Evaluation criteria
All proposals are evaluated based on three award criteria:
- Excellence: your project has high innovation potential and is beyond the state of the art. It has a strong added-value, it is viable and better than existing solutions.
- Impact: your innovation meets a pressing need on European and global markets, it will generate revenue and create jobs and has an international dimension.
- Implementation: your work plan is efficient and coherent with a realistic time-frame. Your team has hte technical and commercial competence to deliver.
Steps of the Evaluation
In EIC Accelerator proposals are evaluated in two steps. In Step 1, proposals are evaluated remotely by four independent expert-evaluators with different profiles.
The experts are carefully chosen to guarantee proposals are evaluated independently by experts with different profiles with expertise in for example technology a specific industry sector, business and finance. Proposals are ranked in descending order and the best scores get funded until available budget is exhausted. All applicants are informed about the outcome through the Participant Portal with a letter and an Evaluation Summary Report (ESR).
Companies that pass the initial selection stage, will be invited to pitch their innovation projects in front of a panel of jury experts, consisting of private investors, business angels and other players in the innovation ecosystem. This Step 2 complements the existing paper based assessment in order to take full account of the personal qualities and motivations of the applicant innovators. At this stage around 50% of the companies will get selected for funding.
The face-to-face interviews will be in English and last 30 minutes. More question time may be granted for proposals asking for blended finance. Companies selected for the interview will receive a pitch document in the invitation to participate to the second step - a template will be attached to the invitation letter.
The dates for the Jury interviews in 2019 are:
- interview week for 1st cut-off date: 11-15 February 2019;
- interview week for 2nd cut-off date: 13-17 May 2019;
- interview week for 3rd cut-off date: 8-12 July 2019;
- interview week for 4th cut-off date: 18-22 November 2019.
The dates for the interviews in 2020 are:
- interview week for 1st cut-off date: 17-21 February 2020;
- interview week for 2nd cut-off date: 4-8 May 2020;
- interview week for 3rd cut-off date: 29-3 July 2020;
- interview week for 4th cut-off date: 16-20 November 2020.
The Jury consists of around 15% business angels, 20% entrepreneurs, 20% venture capitalists, with other experts coming from larger corporates, innovation hubs and accelerators. The majority of the experts are women. The list of experts is regularly updated as new experts join the Jury. Around 70 members evaluate proposals during each interview week.
The maximum delay to inform applicants will be 4 months from the date of the cut-off. The indicative date for the signing of grant agreements is maximum 6 months from the date of the corresponding cut-off.
For full details on the evaluation procedure read the guidelines for applicants on the Horizon 2020 Funding and Tenders Portal.
List of EIC Jury Members
(Updated in June 2019)
|
Name |
Affiliation |
Nationality |
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Kristin Aamodt |
Managing Director Statoil Technology Invest |
NO |
| Patrick Albert | Managing Director at PAt Partners Consulting Sàrl | FR |
|
Remi Alquier |
President ID&SENSE; Toulouse Business School; INNOV@ Invest |
FR |
|
Pedro Alvarez Bretones |
Partner Food Evolutions, Food Industry Changemaker |
ES |
|
Anna Amati |
Founder and Owner META Group |
IT |
| Vedran Wiliam Arnsson Arnautovic | Entrepreneur and investor at Wedran AB | SE |
