EIT Manufacturing: Accelerate

EIT Manufacturing has launched an open call for innovative startups through its Accelerate programme. This initiative aims to support and financially assist businesses that offer creative solutions and technologies to address critical challenges in the manufacturing sector. These advancements will help make European manufacturing more efficient, resilient, environmentally friendly, and globally competitive. 

Through the Accelerate programme, EIT Manufacturing seeks to address significant industrial challenges in the following thematic areas: 

• Digitalisation and Automation 

• Net Zero Industry 

• Renewable Energy  

• Circular Economy 

And any of the following priority technologies, products, and/or solutions: 

• Industrial AI 

• Robotics 

• Additive Manufacturing 

• Advanced Materials 

• Critical Components 

• Electronics 

• Semiconductors 

• Photonics 

• Quantum Computing 

• Renewables 

• Energy Storage 

• Carbon Capture 

The Accelerate programme is open to startups with solutions at Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 6 or higher that are currently fundraising or, preferably, already in an ongoing funding round.