Dr Greg Ambroziewicz Deputy Head of Unit EASME ndash Executive Agency for Small and Medium Entreprises European Commission

EU funding for innovation

electricity

semi-conductors

antibiotics

airplane

car

smart phone

internet

barcode

sea container

digital platforms

social media

GPS 3-D printing

CRISPR-cas

Hydrogen fuel

cells

blockchain

the cloud

internet of things

autonomous vehicles

new batteries

artificial intelligence

quantum computing

graphene

liquid biopsies

gene therapy

PC

past future

Who will lead the next wave of breakthrough and disruptive innovation

current

Synthetic

chemicals

US lead (and Asia EU)

EU and US lead

telecomms

Who leads

Examples taken from WIPO MIT WEF OECD etc

Global Fast-growing Digital Companies

Whatrsquos holding back European innovation

4

Lack of breakthrough and disruptive innovations that create new markets

Financing gap between RampD grants and private investment for scaling up innovative start-ups

Innovation performance

Innovation funding

Innovation ecosystem

Many national amp local ecosystems but fragmented at European level

Venture capital raised Data Invest Europe NVCA Pitchbook (1) EU does not include HR CY MT SI SK

Financing gap venture capital US vs EU

256 246

86

151 165

187

158

264

315

380

67

46

26 33 35 32 35

48 49 60

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

bil

lio

n e

uro

United States EU(1)

Map of the 476 European cities with at least one scale-up company Startup Europe Startup City Hubs in Europe 2018 report

European tech ecosystems are rich but can only reach their full potential if better interconnected

The European Innovation Council

One stop shop for breakthrough amp disruptive innovators

Agile funding from idea to investment

Open to all innovators in any field at any time Highest potential innovators selected on basis of ideas and team

Pathfinder grants for advanced research on emerging technologies Accelerator funding for innovative start-ups (lteuro25 million grant lteuro15 million equity) Crowding in private investment (VC Invest EU)

Access to mentoring and advisory services and to knowledge partners (eg EIT) Expert Programme Managers to engage with projects and communities Prizes for breakthrough technologies

Building ecosystems and communities

Tested under Horizon 2020 fully incorporated in Horizon Europe

778

1028

1228

0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

1400

2018 Pilot 2019 Enhanced Pilot 2020 Enhanced Pilot

Total estimated budget Meuro

euro2 billion-pilot package to support bottom-up ideas

Visionary idea for developing radical and

innovative technologies Radically new highly risky ideas commercially viable and with a potential to

scale up

FET OPEN + FET Proactive

Future and Emerging Technologies

(grant-only)

SME Instrument Phase 2 Fast Track to Innovation (FTI)

(grant-only)

euro 2100 million

2900 projects

euro 845 million

Approx250 projects

EIC Horizon Prizes + Support actions

euro50 million

PATHFINDER Pilot

Coaching mentoring and business acceleration services for all SMEs

ACCELERATOR Pilot

Blended finance

(grant + equity)

OR

Accelerator Pilot Building on SME Instrument

bull Individual SMEs with high-risk high-growth potential aimed at

creating new markets

bull Substantial funding for the last stages of development

bull Bottom-up all sectors products services new business models

bull Grant

- euro05 - 25 million (funding rate 70 of total cost of project)

bull With equity option (blended finance)

- Plus up to euro15 million

Major novelties Accelerator blended finance

bull +euro100 million in equity

bull Innovative SMEs with potential to scale-up

bull Global substantial support up to euro 175 million

(euro25m in grant + euro15m in equity)

bull From early commercial to market deployment and scale-

up (TRL 6 or above)

Accelerator Pilot Novelties (grant and blended)

bull Application

- Single template for the two options

- Applicants positively evaluated for blended finance

may be asked for additional information on their

equity request

- New application forms with additional financial

elements

- Pitch deck for the interview

A new step towards Horizon Europe EIC Accelerator

A fast and simple evaluation decision process with transparent steps

Decisions on grant and blended finance support are taken as a result of face-to-face interview step

Grant amount decided and equity amount proposed at that step

EIC Fund to fine-tune amount and conditions for equity investments (possibly with co-investment(s) of other investors)