|
Marta Baptista |
Innovation Manager at Beta-i - Association for the Promotion of Innovation and Entrepreneurship |
PT |
|
Ana Barjasic |
Director at EBAN; Founder and CEO Connectology Investments; Global Entrepreneurship Network |
HR |
|
Brigitte Baumann Gervais |
Founder and CEO of Go Beyond Investing, ex-EBAN president |
FR |
| Dr. Barak Ben-Avinoam | Partner at Benhamou Global Ventures | IL |
|
Jonathan Berger |
CEO at the Kitchen Food Tech Hub |
IL |
|
Larissa Best |
LBAN; Executive Director Equilibre Luxembourg; serial entrepreneur; FJD (Young Directors Luxembourg) |
LU |
|
Claudia Blomgren-Hansen |
Founder and Partner of LIFE SCIENCE PLUS Advokater, Denmark; former Director of Alliance Management, Global R&D at LEO Pharma |
DE |
| Julianna Borsos | Private Equity Investor and manager of growth fund | FI |
|
Christine Bosse |
Board member in international orientated companies (Allianz, TDC, BankNordik, Tele Greenland, Nunaoil, etc.) |
DK |
| Mario Branciforti | Managing Director at Samsung NEXT Ventures | IT |
| Csaba Bundik | Partner at HATCH Ventures, Vice Chairman of CEEC, Business Angel | HU |
|
John B. Carrigan |
Chief Scientist @ RebelBio Accelerator; Sean O Sullivan Ventures |
IR |
|
Andy Cars |
CEO @ Seedcap AB |
SE |
| Manuel Castelo-Branco | Partner at PRP | PT |
| Ricardas Cepas | Chairman at Labas Ventures, USA | LT |
|
Dominique Chambas |
Owner, founder and board member (TRF Retail, aldata, SQLI) |
FR |
|
Andre Convents |
Innovation Leader at Procter & Gamble |
BE |
| Carlos Correira Da Silva Bartolo | Co-founder and Chairman Glymt; Founder APBA ( Business Angel Association) | PT |
| Steve Crossan | Executive in Residence at Atomico | UK |
|
Dilek Dayinlarli |
Managing Partner at ScaleX Ventures; Kauffman fellow |
TR |
|
Sara Paulina De Oliveira Monteiro |
Science and Technology Manager at the Navigator Company, Invited Jury at Start up Chile, Quadruple Helix Innovation Nexus Editor @Palgrave Macmillan |
PT |
|
Aletta Debernardi |
Director Operations of the Netherlands eScience Center |
NL |
|
Bruno Delepierre |
Managing Director at We Mean Business, Talent Scout at MIT |
BE |
| Diego Diaz Pilas | Head of New Ventures & Tech Prospects at Iberdrola | ES |
|
Patricia Dimond |
COO Value Retail Management; IMD Switzerland; various C-level operating roles |
UK |
| Barrry Downes | Managing Partner at Sure Valley Ventures | IE |
| Lukasz Dziekonski | Managing Partner and CEO at Montis Capital Venture Fund | PL |
|
Javier Echarri |
CEO EBN, former Secretary General EVCA/InvestEurope |
ES |
| Aki Eldar | Executive Chairman at Sixgill, entrepreneur, advisor to startups and mentor | IL |
|
Leo Exter |
Chief Energizer at Hack Belgium; Founder @westartup |
BE |
|
Cristina Fanjul Alonso |
Managing Director CEEI Asturias |
ES |
|
Emma Fau Sebastian |
Founder of EU Capital, Investor of Sofia Square, Founding Member Startup Europe Africa Network, Consultant Business Development of Princip.al, Independent Board Member of Business Angels Europe |
BE |
| Maciej Filipkowski | Investor at Filipkowski.IO | PL |
|
Anna Carla Filotico |
Partner at SpaceTec Partners |
IT |
| Liz Fleming | Principal at Adara Ventures | IE |
|
Antonio Fonduca |
Managing Partner at Venture Diplomat, Director of Private Equity Global, Industry Advisor at Lean Ventures |
SE |
|
Uli Fricke |
CEO at FunderNation; Triangle Venture Capital Group; Invest Europe |
DE |
| Eli Frydman | Industry expertise (operations, business development, finance, technology) | IL |
|
Maria Eugenia Girón Davila |
Corporación Financiera Alba; Executive Director IE Business School |
ES |
|
Angele Giuliano |
CEO AcrossLimits & iSmart; Business Angel with Rising Tide & Go Beyond Investing; President Foundation for Women Entrepreneurs |
MT |
|
Magnus Graf Lambsdorff |
