The largest European deep tech investor, the European Innovation Council and EIT Digital continue collaboration accelerating European deep tech

The new collaboration will see EIC supporting their beneficiaries’ participation in five EIT Digital programmes:

Access to Finance (A2F): Supports growth of European deep-tech digital scaleups by helping them secure venture capital. Check out the Growth Services offers of EIT Digital https://www.eitdigital.eu/growth-services/

Access-to-Talent (A2T): Allows scaleups to tap the large reservoir of innovation, creativity and fresh talent available from EIT Digital Master School students. Participating companies can provide their business challenges to students, who will work in teams to suggest creative new solutions. Companies can also hire EIT Digital students as interns – and have an opportunity to scout the talent pool of current EIT Digital Master School students as well as the 3,000 alumni of the programme.

Access-US-Market: A 12-week intensive programme carried out by EIT Digital’s Silicon Valley Hub, to support mature scaleups looking to enter the U.S. market. Check out the EIT HUB Silicon Valley’s website and offerings: go-eit.eu/eit-silicon-valley-hub/

The Open Innovation Factory: The EIT Digital Open Innovation Factory supports the boost of early-stage European startups interested in gaining market traction for their products and services.

Specifically, the programme is looking for world-class digital DeepTech Activities developed by corporates, research and technology organisations and/or universities together with early-stage ventures that have demonstrated market and investor traction and can leverage the program to boost their growth even further.

Open Innovation Factory: www.eitdigital.eu/open-innovation-factory/

The EIT Digital Speed Master: It is an executive course targeting European deep-tech startups, scaleups and individuals running growth-oriented ventures. Through its four modules: Management, Strategy, Business Development and Access to Finance EIT Digital’s Speed Master builds the skills and provides the insights professionals need to navigate a dynamic business environment and thrive during their startup journey.

Speed Master: www.eitdigital.eu/speedmaster/

The new cooperation with EIC follows a successful one-year pilot programme of cooperation between EIC and EIT Digital.

The EIC and EIT Digital Venture Acceleration Programme, which allowed EIC Accelerator companies and Seal-of-Excellence holders to gain EIT Digital support. Ten deep-tech scaleups were granted free access to the 12-month EIT Digital Growth Services Programme. The participants received dedicated EIT Digital training, guidance and network connections in order to access financing and to access their target market.

Several of these companies have already achieved milestones thanks to the support of EIT Digital fundraising specialists:

• Mitiga, a deep-tech scaleup specializing in managing and mitigating climate hazards, announced raising a €13.5 million Series A funding in June.
• Sensoneo, a pioneer in smart waste-management solutions, announced a €6.2 million Series A funding in June.
• RoBoTEC announced raising a round of funding for further development of its solution for autonomous vegetative plant propagation.
• Scantrust was one of 78 companies accepted from more than 1,000 applicants for the EIC Accelerator programme.

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