EIC Accelerator March 2025 Results: The Newest Winners

Europe Backs 40 High-Growth Tech Pioneers in Latest EIC Accelerator Funding Round

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Brussels, Belgium – June 30, 2025 – The European Innovation Council (EIC) has announced the selection of 40 innovative companies to receive a total of approximately €229 million in funding under the latest EIC Accelerator program. The results, published today, follow a highly competitive selection process with a grant application cutoff date of March 12, 2025.

The funded startups and SMEs represent the pinnacle of European deep-tech and breakthrough innovation, poised to scale up and compete on the global stage. With an average ticket size of €5.73 million per company, this substantial investment underscores the EIC’s commitment to fostering a new generation of European tech giants.

A staggering 87.5% of the successful applicants, totaling 35 companies, will receive blended finance, a combination of grant funding and equity investment. This popular funding model ensures that companies not only have the resources for research and development but also the long-term financial backing to successfully bring their innovations to market. In this round, four companies (10%) secured grant-only funding, while one company (2.5%) will receive equity-only investment.

The selection process for the EIC Accelerator is notoriously rigorous. While the total number of applicants for the initial stages (Step 1 and Step 2) was not disclosed, the success rate for companies that reached the final interview stage (Step 3) stood at 27%.

Diverse Representation Across Europe

The 40 winning companies hail from 16 different countries, showcasing a broad geographical distribution of innovation across the continent. Germany leads the pack with seven funded companies (17.5%), followed closely by Spain with five (12.5%). The Netherlands and Sweden each saw four companies selected (10%), while France and the United Kingdom both have three successful applicants (7.5%).

Other countries represented among the winners include Denmark, Finland, Ireland, and Poland, each with two companies. Austria, Belgium, Czechia, Israel, Italy, and Luxembourg each have one company receiving funding.

This diverse cohort of winners reflects the EIC’s mission to support excellence in innovation wherever it may arise within the European Research Area and associated countries. The variety of sectors and technologies represented, from life sciences and digital technologies to energy and sustainability, highlights the multifaceted nature of Europe’s innovation landscape.

The successful companies will now enter into grant agreement preparations and will be supported by the EIC Fund for the equity investment component. This financial injection will be complemented by access to the EIC’s Business Acceleration Services, providing coaching, mentoring, and networking opportunities to help them navigate the challenges of scaling up.

The next opportunity for ambitious startups and SMEs to apply for the EIC Accelerator will be the upcoming grant application cutoff for Step 2 on October 1, 2025.

Raw Data

Type of Funding

  • Blended Finance: 35 companies (87.5%)
  • Equity Only: 1 company (2.5%)
  • Grant Only: 4 companies (10%)

Budget

  • Total Budget: €229 million
  • Average ticket size: €5.73 million

Deadlines

  • Grant application cutoff date for Step 2: March 12th 2025
  • Published results date: June 30th 2025

Success Rates

  • Step 3: 40 out of 150 (27%)
  • Step 1 and Step 2 applicant numbers were not published.

EIC Accelerator Winners

There are 16 different countries among the funded companies.

Total winners: 40 companies

EIC Accelerator Country Distribution

  1. Germany (7 companies and 17.5%)
  2. Spain (5 companies and 12.5%)
  3. Netherlands (4 companies and 10%)
  4. Sweden (4 companies and 10%)
  5. France (3 companies and 7.5%)
  6. United Kingdom (3 companies and 7.5%)
  7. Denmark (2 companies and 5%)
  8. Finland (2 companies and 5%)
  9. Ireland (2 companies and 5%)
  10. Poland (2 companies and 5%)
  11. Austria (1 company and 2.5%)
  12. Belgium (1 company and 2.5%)
  13. Czechia (1 company and 2.5%)
  14. Israel (1 company and 2.5%)
  15. Italy (1 company and 2.5%)
  16. Luxembourg (1 company and 2.5%)