Partner at Lakestar |
DE |
| Sylwia Hadaj | Principal at Evolution Equity Partners | PL |
|
Franz-Werner Haas |
Curevac AG |
DE |
|
Søren Hejnfelt |
CBDO @ Finestmedia; CEO @ Nordic 360, Startup Wise Guys Estonia |
DK
|
| Isabella Hermann-Schön | Managing Partner at Round2 Capital Partners | AT |
|
Maria-Victoria Hernandez |
Board and C-level executive for Telcos, ICT, BPO and Fintech business; Shareholder at Sequeris |
FR |
|
Janneke Hoedemaekers |
Managing director MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology (@UT) and High Tech Factory |
NL |
|
Kristin Hollung |
Research Director, Food and Health at Nofima |
NO |
| Magnus Holm | Senior Executive, Entrepreneur and Investor in Medical Devices and Digital Health | SE |
|
Anne Hovi Worsøe |
Portfolio Manager at Bakken & Bæck; Angel Investor No Isolation Oslo; Co-funder Nordic Innovation House; CEO of the Norwegian Venture Capital Association |
NO |
|
Lina A. Huertas |
Head of Technology Strategy for Digital Manufacturing, MTC - Manufacturing Technology Centre |
UK/CO |
| Bart Huisken | Managing Partner at HCP Global, serial entrepreneur and Business Angel | ES |
|
Sue Hunter |
Chairman of the Investment Committee at Frog Capital |
UK |
|
Barbara Imhof |
Executive Board Member at Women in Aerospace Europe; Co-Founder and Managing Director LIQUIFER Systems Group |
AT |
| Jurgen Ingels | Organizer at Super Nova; Founder at Scale Ups.eu; Founder and Managing Parner at Smart Fin Capital | BE |
|
Tatiana Issaeva |
Managing Partner at Fluent Digital Capital |
FI |
| Jonas Johansson | Director of Science & Innovation at AstraZeneca AB | SE |
|
Ada Jonuse |
entrepreneur Lympo, A.lot parking; PM screen group |
LT |
|
Sonja Jost |
Board Member of the German Startups Association; CEO and Head of R&D, DexLeChem GmbH |
DE |
| Cynthia Jurytko | Investment Manager at Family Office Wille AG and Business Angel | CH |
|
Nora Kaarela |
Director & Head of Industry, Health and Wellbeing Finpro; several board positions |
FI |
|
Stavriana Kofteros |
Co-Founder Start-up Cyprus; Global Entrepreneurship Network Cyprus Board; VP European Start-up Network; WEF European Digital Leaders; Angel investor |
CY |
| Michaela Kršková | Investment Manager at Neulogy Ventures | SK |
|
Tanja Kufner |
Managing Director at Rainmaking Innovation; Startupbootcamp Smart Transportation and Energy |
DE |
| Fabio La Franca | Investment Director at Station12 Ventures | FR |
|
Giny Laroche |
Partner The Impact Lab sàrl |
LU |
|
Patricia Layola Castro |
Investment Manager & Co-founder at VICTORIA Venture Capital SCR-PYME S.A., Barcelona |
ES |
|
Anne Lebreton-Wolf |
Business Angel, member of FBA and Finance teacher at IFAM and ISEG |
FR |
|
Valérie-Anne Lencznar |
Managing Director Think Smart Grid |
FR |
|
Monika Lessl |
VP Head of Corporate Innovation and R&D at Bayer AG |
DE |
| Bruno Lindorfer | Senior Innovation Expert at ZSI | AT |
| Jorge López Benito | Founder and CEO of CreativiTIC; Managing Partner at Augmented Class; Promoter of STEAM Foundation | ES |
|
Evert Jaap Lugt |
Managing Director at YES!Delft |
NL |
|
Anna Maj |
FinTech Advisor – CreativeLink, PayTech; Mentor - PwC Startup Collider; European Women Payments Network (EWPN) |
PL |
| Ron Margalit | Founding Partner at Venture Kinetics | IL |
| Tomas Martunas | STEAM Foundation | LT |
|
Mary McKenna |
Director Elemental-Software Derry, Entrepreneurship Expert Saïd Business School |
UK |
| Aurelio Mezzotero | Partner at Innogest SGR | IT |
| Luca Mion | Head of Innovation and Technology Transfer at Hub Innovazione Trentino; former Chairman of the Independent Investment Expert Group of the European Commission | IT |
|
Zlatolina Mukova |
Partner at NEVEQ Capital Partners; former Vice-Minister of Transport and Communications |
BG |
|
Madalina Nazare |
