Welcome to our weekly update of grants and new funding options for European and UK tech startups!

European funding

EIC Accelerator closing on March 13, 2024 – +€650 million for deep tech startups

EIC Pathfinder Open  closing on March 7, 2024 – €136 million for breakthrough technologies at low TRLs

Innovation Fund closing on April 9, 2024 – €4 billion for decarbonisation technologies

Eurostars closing on March 14, 2024 – +€100 million for international collaborative R&D projects

Tracing of cryptocurrencies transactions related to criminal purposes closing on November 20, 2024– more than 40M€ to fight crime and terrorism.

Sustainable high-throughput production processes for stable lithium metal anodes for next generation batteries (Batt4EU Partnership) closing on September 5, 2024 – more than 39M€ to fund key solutions for climate, energy and mobility applications. 

Innovative, Community-Integrated PV systems closing on January 21, 2025 – more than 138M€ to fund those activities targeting a sustainable, secure and competitive energy supply.

UK funding

IUK Smart grant closing on April 24, 2024 – 25M£ for game-changing and commercially viable R&D innovations

Eureka collaborative R&D: Eurostars 3 Call 6 closing on March 14, 2024– £2.5 million for collaborative research in partnership with organisations from participating Eurostars countries.

UKBIC SME Credit Round 2 closing on March 6, 2024–  £1.5 million to increase and facilitate their engagement with the UK Battery Industrialisation Centre (UKBIC).

Knowledge Asset Grant Fund: Extend, Spring 2024 closing on March 14, 2024– £250,000 from the Knowledge Asset Grant Fund in this strand.

Other interesting updates!

Vanagon Ventures – new VC fund with over €30 million to fuel a new generation of European tech founders.

Rockstart – new VC fund with over €50 million to boost the transformation to a regenerative and sustainable future.
Norrsken – new VC fund with over  €100M to back 10 cleantech startups.