From grant to blended finance

bull Grant Early-stage innovation for development

bull Equity Early-stage and mature innovation for scale up

Note

bull If the proposal includes mature innovation activities and consent has

been given by the applicant it will be changed into blended finance

bull There is flexibility to obtain equity even if not requested at the

moment of submission

Accelerator Pilot (grant and blended) Novelties

bull Evaluation award criteria

ndash 33 impactlsquo

ndash 33 excellence

ndash 33 quality and efficiency of implementation

- if the company have requested an equity component they will be

subject to due diligence

bull Time-to-inform 3 months from date of application

bull Time-to-grant

ndash Grant 6 months from date of application

ndash Equity +6 months from date of application

Due Diligence for blended finance bull For projects selected for blended finance only

bull By the EIC Fund

bull Due diligence will focus mainly on evaluating compliance and

risk level as well as

- Confirming the investment amount and structure

- Estimation of the total financial effort

- Defining equity ldquotranchesrdquo and key milestones

Major novelties EIC Programme managers

bull For more flexible and pro-active management and

steering of tech or challenge-based portfolios

bull 3 to 5 programme managers to follow projects in

EIC Pathfinder Pilot

bull Professionals with visionary thinking

bull Hired as temporary Commission staff

Major novelties EIC Advisory Board

bull To advise the Commission on the design of European

Innovation Council (EIC) support for innovation

bull Group of 15 to 20 entrepreneurs investors individuals

building start-up communities innovative researchers

and academics working on innovation policy

bull Will support the Commission

- Developing the pilot in 2019 and 2020

- Enhancing innovation eco-systems and impact

- With the overall strategy under Horizon Europe

Accelerator Pilot (blended finance) Equity investment

bull Principle of crowding-in private investment

bull Structured via separate agreement (next to grant

agreement)

bull Passive role in the daily management of the company

bull Exit strategy if consent of the company is received the

EIC Fund will actively seek private investors to buy the EC

shares

Full EIC under Horizon Europe (2021-27)

Proposed budget of euro10 billion

Dedicated governance with EIC President and Advisory board

More flexible rules for funding (ability to stop or reorient links to Invest EU) with increased role for expert programme managers

Full accelerator funding with both grant and blended finance

Full pathfinder scheme for grants in advanced research and transition activities

Fast track access for Horizon grant holders (incl European Research Council) and certified national schemes

Creation of EIC Forum with Member States innovation agencies

Accelerator Pilot Next cut-offs

bull Accelerator blended finance and grant only

- 08 January 2020

- 18 March 2020

- 19 May 2020

- 07 October 2020

Submission step Type of submitted proposals OCT 2019 cut off

Submission step Geographical information ndash number of submissions

ES IT IL DE FR UK CH NL SE DK FINO

IE BE AT EL PT HU TR PL SI IS SK BG CZ EE UA BA LU CY LV RO HR LTMT

RS AI FO GE TN

(Blended Finance) 78 34 80 35 37 12 29 12 17 17 15 19 17 7 8 1 15 10 2 6 4 4 4 4 5 6 1 6 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

(Grant with Consent) 130 88 68 68 68 80 48 45 47 36 38 30 19 23 22 2 17 14 9 9 8 7 10 7 6 6 4 1 4 4 4 5 3 2 0 1 1 1 1 1

(Grant Only) 20 51 16 39 29 26 30 34 25 16 13 11 6 7 6 32 3 5 12 6 7 7 4 3 3 1 7 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0

0

50

100

150

200

250

Number of submissions per type of requested financial support and per country (descending oder)

Face-to-face interviews retained applications per type of financial support and country

Restricted distribution STRICTLY

CONFIDENTIAL

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

CH IL DE FR ES UK BE DK IE IT PT SE NL NO BG EE FI IS SK TR AT CZ HU PL SI

Number of applicants selected for funding per type of requested financial support and per country

Number of applications selected for funding (A) Number of applications selected for funding (A)

Number of applications selected for funding (A) Number of applications selected for funding (A)

6

EIC Accelerator Number of applicants

selected for funding

All types of support

7

1

3

3 6

3

3

2

2

5

1

1

4

7

1

1

1

9

9

FTI Fast Track to Innovation

bull Fast go-to-market of an industry-driven innovative

concept to grow and scale-up

bull Grant-only Bottom-up

bull Consortia of 3-5 from 3 EU AC mdash mandatory industry

involvement

bull Up to euro3 million

bull Next cut-offs

- 23 May 2019 22 October 2019 19 February 2020 09 June

2020 27 October 2020

EIC Pilot Business Acceleration Services

bull For SMEs EIC clients (Pathfinder and Accelerator)

bull Coaching up to 12 days available

bull Mentoring for individual founders CEOs and leaders

bull EIC Community Platform

bull EIC Networking events such as Corporate Days

(companies meet large corporations as potential

investors)

EIC Pilot ndash SME Instrument Phase 2 Success case

Virtual reality in human eye resolution

Varjo Technologies Oy (FI) httpsvarjocom

Phase 2 in January 2018

euro24 m

euro273 m Series B in October 2018

Collaborating with Airbus Audi Volkswagen and Volvo Cars

EIC Pilot ndash FTI Success case

Biodegradable water reservoir for landscape-scale ecosystem restoration

FTI February 2016 euro11 m

Land Life euro59 m Series A in 2017-2018

Collaborating with Airbus Audi Volkswagen and Volvo Cars

Address difficult societal or technological challenges through game-changing innovation

