Startup Europe

Worum geht es in dieser Ausschreibung?

The topic funds Coordination and Support Actions that connect European startup ecosystems and run cross-border acceleration for digital and deep tech startups and scaleups with proven traction.

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Scope

The action connects local digital, deep tech and manufacturing startup and scaleup ecosystems and supports cross-border acceleration for startups and scaleups that show traction, meaning product-market fit or at least a seed round raised. Particular attention goes to ecosystems in moderate or emerging innovator countries and regions.

Target companies

Acceleration is open to all European startups and scaleups with traction, but targets companies identified in Horizon Europe (for example through the EIC, EIT and Regional Innovation Valleys) and the Digital Europe Programme (for example European Digital Innovation Hubs), using Innovation Radar data. Companies from national programmes, especially certified Plug-in programmes, should also be considered. Projects should prioritise companies with product-market fit or at least one financing round, companies from moderate or emerging innovator countries or regions, and women-led companies.

Support offered

• Support on product-market fit, financial alignment, business model, revenue generation, team and leadership, and adaptation to regulatory and market changes, to make companies investment-ready.
• Help in accessing public and corporate innovation procurement.
• Services may be delivered directly by consortium partners or through financial support to third parties managed by the coordinator.

Monitoring

Consortia should monitor supported companies for three years after the project with indicators such as revenue growth, follow-on funding, profitability, market share and survival rate.

Expected outcomes

A larger market footprint for European startups in digital and deep tech fields such as AI, advanced computing, cybersecurity, blockchain, energy, greentech, agritech and fintech, and better links to ecosystems, markets and investors.

Wann endet die Einreichungsfrist?

15. September 2027 (313 Tage)

15 September 2027.