Project description DEENESFRITPL A spotlight on Europe’s innovation ecosystem The EU is supporting breakthrough and deep-tech innovations and encouraging innovators, scientists, entrepreneurs and small companies to develop ideas for market. The European Innovation Council is front and centre in this process, helping early-stage researchers turn their ideas into successful start-ups and scale-ups. In this context, the EU-funded SynergistEIC project will further support European digital and deep-tech start-ups to increase their competitiveness and succeed. The focus will be on start-ups in the climate-tech, green-tech, circular economy and agri-food sectors. After identifying 30 digital and deep-tech startups, the project will award them sub-grants, provide them with tailored advisory opportunities and connect them with investors and other key players in the innovation ecosystem. Show the project objective Hide the project objective Objective The EU takes significant measures to nurture European startups and scaleups in their growth, especially via the European Innovation Council. One its most impactful instruments, the EIC Accelerator, provides substantial financial support for SMEs, startups, spin-outs and in some cases small mid-caps. Despite the high-quality applications, the success rate is still low with only a minor fraction of applicants receiving funding. In reality, many more startups need support in creating a high-impact innovative product, service or business model. Even applicants who obtain a Seal of Excellence from the EIC Accelerator struggle to secure appropriate alternative funding from other sources. High quality support should be available to many more companies than those selected by the EIC Accelerator. SynergistEIC project is conceptualized by four partners with experience in advising technology startups and running FSTP measures. The project’s long term strategic objective is to help European digital and deep tech startups scale in the EU and globally, contributing towards EU’s autonomy in strategic sectors. This will be achieved by providing tailored, specific and hands-on support to European impact-driven startups, notably in the sector of climate-tech, green-tech, circular economy and agri-food to increase their competitiveness and readiness to succeed in EIC Accelerator. SynergistEIC project will identify and select 30 digital and deep tech startups (10 startups that are Seal of Excellence holders or those who passed Step 1 of EIC Accelerator application, and 20 non-EIC applicants), especially from Widening countries, through two waves of open calls. The team will award them with sub-grants, tailored advisory and acceleration services. It will also raise their awareness of EU funding and procurement opportunities, and will connect them with investors, and national and European innovation ecosystem actors, to boost their scalability and business performance. Fields of science social scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementbusiness modelssocial scienceseconomics and businesseconomicssustainable economy Keywords Sub-grants FSTP Digital Deep tech Greentech Sustainability Impact Scalability Marketing Testing Validation Acceleration Advisory Startups Mentorship Matchmaking Investment Ecosystem Programme(s) HORIZON.3.1 - The European Innovation Council (EIC) Main Programme Topic(s) HORIZON-EIC-2021-STARTUPEU-01-01 - Enhancing synergies between the EIC and Startup Europe Call for proposal HORIZON-EIC-2021-STARTUPEU-01 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CSA - Coordination and support action Coordinator ASOCIATA SPHERIK Net EU contribution € 1 690 298,75 Address Strada garii 21 400267 Cluj napoca Romania See on map Region Macroregiunea Unu Nord-Vest Cluj Activity type Other Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 Participants (3) Sort alphabetically Sort by Net EU contribution Expand all Collapse all G-FORCE SRO Slovakia Net EU contribution € 112 315,00 Address Mlynske nivy 5 821 09 Bratislava See on map SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes Region Slovensko Bratislavský kraj Bratislavský kraj Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 FASTTRACK ACTION, LDA Portugal Net EU contribution € 120 662,50 Address Rua do cais das naus 1b e 1c parque das nacoes 1990-305 Lisboa See on map SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes Region Continente Área Metropolitana de Lisboa Área Metropolitana de Lisboa Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 F6S NETWORK IRELAND LIMITED Ireland Net EU contribution € 62 900,00 Address 39 fitzwilliam place D02 ND61 Dublin See on map SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes Region Ireland Eastern and Midland Dublin Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00
