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In 2022, €1+ billion in grant and equity funding was made available to SMEs and small midcaps via the European Innovation Council (EIC) – the European Commission’s flagship innovation funding programme for the period 2021-2027. The EIC Accelerator programme helps high-risk, innovative SMEs and start-ups willing to develop and commercialise new products, business models, and services. These...

The investment gap refers to the difference between the number of companies that have been selected for equity investment by the EIC Fund and the number of companies that have signed a deal. There is limited public information on the number of companies that have signed a deal with the EIC Fund under Horizon Europe. This data is available for companies that signed deals during the pilot phase...

The European Innovation Council (EIC) Fund is the investment vehicle of the EIC Accelerator programme - the EC's flagship innovation funding programme. With a budget of €3 billion from 2021-2027, the EIC Fund is positioned to be one of Europe's largest deep-tech venture capitalists (VCs) during this period. Through the structure of the fund, a minimum of €3 billion of private funds will be...

EUR 6.05 million funding are available for business innovation projects on the Croatian market under the EEA & Norway grants. The focus areas of the funding programme are Green Industry Innovation and Blue Growth. The eligible applicants are both SMEs and Large enterprises, which have the opportunity to access a grant starting with EUR 50k and up to EUR 1.5 mil. at a maximum funding intensity...

At, Winnovart, it is part of our mission to bring transparency in the grants-based market space. We do this in the funding areas and for the funding mechanisms, we are working with. This is why we are introducing a comprehensive presentation of the EEA & Norway grants results available so far (the business programmes operated by Innovation Norway). We believe this might be the most comprehensive...

EUR 8 million funding are available for business innovation projects on the Greek market under the EEA & Norway grants. The focus areas of the funding programme are Green Industry Innovation, Blue Growth and ICT. The eligible applicants are both SMEs and Large enterprises, which have the opportunity to access a grant starting with EUR 50k and up to EUR 1.5m with funding intensity up to  50%.

At Winnovart, we are currently researching the differences and similarities between the US and European grants-funding ecosystem, especially from the perspective of recipients of business innovation grants. 

EUR 12 million funding are available for business innovation projects on the Croatian market under the EEA & Norway grants. The focus areas of the funding programme are Green Industry Innovation and Blue Growth. The eligible applicants are both SMEs and Large enterprises, which have the opportunity to access a grant starting with EUR 50k and up to EUR 1.5 mil. at a maximum funding intensity...

Over EUR 4.6 million have become available for the private sector on 19 May 2021 for renewable energy projects in Romania, focus area – Other RES under the EEA & Norway grants, RO-Energy Programme, operated by Innovation Norway. 

55 project proposals submitted under the Business Development and InnovationProgramme of the EEA & Norway grants in Croatia.  

EUR 19 million was the budget made available to SMEs and large enterprises via the 1st call for project proposals under Business Development and Innovation Croatia, operated by Innovation Norway. The call for proposals opened in June 2020, with funding intensities of up...