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European Innovation Council
EIC Weekly Media Review
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In this week's media review:
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Highlights
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EIC named top 3 in Sifted's most active public fund investor ranking in Q1 2025
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Sifted | 24/04/2025 | Europe - Public money is still one of Europe’s secret weapons in tech. From helping early-stage startups get off the ground to backing bigger rounds alongside private capital, public funds continue to de-risk innovation and fuel competitiveness. This quarterly ranking highlights the public funds that made the most bets — either with equity, debt or grant funding — on European tech startups this quarter.
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EU Commission reallocates cash to defence, again
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Euractiv | 22/04/2025 | Europe - Concretely, the European Innovation Council (EIC) of Horizon Europe – whose role is to support the commercialisation of high technologies – would do the same for dual-use and defence-related innovations in the future. “The objective is to foster a dynamic innovation ecosystem that speeds up the development and deployment of cutting-edge dual-use and defence technologies, like AI and cybersecurity,” the executive’s press release says.
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Commission wants Horizon Europe to fund dual-use technologies
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Science Business | 24/04/2025 | Europe - The European Commission is proposing a “targeted exception” to Horizon Europe’s exclusively civilian focus that would allow the European Innovation Council (EIC) to support dual-use technologies. Plans to allow the EIC to invest in technologies with both civil and military applications were previewed in March in the Commission’s white paper on the future of European defence.
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Macron launches an appeal to international researchers
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Les Echos | 18/04/2025 | France - The "Choose France for Science" platform calls on universities and research organisations to submit projects to host international researchers, "particularly in the areas of" health research, climate and biodiversity, digital technology and artificial intelligence, space studies, agriculture and food, and low-carbon energy. Successful candidates must commit to "submitting a competitive European or international project" (ERC, EIC pathfinder, etc.) within two years of their arrival.
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EIC general news
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Move for EIC to fund defence heightens fears over FP10
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Research professional news | 23/04/2025 | Europe - A European Commission proposal for part of the EU’s current research and innovation programme to start funding defence R&I illustrates why many in the sector are concerned about its plans for the 2028 version, Framework Programme 10, to be more politically shaped, a sector leader has said.
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Commission downplays concerns over EIC funding defence projects
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Research professional news | 25/04/2025 - The European Commission has defended its proposal for part of the EU’s research and innovation programme to fund defence projects, following criticism of the move. Earlier this week, the Commission said the European Innovation Council—which supports the development and commercialisation of breakthrough technologies—should start funding “defence-related innovations…to foster a dynamic innovation ecosystem that speeds up the development and deployment of cutting-edge…technologies, like artificial intelligence and cybersecurity”.
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EU budget set for defence-related boost under new regulation
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European Sting | 23/04/2025 | Europe - Through the Horizon Europe regulation, the reach of the European Innovation Council (EIC) will include start-ups working on dual-use and defence-related innovations. The objective is to foster a dynamic innovation ecosystem that speeds up the development and deployment of cutting-edge dual-use and defence technologies, like AI and cybersecurity.
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Six underused EU funding opportunities for Latvian startups
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LSM+ | 25/04/2025 | Latvia - Having just returned from the EIC Summit in Brussels, one thing was blatantly clear – Latvian startups would stand to gain significantly (in both funding and other soft benefits), if there were a larger Latvian presence in the EU capital.
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Technology Giants to Address Sustainability at GITEX Europe
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Sustainability mag | 25/04/2025 - The European Commission has integrated environmental requirements throughout its investment programme, mandating energy efficiency standards for computing infrastructure and carbon footprint reporting for funded initiatives.The Berlin exhibition is organised by KAOUN International with support from the Berlin Senate Department for Economics, Energy and Public Enterprises, Germany's Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, Berlin Partner for Business and Technology and the European Innovation Council.
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European Industry Days: new edition of the flagship European event will take place in Poland
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Puls Biznesu | 24/04/2025 | Poland - The European Industry Days are not just about politics – they are also about business. The exhibition space with 32 stands will showcase innovative companies from Poland and Ukraine. Additionally, in the “Meet-the-Experts” zone, you will be able to talk to experts and learn about the support offered by the EU for industry. Current initiatives include, among others, the Enterprise Europe Network, Horizon Europe, the STEP portal, the European Digital Innovation Hubs, the European Innovation Council – all of these programmes support EU start-ups, SMEs, scientific communities and civil society.
