About

REACH is an incubator funded by the European Commission that will support selected data-fuelled start-ups & SMEs through a 11-month incubation programme facilitating the development of trusted and secure innovative solutions based on industrial and personal data. Our innovation focused ecosystem, services and tools facilitate cross-sector and multi-stakeholder experimentation and data innovation.

What are the benefits?

• Equity free funding of up to €120k
• Access to large corporations and their industrial data sets
• Access to digital and business skills
• Reach toolbox for secure and trusted data value chains
• Big data computing infrastructure
• Access to private investment
• Visibility

Eligibility

The accepted applicants for REACH open calls are start-ups in the form of SMEs, that fit with the proposed participation tracks:

Individual SME experiment: Data Driven SMEs or Startups solving challenges and experiments.

Collaborative SME experiment: Several data driven SMEs will conduct different experiments under a common DVC theme or Data Provider’s challenge. This way of collaboration will be fostered by REACH partners, for example, identifying synergies among applicants along the incubation and facilitating their collaboration. The consortium will aim 20% of the experiments progressing on this collaborative scheme to contribute towards the DVC concept.

• The use of big data tools is needed.
• Uniqueness of the proposal.

Maximum funding amount

€120,000

More information and application HERE.

About

Boosting Widening Digital Innovation Hubs (BOWI) is a project funded by the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme of the European Union.  BOWI aims to support Digital Innovation Hubs (DIHs), SMEs, and Midcaps by facilitating the access and uptake of Smart Anything Everywhere (SAE) and ICT for Manufacturing SMEs (I4MS) technologies in underrepresented regions.

BOWI Open Call 3 will distribute up to €2.16 M among 36 SMEs and Mid-caps from the 9 regions described below, to develop their experiments. Additionally, up to €300,000 (€15,000 per experiment) will be made available in the form of a voucher among 20 experiments from particular regions.

What are the benefits? 

• Technical support from local widening hub
• Business mentoring from local widening hub
• Guidelines and support from Mature Hub: from the BOWI partners Mature Hub; from BOWI validated Mature Hubs via vouchers
• Access to specific facilities and infrastructure
• Media exposure

To do what? 

SMEs and Midcaps can be focused both on a product or a manufacturing process. The experiments should address the application of at least one of the following technology areas:

• Low energy computing powering CPS
• Cyber-physical and embedded systems
• Internet of things
• Flexible and Wearable Electronics
• Organic and Large Area Electronics
• Advanced or High-performance computing
• Robotics for manufacturing
• Additive manufacturing technologies
• Modelling and simulation
• Artificial Intelligence
• CPS for manufacturing
• Cloud computing
• Digital twins, data sharing, autonomous factories

Maximum funding amount

€60,000

More information and application HERE

You are advised to contact your local widening hub for further information and support. The hub for Lithuania is Sunrise Valley Digital Innovation Hub.

About

I-NERGY is an EU funded H2020 innovation project around Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Next Generation Energy aiming at reshaping the energy sector value chain towards better business and operational performance, increased environmental sustainability and the creation of a stronger social fabric propagating high social value among citizens.

Calling for

Single (individual) SMEs, including startups, registered no later than 8th November 2021 as a company in The Member States of the European Union and its Overseas Countries and Territories (OCT) or Associated Countries to H2020.

What you will get

Receive Up to 50K Eur in two deliverables! up to 10K Eur in deliverable 1, for the individual mentoring plan and proof of concept, and up to 40k Eur for the prototype development. 

More information and application HERE. 

About

The New European Bauhaus Climate Acceleration Programme aims at supporting the most promising New European Bauhaus (NEB) related ventures bringing together simultaneously in their operations or solutions the three dimensions of sustainability (including circularity), quality of experience (including aesthetics) and inclusion (including accessibility and affordability).

Calling for

Early-stage startups developing scalable solutions with high potential to make an impact on climate issues  through the specific NEB challenges indicates and bringing in their products/solutions the three dimensions of NEB: sustainability (including circularity), quality of experience (including aesthetics) and inclusion (including accessibility and affordability).

What you will get

Four companies will each receive a €25,000 prize to accelerate their growth and a tailored package of supporting services valued at €25,000. Total grant per startup is €50,000.

More information and application. 

About

EIT Digital Accelerator’s mission is to support fast-growing European digital deep tech ventures to become prominent global players. Its team of venture capital & business experts specialises in deep tech and leverages a pan-European network of investors and top corporations to help your company raise Series A & Series B founding, expand your market share and acquire international customers.

