Startup Europe
Funds Startup Europe networks that connect proven digital and deep-tech companies to cross-border growth and investment.
Projects should connect startups and scaleups to ecosystems, communities, investors, corporate and public buyers, innovation-procurement opportunities and new markets. They should help companies align product-market fit, business models, revenue, finance, teams, leadership and regulatory readiness, and publicise success stories and impact case studies.
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This Coordination and Support Action connects local digital, deep-tech and manufacturing startup ecosystems and runs cross-border acceleration for startups and scaleups with traction: market-product fit or at least a seed financing round. It prioritises moderate and emerging innovator regions, women-led companies, and European digital and deep-tech ventures identified through EIC, EIT, Regional Innovation Valleys, Digital Europe and Innovation Radar intelligence.
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All guides →Horizon Europe Grants for Startups: A Founder Guide
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