionally omits cutoffs for which this first verified dataset does not yet contain both the full-proposal and final-selection totals. It is not an end-to-end success probability from Step 1.
More than an application
A demanding test of technology, market creation and execution.
Readiness is not simply compliance with call criteria. It is the coherence between a breakthrough, defensible solution, an ambitious European growth case and a team capable of delivering it at speed.
The readiness lens
One profile. A dedicated EIC perspective.
Your core startup information is reused across co-invest.tech tools. Ready for EIC asks only for the additional evidence required to understand your EIC pathway and gaps.
Excellence
Breakthrough technology, defensibility, validation evidence and technical risk.
Impact
Scalable market opportunity, strategic value and measurable economic or societal impact.
Implementation
Team, milestones, resources, commercialisation and a coherent financing plan.
EIC readiness
Additionality, grant and equity rationale, evidence quality and interview readiness.
Find the appropriate route
Readiness includes knowing which door to approach.
The diagnostic will distinguish eligibility from competitiveness and route companies toward the most relevant development pathway.
EIC Accelerator
For high-risk, high-impact innovations with the evidence and ambition to create or disrupt markets at European and global scale.
EIC Pre-Accelerator
For promising deep-tech startups from eligible widening countries that need to strengthen technology, business and investor readiness.
Build the missing evidence
For companies with potential that should first address critical validation, team, market or financing gaps.
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See the distance between your company and comparable success.
The future benchmark will combine EIC Data Hub records and validated portfolio evidence. Comparisons will use relevant cohorts—not one universal “average winner.”
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- TRL and maturity
- Sector and market
- Financing structure
- Cohort year
Beyond funding
Business Acceleration Services turn capital into smart money.
BAS can reinforce the company around its next growth constraint. Our approach will connect each startup’s stage-specific needs with the most relevant services and opportunities.
Connect
Meet investors, corporates, procurers and ecosystem partners relevant to the next milestone.
Build
Strengthen commercial, organisational and leadership capabilities as the company scales.
Access
Use tailored opportunities, expertise and European networks alongside the financial support.
Start with your current position
Discover the strongest route toward EIC readiness.
Create a simple account, reuse your startup profile and build the evidence progressively.
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