Accelerate the development of effective solutions and promote market uptake

Apply out-of-the-box innovative thinking

Open participation across sectors and disciplines ndash innovators start-ups and scale-ups entrepreneurs etc

EIC Horizon Prizes Principles

SIX CHALLENGE-DRIVEN PRIZES VALUE DEADLINE

AFFORDABLE HIGH-TECH FOR HUMANITARIAN AID

euro5 million 2020

BLOCKCHAINS FOR SOCIAL GOOD euro5 million 2019

INNOVATIVE BATTERIES FOR EVEHICLES euro10 million 2020

FUEL FROM THE SUN ARTIFICIAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS

euro5 million 2021

EARLY WARNING FOR EPIDEMICS euro5 million 2020

LOW-COST SPACE LAUNCH euro10 million 2020

Open to legal entities from Member States and Associated Countries only

EIC Horizon Prizes 2019-2021

Poland in the EIC

Evaluation Date

Submitted Invited to Interviews

Selected Budget Success

rate

10012018 19 0 0 000 euro 000

14032018 15 1 1 197933750 euro 667

23052018 22 2 1 250000000 euro 455

10102018 14 2 1 223807500 euro 714

9012019 19 3 2 395186575 euro 1053

3042019 18 1 0 000 euro 000

5062019 21 4 3 601722625 euro 1429

9102019 21 4 0 000 euro 000

Totals 149 17 8 1668650450 euro 537

EIC Pilot Need help

bull EIC Wizard via EIC website

bull EIC Pilot Guide for Applicants

bull EIC Questions and Answers

bull National Contact Points (NCPs)

bull European Enterprise Network (EEN)

electricity

semi-conductors

antibiotics

airplane

car

smart phone

internet

barcode

sea container

digital platforms

social media

GPS 3-D printing

CRISPR-cas

Hydrogen fuel

cells

blockchain

the cloud

internet of things

autonomous vehicles

new batteries

artificial intelligence

quantum computing

graphene

liquid biopsies

gene therapy

PC

past future

Who will lead the next wave of breakthrough and disruptive innovation

current

Synthetic

chemicals

US lead (and Asia EU)

EU and US lead

telecomms

Who leads

Examples taken from WIPO MIT WEF OECD etc

Global Fast-growing Digital Companies

Whatrsquos holding back European innovation

4

Lack of breakthrough and disruptive innovations that create new markets

Financing gap between RampD grants and private investment for scaling up innovative start-ups

Innovation performance

Innovation funding

Innovation ecosystem

Many national amp local ecosystems but fragmented at European level

Venture capital raised Data Invest Europe NVCA Pitchbook (1) EU does not include HR CY MT SI SK

Financing gap venture capital US vs EU

256 246

86

151 165

187

158

264

315

380

67

46

26 33 35 32 35

48 49 60

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

bil

lio

n e

uro

United States EU(1)

Map of the 476 European cities with at least one scale-up company Startup Europe Startup City Hubs in Europe 2018 report

European tech ecosystems are rich but can only reach their full potential if better interconnected

The European Innovation Council

One stop shop for breakthrough amp disruptive innovators

Agile funding from idea to investment

Open to all innovators in any field at any time Highest potential innovators selected on basis of ideas and team

Pathfinder grants for advanced research on emerging technologies Accelerator funding for innovative start-ups (lteuro25 million grant lteuro15 million equity) Crowding in private investment (VC Invest EU)

Access to mentoring and advisory services and to knowledge partners (eg EIT) Expert Programme Managers to engage with projects and communities Prizes for breakthrough technologies

Building ecosystems and communities

Tested under Horizon 2020 fully incorporated in Horizon Europe

778

1028

1228

0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

1400

2018 Pilot 2019 Enhanced Pilot 2020 Enhanced Pilot

Total estimated budget Meuro

euro2 billion-pilot package to support bottom-up ideas

Visionary idea for developing radical and

innovative technologies Radically new highly risky ideas commercially viable and with a potential to

scale up

FET OPEN + FET Proactive

Future and Emerging Technologies

(grant-only)

SME Instrument Phase 2 Fast Track to Innovation (FTI)

(grant-only)

euro 2100 million

2900 projects

euro 845 million

Approx250 projects

EIC Horizon Prizes + Support actions

euro50 million

PATHFINDER Pilot

Coaching mentoring and business acceleration services for all SMEs

ACCELERATOR Pilot

Blended finance

(grant + equity)

OR

Accelerator Pilot Building on SME Instrument

bull Individual SMEs with high-risk high-growth potential aimed at

creating new markets

bull Substantial funding for the last stages of development

bull Bottom-up all sectors products services new business models

bull Grant

- euro05 - 25 million (funding rate 70 of total cost of project)

bull With equity option (blended finance)