Manager R&D Programmes at Digital Catapult |
RO |
| Cosmin Ochisor | Partner at Gapminder Ventures | RO |
|
Iris Öhrn |
Investment Advisor Life Science/ Healthcare |
SE |
|
Florin Calin Paun |
Director Innovation Group at Akka Technologies; ex-Innovation Director Onera – The French Aerospace lab |
FR |
| Tomasz Poniński | Founding Partner at Montis Capital Venture Fund | PL |
| Theologos Prokopiou | Managing Director at i4G - Incubation for Growth | EL |
| Sonia Powar | Partner at Boost & Co | UK |
| Lise Rechsteiner | Partner at Propagator Ventures | NO |
|
Philippe Richard |
CEO at Pegase Croissance Accelerator; ex-VP Commercial & Business Development ONERA - The French Aerospace Lab |
FR |
| Kerry Ritz | Advisor at Auquan, Non Executive Director at Krzana, Entrepreneur in Residence at Techstars | UK |
|
Erik Robertson |
Managing Director at Nordic Game Resources AB; CEO Redikod AB |
SE |
|
Andrea Rosen |
Chief Innovation Officer at CUBE gmbh Berlin |
DE |
|
Marie-Elisabeth Rusling |
CEO Business Angels Europe |
FR |
| Yair Safrai | General Partner at Concord Ventures | IL |
| Daria Saharova | Partner at Vito ONE | DE |
|
Diana Saraceni |
Co-founder & General Partner at Panakes Partners Milano |
IT |
|
Ayse Nil Guzel Sarigollu |
CEO Cardtec |
TR |
| Marcello Segato | Sustainable Mobility | IT |
| Ana Segurado Escudero | Managing Director Alantra Partners | ES |
|
Marko Seppä |
Owner & CEO, Venture Capital Corporation VCC Oy; Co-Founder and Chairman, Global Enabler Corporation |
FI |
|
Cecile Sevrain |
Co-founder Tiime; Managing Director LBAN; Program officer EBAN Impact Investment Committee |
FR |
| Mihai Sfintescu | Managing Director at Abilito Capital, Venture Capitalist & Start-up Mentor | RO |
|
Maria Shiao |
Senior IT and Telecoms business executive, Technology investor, expert and advisor (IoT, Smart Cities), ICT and Future Cities Executive Panel at Institution for Engineering and Technology. Lead investor and deal leader at Rising Tide Europe |
ES |
| Eugene Smyth | Investment Manager with Dublin BIC Managed Funds/AIB Seed Capital Fund | IE |
| Atle Søvik | Partner at Verdane Capital Advisors | NO |
| Rita Sousa | Managing Director at Naves Venture Capital & Board Advisor at Hope Care | PT |
| Nicolas Stephan | Investment Manager in Renewable Energy Projects, Energy Transition Department, Caisse des Dépôts Group & Board member of several SMEs in the Energy industry | FR |
| Lelde Stukle | Partner and Investment Manager at Commercialization Reactor Fund | LV |
|
Tanya Suarez |
Co-Founder of IoT Tribe; CEO at BluSpecs Innovation |
ES |
|
Daria Tataj |
Founder & CEO Tataj Innovation; Digital Leader for the World Economic Forum; ex-Governing Board EIT |
PL |
|
Ewa A. Treitz |
Partner @Black Pearls VC; Kauffman Fellow; Mentor@Techstars |
PL |
| Assaf Topaz | Investor at Topaz Tech Capital | LU |
|
Mari Vavulski |
Head of Startup Estonia |
EE |
|
Adiari Vazquez |
VC Investment Manager Caixa Capital; International Venture Club |
US/PT |
|
Cristina Vicini |
International Senior Executive, Independent Board Director, Entrepreneur, Impact investor, President at TIAW.org |
IT |
|
Helena Vieira |
Director at BLUEBIO ALLIANCE; CEO and President BIOALVO SA |
PT |
| Arturo Villar Menendez | Founder & Coordinator of SCEP StartupCities | ES |
|
Claus von Riegen |
Vice President, Head of Business Model Innovation SAP |
DE |
| Norbert Windhab | VP Strategic Projects Health Care at Evonik Nutrition and Care | DE |
|
Sandra Wycech |
Innovation Community Manager at Bank of Ireland |
PL |
| Tatjana Zabasu Mikuz | Managing Partner at South Central Ventures (SCV Fund Management) | SI |
|
Martin Zadražil |
COO at Tescan Orsay Holding |
CZ |
| Jose Zurstrassen | Chairman MyMicroInvest.com; Skynet; Proximus; Belgacom; Keytrade Bank | BE |