The EIC Accelerator supports close-to-market activities with the aim to give a strong boost to breakthrough innovations with a market-creating potential. The target is highly innovative SMEs with a clear commercial ambition and a potential for high growth and internationalisation.
The programme offers to small and medium-sized companies:
- Business innovation grants for innovation development & demonstration purposes.
- The grant is in the indicative range of €0.5M- €2.5M (covering up to 70% of total cost of the project).
- Equity of up to €15M per company.
- Free-of-charge business coaching (optional) in order to support and enhance the firm’s innovation capacity and help align the project to strategic business needs.
- Access to a wide range of other business acceleration services and facilitated access to risk finance. The aim is to facilitate the commercial exploitation of the innovation.