Enterprise Europe Network (EEN)
Enterprise Europe Network
Status not published
Continuous. Contact your local EEN partner organisation (usually a chamber of commerce, regional development agency or technology centre) at any time.
Free of charge to the SME. Services include international partner search and brokerage, the partnering opportunities database, EU funding advice, IP and regulatory guidance, and the Enhancing SME Innovation Management Capacity service (a multi-day free consultancy engagement). No cash is paid to the company.
You must co-fund 0%.
European Commission (EISMEA), Single Market Programme, with national co-funding
public · supranational
Deadline: rolling — Continuous. Contact your local EEN partner organisation (usually a chamber of commerce, regional development agency or technology centre) at any time.
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.
Moderate — a form and supporting documents.
Who can apply
- Stage: pre_seed, seed, series_a, growth
- Locally registered entity required
SMEs established in an EEN participating country (all EU Member States plus many third countries). Free at the point of use.
How to apply
- Find your local EEN contact point using the network search on een.ec.europa.eu
- Request an initial diagnostic meeting
- Agree an action plan (partner search, funding advice, innovation management support)
- Publish or search partnering profiles in the EEN database
Source. https://een.ec.europa.eu/ — checked 2026-08-14 · not human-checked