Horizon Europe – EIC Accelerator

The European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator is a funding programme under Horizon Europe that offers support to start-ups and SMEs that: 

• Have an innovative, game changing product, service or business model that could create new markets or disrupt existing ones in Europe and even worldwide 

• Have the ambition and commitment to scale up 

• Are looking for substantial funding, but the risks involved are too high for private investors alone to invest  

Eligibility  

To be an eligible applicant to EIC Accelerator, you must apply as one of the following eligible entities: 

• A single company classified as an SME and established within a Member State or an associated country. 

• A single company classified as a small mid-cap (up to 499 employees) established in a Member State or an associated country, but only for “investment component only” support or for “blended finance” in exceptional cases for rapid scale-up purposes. 

• One or more natural persons (including individual entrepreneurs) or legal entities.