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

About

The aim is to encourage the creation and development of new innovative small and medium-sized business (hereinafter - SME) entities, ensuring the development of innovative ideas, products and services, to promote the independence of companies in conducting research and / or experimental development (hereinafter - R&D) work within the company.

Financed activities

  1. Fostering the creation of innovative SMEs.
  2. Recruitment of researchers and/or scientists in knowledge-intensive small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and, at the same time, the development of SME products for their commercial exploitation.
  3. Fostering the development of innovative SMEs.

Calling for

SMEs operating in all Lithuanian municipalities, except Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipeda cities and districts and who fit the following criteria:

  1. SME entities who are operating for up to 12 months from the date of registration.
  2. SME entities who are operating for at least 12 months and not more than 36 months from the date of registration.
  3. Knowledge-intensive small and medium-sized enterprises who are operating for at least 12 months from the date of registration.

Maximum funding amount

€ 36,662.60

More information and application HERE

About

The aim is to encourage the creation and development of new innovative small and medium-sized business (hereinafter - SME) entities, ensuring the development of innovative ideas, products and services, to promote the independence of companies in conducting research and / or experimental development (hereinafter - R&D) work within the company.

Financed activities

  1. Fostering the creation of innovative SMEs.
  2. Recruitment of researchers and/or scientists in knowledge-intensive small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and, at the same time, the development of SME products for their commercial exploitation.
  3. Fostering the development of innovative SMEs.

Calling for

SMEs operating in Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipeda cities and districts who fit the following criteria:

  1. SME entities who are operating for up to 12 months from the date of registration.
  2. SME entities who are operating for at least 12 months and not more than 36 months from the date of registration.
  3. Knowledge-intensive small and medium-sized enterprises who are operating for at least 12 months from the date of registration.

Maximum funding amount

€ 36,662.60

More information and application HERE

About

The aim is to encourage business and science to establish initial contacts, to continue the research and / or experimental development (hereinafter - R&D) activities already started in cooperation between science and business, to encourage companies to engage in more innovative activities and to take advantage of business and science cooperation opportunities.

Financed activities

Research and innovation.

Calling for

Start-up innovator - an applicant who has been operating for no more than 1 year on the day of registration of the application with the implementing institution and whose income from the day of registration until application is at least EUR 3,000 (three thousand euros) or no R&D experience (ie no R&D projects) and (or) did not carry out R&D activities) and its annual operating income for the last financial year before the submission of the application is at least EUR 3,000 (three thousand euros).

Maximum funding amount

€ 33,998

 

More information and application HERE

About

The aim is to promote the development of the biotechnology industry in Lithuania by implementing R&D activities that will contribute to the development of innovative products attractive to the market and increase the competitiveness of biotechnology industry companies.

Financed activities

1. Direct costs:

1.1. staff costs;

1.2. expenditure on tools and equipment (fixed assets) may include:

  • acquisition of new laboratory and scientific equipment;
  • depreciation or amortization of acquired fixed assets used for R&D activities of the project, if these assets were acquired not later than 36 months ago;

1.3. expenditure on materials, tools and similar products (goods);

1.4. costs under service contracts:

  • Acquisition of R&D services from external sources;
  • rental costs of equipment directly related to the performance of R&D activities (excluding rental costs of premises).

2. Indirect costs.

Calling for

Start-ups operating in the field of biotechnology industry * registered in the Republic of Lithuania, which have been operating for no longer than 5 (five) years on the day of submission of the application.

* in accordance with the concept of biotechnology defined in the Description

Maximum funding amount

€200,000

Funding rate

80%

More information and application HERE

ABOUT

The objective of the CirCoAX Open Call for proposals is to select and provide funding and business support to 30 transnational partnerships each led by one SME according to the definition of the European Commission (natural person or small company, who is henceforth named as the Lead SME), that aims at creating a new innovative product, process, service or business model, directly impacting the take-up and adoption of sustainability and circularity approaches and practices in the fashion & textile sectors.

The selected partnerships will receive direct funding of up to EUR 12.000 for their innovative projects and will also benefit from additional business support services such as training workshops, mentoring, brokerage events, and support for further funding to ensure the innovative projects in its path to market readiness.

MAXIMUM FUNDING PER PROJECT
Up to €12.000

FUNDING RATE
100% of eligible costs

DURATION OF THE PROGRAM
8 Months

TYPE OF LEAD SME PARTICIPANTS
Designers & Makers, Industry, Education, Communication, Community & Platforms

TYPE OF PARTNER PARTICIPANTS
Another SME, as Designers & Makers, Industry, Education, Communication, Community & Platforms, or research and education institution, public body, large enterprise or any other legal entity, whether for-profit or non-for-profit, that adds value to the project outcome.

Read more and apply HERE.