Full EIC Accelerator Beneficiary List

CompanyAcronymDescriptionCountryYear
TURBULENCE SOLUTIONS GMBHTurbulenceCancellingInnovation Activities to mature Turbulence Cancelling Technology for Light and Business Aircraft from TRL 6 to TRL 8 as Key Enabling Technology for the Future of Sustainable Air MobilityAustria2025
AMPHISTARSurfactUpcycled BioSURFACTants: time to ACT!Belgium2025
ROBOTWIN SRONeurofabrixDigital solution for robotizing manufacturing operations that learns from human demonstrations, allows workers to supervise its outputs and receives feedback to immediately correct its imperfections.Czechia2025
AGROBIOMICS APSSUBTARCScaling Up Biostimulant Technology for Agriculture Resilient to Climate changeDenmark2025
COPENHAGEN ATOMICS ASTh-MSRPowering Tomorrow with the Next-Gen Thorium Molten Salt Reactors to Burn Nuclear WasteDenmark2025
CeLLife Technologies OyPerBattRevolutionizing Battery Diagnostics with a novel impedance signal processing systemFinland2025
GEYSER BATTERIES OYGEYSERAqueous Power Batteries to enable the Future Energy SystemFinland2025
OligofeedOLIGOFEED_EUOLIGOFEEDFrance2025
SUBLIME EnergieSUBLIME EnergieUnique biogas liquefaction and transport technology to unlock on-farm methanisationFrance2025
SCIENTA LABPRISMPredictive Research for Inflammatory Systems MedicineFrance2025
ExpectedIT GmbHLpoolLPool - Rack-scale servers to Revolutionize AI Datacenters for Fast, Sustainable, Cost-efficient ComputingGermany2025
RooflineAI GmbHROOFLINERetargetable AI Compiler Technology for Scalable Edge Deployment of Next-Generation AI ModelsGermany2025
SPINNCLOUD SYSTEMS GMBHSpiNNextBrain-inspired Computing for Next Generation Generative Artificial IntelligenceGermany2025
BEEOLED GMBHbeeUPUpscaling of blue elementary emitter to revolutionize OLED manufacturingGermany2025
plasmotion GmbH3D JETPEP Finishing3D JETPEP - REVOLUTIONIZING HIGH-VALUE MANUFACTURING WITH MULTI-AXIS JET PLASMA FINISHINGGermany2025
EBENBUILD GMBHTwinhaleIn silico trials for pulmonary drug delivery with breakthrough digital twins of the lungsGermany2025
Symphera GmbHSympheraSymphera: Revolutionizing laparoscopic surgery through automated in-body tool switchingGermany2025
RESTORED HEARING LIMITEDMUSEMaterials for the Ultimate Sound reduction in the EnvironmentIreland2025
CROIVALVE LIMITEDDUO 4 ALLDUO 4 ALLIreland2025
RepAir DAC Ltd.StackDACDirect Air Carbon Capture designed for the Gigaton ScaleIsrael2025
CIRCULAR MATERIALS SRLCircular MaterialsCircular Materials Hub- an innovative low carbon intensity process that efficiently recovers over 99% of critical raw materials from industrial wastewaterItaly2025
Space Cargo UnlimitedBentoBoxA scalable and optimised platform for microgravity research and the return of useful chargesLuxembourg2025
Photosynthetic B.V.PhotosyntheticUnlocking production-speed additive manufacturing at the micro-scaleNetherlands2025
Groove Quantum B.V.DISQOManufacturing quantum advantage via scalable germanium quantum processorsNetherlands2025
Q* BIRD BVQBird B.V.Next-Generation Quantum Key Distribution for a Secure Digital FutureNetherlands2025
TargED Biopharmaceuticals B.V.TANO-TACThrombolytic Nanobody Therapy for Dissolving All Types of Blood ClotsNetherlands2025
Proteine Resources Sp. z o.o.ProteinBoostSUSTAINABLE UPCYCLING OF AGRICULTURAL BYPRODUCTS INTO ENHANCED PROTEINS FOR OPTIMAL NUTRITION OF ANIMALSPoland2025
Apisense SPOLKA Z OGRANICZONA ODPOWIEDZIALNOSCIAS.A.F.E.Revolutionizing Apiculture with the first AI-driven monitoring system using bee pheromones and satellite dataPoland2025
BYTELAB SOLUTIONS SLNEXTBIOMOLTHE COMPUTATIONAL LABORATORY FOR THE NEXT GENERATION SUSTAINABLE CHEMICALS AND DIGITAL TRANSITIONSpain2025
Singularly, S.L.NeuralTrustLEADING CYBERSECURITY IN THE GENERATIVE AI ERASpain2025
Basquevolt SAElectro-LiteSemi-solid polymer electrolyte enabling more affordable, sustainable and performant EV batteriesSpain2025
HYDROGEN ONSITE, SLH2SITEA NEXT-GEN AMMONIA CRACKING: UNLOCKING HIGH H2 RECOVERY, ON DEMAND, LOW-CARBON HYDROGENSpain2025
ONCOMATRYX BIOPHARMA SLONCO-DARTPioneering antibody-drug conjugates targeting the tumour microenvironment to deliver transformative new therapies in oncologySpain2025
Nordic Bio-Graphite ABFossil-Free GraphiteFossil-Free Graphite by Nordic Bio-Graphite: Advancing Sustainability and Resilience in Critical Raw Materials Supply ChainsSweden2025
Zparq ABZPARQ-Z10ZPARQ Z10: Challenging the Limits of Marine PropulsionSweden2025
Single Technologies ABTheta128Breaking the 2-dimensional sequencing barrier with ultra low-cost (<$10), fast 3D image-based sequencingSweden2025
Pixelgen Technologies ABPNAProximity Network Assay: driving the future of high-resolution protein interactomics in 3D for precision medicine, drug discovery, and molecular diagnosticsSweden2025
Quantum Dice LimitedQ-TASTicQuantum Technologies Accelerating Stochastic TasksUnited Kingdom2025
Rheenergise LimitedLDES-HDHydroLong-Duration Energy Storage using High-Density HydroUnited Kingdom2025
Mitra BioMitraTestA NOVEL NON-INVASIVE DNA METHYLATION TEST FOR MELANOMAUnited Kingdom2025

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