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EIC Pathfinder
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ANEMEL: Revolutionising green hydrogen production from ‘dirty’ water
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Innovation news network | 23/04/2025 - Funded by the European Innovation Council and led by the University of Galway, in Ireland, the ANEMEL project aims to develop efficient electrolysers powered using renewable technologies. The electrolysers will utilise non-critical raw materials within all their basic components, including electrocatalysts and membranes. All this will reduce the cost of the e...
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Electrothrix yaqonensis: A New Species Of Electricity-conducting Organism
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Astrobiology | 26/04/2025 - Scientists have identified a novel species of bacteria that acts as electrical wiring, potentially ushering in a new era of bioelectronic devices for use in medicine, industry, food safety, and environmental monitoring and cleanup. Scientists from the University of Antwerp, Delft University of Technology and the University of Vienna also participated in the research, wh...
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IIT Startups: The Complete Guide
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Nouvelles du monde| 22/04/2025 | France - Novavido's technology is based on nanotechnology devices with photovoltaic polymers capable of partially restoring vision through a bioelectric interface. Thanks to funding of over €3 million received from the EIC Pathfinder program in 2021, Novavido is designing next-generation visual implants, aimed at improving the quality of life of people with serio...
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Ecocem receives €4m in EIC Pathfinder Challenge
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Irish building magazine | 22/04/2025 | Ireland - Ecocem, a leader in low-carbon cement technologies, as part of a consortium of Europe’s leading academic and industrial leaders, has today announced it has been awarded €4m in research funding the European Innovation Council (EIC)’s.
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EIC Transition
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Lace Lithography uses atoms to go beyond EUVL
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ee news europe | 22/04/2025 | Europe - Lace Lithography AS (Bergen, Norway) is developing a form of lithography that uses atoms fired at a surface to define features at resolutions beyond what is possible using extreme ultraviolet lithography. FabouLACE is a European Union funded project to develop dispersion force masked-based helium atom lithography with a budget of €2.5 million provided by the European Innovation Council. The project’s start date was December 1, 2023 and its runs until November 30, 2026.
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EIC Accelerator
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Spain has 199 biomedical spin-offs, but suffers from a lack of specialised investors in advanced stages
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CincoDias | 24/04/2025 | Europe - "Business angels and platforms such as Capital Cell, which provide funding at this critical stage, also operate here. Furthermore, since 2015, fund managers specializing in early-stage investment have become established. Finally, in the growth phase, national and international venture capital is gaining importance, along with programs such as the European Innovation Council's EIC Accelerator, but the available funding remains insufficient by European and North American standards," the study notes.
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Bosco Emparanza, a life diving among food waste and tiger sharks
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Navarra capital | 25/04/2025 | Spain - His passion for nature, biotechnology, and business led Vitoria-born Bosco Emparanza to co-found the Navarrese company MOA Foodtech five years ago. Focused on transforming agri-food industry waste into highly nutritious products, the startup now has sixteen professionals on staff and has been selected by the European Innovation Council (EIC) to receive €14.8 million in grants and investments. The firm also collaborates with major companies such as Italy's Barilla.
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EIC Fund
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EUR 17.5mn in EIC financing propels SemiQon’s growth from startup to scaleup
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DataQuest | 24/04/2025 - EIC and Business Finland funds take SemiQon’s total fundraising to EUR 24 million in form of blended finances combining private investments and project funding over the last 2.5 years. With the EIC backing, SemiQon will speed up commercialization and diversify its business to domains beyond the quantum industry. The highly competitive EIC funding consists of EUR 2.5 million in a competitive, non-dilutive grant and an additional EUR 15 million of equity-based ear-marked funding.
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Carthera Reaches Recruitment Milestone in SONOBIRD Pivotal Trial for Recurrent Glioblastoma
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Biospace | 22/04/2025 - Carthera, developer of the revolutionary SonoCloud® medical device, today announces it has enrolled the first 100 patients in its SONOBIRD pivotal trial for the treatment of recurrent glioblastoma.Founded in 2010 by Prof. Alexandre Carpentier, run by CEO Frederic Sottilini and chaired by Oern Stuge, MD, Carthera has received support from the National Research Agency (ANR), the French public investment bank (Bpifrance), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the European Innovation Council (EIC).
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Invoice financing as a growth engine – Helping companies take the next step
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Sydsvenskan | 28/04/2025 | Sweden - One of the enablers and a guarantee that Invoier is something to be reckoned with is the EU support that the founders managed to win in a battle against 14,000 other companies. The application itself took nine months. ''The EU Commission, through the EIC (European Innovation Council), gave us the support and joined as a partner. It meant a lot to Invoier to be able to realise its vision and build the future'', says Fredrik Mistander.
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