European Innovation Council Fund (direct equity)

Direct equity/quasi-equity. Standard EIC Accelerator blended-finance ticket is EUR 1-10 million. Under the STEP Scale-Up strand tickets of up to EUR 30 million are possible. The EIC Fund typically takes a 10-20% minority stake and does not seek control.

European Innovation Council Fund (managed by EIF/Alter Domus on behalf of the European Commission)

public · supranational

Deadline: Open all year — No separate application: companies access the EIC Fund by being selected through the EIC Accelerator or the EIC Scale-Up strand.

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Quick — mostly identity and bank details.