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The EU Innovation Procurement Awards are managed by the European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA) and funded under Horizon Europe, the EU research and innovation programme. The winners, chosen by a jury of independent experts, were announced at the European Innovation Council Summit in Brussels on 8 December 2022. The results of the competition are the following: Innovation procurement strategy category WINNER: Application “RITMOCORE” from the Spanish consortium composed by: Agencia de qualitat I avaluacion sanitaires de Catalunya El Sitio de Valdelatarra Fundacion de gestión sanitaria del hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau Fundacion asistencial de Mutua de Terrasa Institut catala de la salut RITMOCORE transforms the…

The support provided to date has resulted in: •  The portfolio of EIC companies achieving a combined valuation of over €40 billion, including 12 ‘unicorns’ and 112 ‘centaur’ companies. •  Incentivising over €10 billion in follow-on investments in its portfolio companies, including from venture capital, corporates, and national promotional banks. •  20% of funding for women led companies under the Accelerator and over 30% women researchers in the Pathfinder. •  Completed 92 investment agreements and leveraged €500 million in co-investment alongside the EIC Fund representing 2.6 euro of additional equity investment for every euro of investment via the EIC Fund. •  Supported over 500 research projects that have produced around 1 375 innovations,…

The Commission adopted today the 2023 work programme of the European Innovation Council (EIC). It opens funding opportunities worth €1.6 billion in 2023 for scientists and innovators to scale up breakthrough technologies and create new markets. Over half a billion euro is earmarked for next generation technologies in strategic areas for Europe, including energy  storage, quantum, semi-conductors, and food security. The new funding for 2023 reinforces the EIC’s increasing track record in supporting high- impact technologies and start-ups. The EIC Impact Report, also published today, highlights that the EIC has already supported 12 ‘unicorn’ companies, incentivised over €10 billion in follow-on investments and leveraged a…

The European Innovation Council, in collaboration with Bpifrance, is organising the event ‘Sustainability and Technology: investing in the future’ on June 14th in Paris to give visibility to the best sustainability and technology start-ups within the framework of EIC projects.   There will be several pitch sessions with selected start-ups, insights and high-level panels with speakers such as Mariya Gabriel, Commissioner for Innovation at the European Commission, Kat Borlongan, Founding Member of Scale-Up Europe and Chief Impact Officer of Content Square, and Nicolas Dufourcq, CEO of Bpifrance; offering the opportunity to network with over 150 investors by booking one-to-one and…

Il progetto “Ecosystem Partnerships and Co-investment Support”, che coinvolge gli NCPs di EIC è un’iniziativa di 4 anni che aiuterà i beneficiari EIC ad accedere ai servizi e alle risorse della rete EIC, forniti da partner specializzati nel settore, e ad attrarre capitali privati insieme ai finanziamenti EIC.   Per creare nuovi partenariati tra l’EIC e i partner selezionati, tale partnership servirà come piattaforma per mettere in collegamento le startup e i team di ricerca EIC, al fine di promuovere lo scambio di conoscenze, idee d’innovazione e le opportunità di business.   Qui il link del programma https://eic.eismea.eu/community/articles/call-partnerships-eic-looking-partners-within-european-innovation-ecosystem   Qui la…

The EIC GHG Greenhouse Gas programme, part of the Business Acceleration Services, aims to assist EIC beneficiaries in co-creation activities to develop optimised and cost-effective products/services to reduce GHG emissions with the help of efficient teamwork.   Below the available calls. Submit your application until 20 May 2022.    ·         Helsinki-Uusimaa Region ·         Goriška Region ·         Sachsen-Anhalt Region ·         Euratex  

The EIC Overseas Trade Fairs (OTF) Programme 2.0 invites you to submit your application for the Florida International Medical Exhibition (FIME) 2022. The leading tradeshow for the medical device industry will take place from 27 to 29 July 2022 in Miami Beach, USA.    FIME constitutes the Americas’ flagship medical trade fair, gathering thousands of medical device and equipment manufacturers, suppliers, dealers, distributors and healthcare professionals.  The show provides a strong business platform to more than 500 exhibitors from more than 40 countries, including country pavilions to showcase cutting-edge innovations and solutions. Several multi-disciplinary educational business conferences will run in parallel with the exhibition,…

The objective of the evaluation process, a novelty within the Work Programme this year, enables candidates to receive comments from independent experts on their application submitted under the EIC Pathfinder open call, which recently closed on the 25th of May 2021. The evaluation process of the EIC Pathfinder can be summarised as follows: Remote Phase: Four independent experts (Remote Experts) provide their comments and assign scores following the established criteria (Excellence, Impact and Implementation) Rebuttal Phase: Consortia are invited to respond, where applicable, to the rebuttal phase taking into consideration the comments provided by the experts from the Remote Phase….

The SME performance review is one of the main tools the European Commission uses to monitor and assess countries’ progress in implementing the SME strategy and the Small Business Act (SBA). With an emphasis on the priorities under the SME strategy and the SBA, the review brings comprehensive information on the performance of SMEs in EU countries and other partner countries. It consists of 2 parts: an annual report on European SMEs and SME country fact sheets. The annual report, prepared on a yearly basis, provides a synopsis of the size, structure and importance of SMEs to the European economy and an overview…