The programme is targeted at scaleups that are leveraging the power of digital transformation to create innovative solutions and products across industries, cities and communities integrating circularity, inclusion and aesthetics in order to foster green, safe and sustainable future.

Calling for

Fast-growing European ‘deep tech’ startups in growth stage (scaleups) with a differentiating product offering that leverages sophisticated, hard-to-reproduce digital technologies. Ideally you are looking to raise Series A or B funding in the near future and/or expand your market presence in Europe.

What you will get

The best 4 companies will receive a full year of tailored international growth support by the EIT Digital Accelerator worth €50,000 to scale up their business.

Raise your next Series A or Series B funding round from European investors in a faster and smarter way with the support of the Access to Finance team

More information and application. 

About

EIT Food Accelerator Network (FAN) is for agrifood startups making a big impact on any part of the agriculture or food supply chain, thus committed to building a healthier, more trusted and sustainable food system for local and global communities.

Calling for

Agri-food startups that are set to make a big impact on any part of the agriculture or food supply chain thus committed to building a healthier, more trusted and sustainable food system.

What you will get

The best 4 companies will receive 6 months of tailored international acceleration support by the EIT Food FAN worth €50,000 to accelerate their growth and impact.

More information and application. 

About

EIT Manufacturing - Green & Socially Sustainable Manufacturing: Startup Acceleration Call For startups enabling green and socially sustainable manufacturing, fostering long term, life cycle and integrated thinking in the industrial ecosystem.

Calling for

Innovative startups actively looking to grow and enhance their business development efforts or raise venture funding now or in the near future.

What you will get

Four companies will be selected to receive a €15,000 cash prize to accelerate their growth in addition to a tailored package of access to market and access to finance services, valued at €35,000 and provided by EIT Manufacturing’s Business Creation team.

More information and application. 

About

EIT Urban Mobility Accelerator – taking your mobility startup to the next level, whilst boosting sustainable alternatives for hardscapes as urban spaces, enhancing public realm and accessibility to improve citizens wellbeing, and/or ensuring universal mobility for everyone as a key enabler for social inclusion.

Financed activities

• Individualized business coaching and training
• Mentoring by industry experts and experienced founders
• Validation of your market and technology with access to a network of living labs
• Finding your product-market fit
• Scaling your business, driving growth and internationalisation
• Investor pitch coaching and potential contacts with investors and VC funds
• Promotion of your startup at the Business Creation portfolio webpage, and through our other communication channels within EIT Urban Mobility
• Access to EIT Urban Mobility investment initiatives and funding instruments

Calling for

Startups from EU plus EIT participating countries (incl. RIS countries) with a properly validated, clear, scalable and innovative business idea that solves a mobility-related customer problem. Eligibility criteria can be found here. 

What you will get

• Up to 50.000 EUR of funding in exchange for a similar contribution in equity, or equivalent, to our Financial Sustainability.
• Acceleration services to grow their businesses fostering sustainable living and to improve quality of life for the world after the pandemic

More information and application. 

About

EIT Health InnoStars seeks partners with early-stage healthcare projects. Its purpose is to fund the proof-of-concept phase for high-quality, strong, balanced projects, targeting EIT Health’s six Focus Areas and to be developed by local actors including both business and academic/research/healthcare institutions.

Opportunities

Trainings (training modules include: Innovations canvas, Prototyping, IPR, GDPR, Business Development Plan, Pitch training, Start-up financing, Investment strategy, Funding opportunities) and mentoring sessions, financing up to 75 thousand euro.

Calling for

At least 2 legal entities’ established in Lithuania collaboration is expected - Business AND Academic Institution OR Research Institute OR Health care Institution. Natural persons are not eligible.The leader legal entity of the partnership must have an established and registered representation/branch in the NUTS2 North East Region, Lithuania.

Maximum funding amount

The requested funding per partner may not exceed €25.000. This sum may vary depending on the enterprise category - small, medium enterprise.

More information and application HERE. 

If you're interested to learn more you are welcome to attend RIS Innovation Call 2022 Webinar on November 2nd, 2021 10:00 AM CET. 

Topics:
▪ Introduction of EIT Health and EIT Health RIS Programme
▪ Introduction of the EIT Health RIS Innovation Call 2022
▪ Introduction of the Application form in details
▪ Tips on how to submit a successful proposal

Link to Zoom meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87868952996?pwd=Rk9Vbjh0Unorbk5rbW14alNlUndSQT09