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Article2026-10-14

EIC selects 43 Pathfinder projects to turn high‑risk research into prototypes

The European Innovation Council has awarded grants of up to €4 million to 43 projects from the EIC Pathfinder Open 2026 call.

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Article2026-10-07

EIC and JETRO stage Multi-Corporate Day in Tokyo, connecting 17 EIC-backed deep-tech companies with DNP, Fujitsu, MCC and MHI

The European Innovation Council and JETRO brought 17 EIC-backed companies to Tokyo for a Multi-Corporate Day with Dai Nippon Printing, Fujitsu, Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.

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Article2026-10-06

InnoNext at Tech Villa 2026: bridging researchers, start-ups and the European innovation ecosystem

InnoNext will present its matchmaking and internship model at Tech Villa 2026 in Turin on 7 October 2026.

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Article2026-10-02

EIC Service Catalogue: five business‑planning services for EIC-backed innovators

The EIC Service Catalogue highlights five sector-agnostic business planning services for EIC awardees to validate markets, build investor-ready plans and convert strategy into commercial action.

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Article2026-10-02

EIC brings 24 health and medtech innovators to MEDICA 2026 — what is on show and why it matters

The European Innovation Council will present 24 EIC-backed companies at MEDICA 2026 in Düsseldorf, with 15 supported via the EIC International Trade Fairs Programme 3.0 and 9 via the EIC Tech to Market Programme.

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Article2026-10-01

EIC VentureMatch in Malmö: connecting deeptech climate and agri-food start-ups with investors — outcomes and caveats

The EIC VentureMatch Investor Day on 15 September 2026 in Malmö brought 19 EIC-backed companies together with more than 110 investors as a side event of The Drop conference.

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Article2026-09-30

The Business of Deep Tech: Inside Europe's health and medtech through the EIC Business Acceleration Services

Health and medtech are the largest area of the EIC portfolio, accounting for roughly 39 percent of Accelerator projects and 39 percent of EIC Fund investment.

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Article2026-09-30

European Capital of Innovation 2027: the 12 semi-finalist cities and what comes next

The European Innovation Council has named 12 semi-finalist cities for the 2027 iCapital awards across two categories.

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Article2026-09-29

Hyperion Robotics raises €6.4m, pursues procurement deal as it shifts from prototype to industrial production

Espoo-based Hyperion Robotics closed a €6.4 million growth round to accelerate industrialisation of its robotic, low-carbon foundation manufacturing.

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Article2026-09-29

Hyperion Robotics: from prototype foundations to funded industrial scale up — what the €6.4 million round and an approaching procurement deal really mean

Finnish EIC Accelerator awardee Hyperion Robotics raised €6.4 million to scale its digitally manufactured, low carbon foundations.

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Article2026-09-15

EIC Winter School 2026: Preparing start-ups for ESG checks by investors, corporates and public buyers

The EIC Community is running a two-part online Winter School on ESG readiness on 13 and 20 November 2026.

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Article2026-09-15

EIC Board welcomes Council milestone on Horizon Europe negotiations but warns implementation could dilute impact

The EIC Board broadly welcomes the Council's Partial General Approach on Horizon Europe 2028-2034 and the European Competitiveness Fund but urges caution on implementation details.

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