- Plus up to euro15 million

Major novelties Accelerator blended finance

bull +euro100 million in equity

bull Innovative SMEs with potential to scale-up

bull Global substantial support up to euro 175 million

(euro25m in grant + euro15m in equity)

bull From early commercial to market deployment and scale-

up (TRL 6 or above)

Accelerator Pilot Novelties (grant and blended)

bull Application

- Single template for the two options

- Applicants positively evaluated for blended finance

may be asked for additional information on their

equity request

- New application forms with additional financial

elements

- Pitch deck for the interview

A new step towards Horizon Europe EIC Accelerator

A fast and simple evaluation decision process with transparent steps

Decisions on grant and blended finance support are taken as a result of face-to-face interview step

Grant amount decided and equity amount proposed at that step

EIC Fund to fine-tune amount and conditions for equity investments (possibly with co-investment(s) of other investors)

From grant to blended finance

bull Grant Early-stage innovation for development

bull Equity Early-stage and mature innovation for scale up

Note

bull If the proposal includes mature innovation activities and consent has

been given by the applicant it will be changed into blended finance

bull There is flexibility to obtain equity even if not requested at the

moment of submission

Accelerator Pilot (grant and blended) Novelties

bull Evaluation award criteria

ndash 33 impactlsquo

ndash 33 excellence

ndash 33 quality and efficiency of implementation

- if the company have requested an equity component they will be

subject to due diligence

bull Time-to-inform 3 months from date of application

bull Time-to-grant

ndash Grant 6 months from date of application

ndash Equity +6 months from date of application

Due Diligence for blended finance bull For projects selected for blended finance only

bull By the EIC Fund

bull Due diligence will focus mainly on evaluating compliance and

risk level as well as

- Confirming the investment amount and structure

- Estimation of the total financial effort

- Defining equity ldquotranchesrdquo and key milestones

Major novelties EIC Programme managers

bull For more flexible and pro-active management and

steering of tech or challenge-based portfolios

bull 3 to 5 programme managers to follow projects in

EIC Pathfinder Pilot

bull Professionals with visionary thinking

bull Hired as temporary Commission staff

Major novelties EIC Advisory Board

bull To advise the Commission on the design of European

Innovation Council (EIC) support for innovation

bull Group of 15 to 20 entrepreneurs investors individuals

building start-up communities innovative researchers

and academics working on innovation policy

bull Will support the Commission

- Developing the pilot in 2019 and 2020

- Enhancing innovation eco-systems and impact

- With the overall strategy under Horizon Europe

Accelerator Pilot (blended finance) Equity investment

bull Principle of crowding-in private investment

bull Structured via separate agreement (next to grant

agreement)

bull Passive role in the daily management of the company

bull Exit strategy if consent of the company is received the

EIC Fund will actively seek private investors to buy the EC

shares

Full EIC under Horizon Europe (2021-27)

Proposed budget of euro10 billion

Dedicated governance with EIC President and Advisory board

More flexible rules for funding (ability to stop or reorient links to Invest EU) with increased role for expert programme managers

Full accelerator funding with both grant and blended finance

Full pathfinder scheme for grants in advanced research and transition activities

Fast track access for Horizon grant holders (incl European Research Council) and certified national schemes

Creation of EIC Forum with Member States innovation agencies

Accelerator Pilot Next cut-offs

bull Accelerator blended finance and grant only

- 08 January 2020

- 18 March 2020

- 19 May 2020

- 07 October 2020

Submission step Type of submitted proposals OCT 2019 cut off

Submission step Geographical information ndash number of submissions

ES IT IL DE FR UK CH NL SE DK FINO

IE BE AT EL PT HU TR PL SI IS SK BG CZ EE UA BA LU CY LV RO HR LTMT

RS AI FO GE TN

(Blended Finance) 78 34 80 35 37 12 29 12 17 17 15 19 17 7 8 1 15 10 2 6 4 4 4 4 5 6 1 6 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

(Grant with Consent) 130 88 68 68 68 80 48 45 47 36 38 30 19 23 22 2 17 14 9 9 8 7 10 7 6 6 4 1 4 4 4 5 3 2 0 1 1 1 1 1

(Grant Only) 20 51 16 39 29 26 30 34 25 16 13 11 6 7 6 32 3 5 12 6 7 7 4 3 3 1 7 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0

0

50

100

150

200

250

Number of submissions per type of requested financial support and per country (descending oder)

Face-to-face interviews retained applications per type of financial support and country

Restricted distribution STRICTLY

CONFIDENTIAL

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

CH IL DE FR ES UK BE DK IE IT PT SE NL NO BG EE FI IS SK TR AT CZ HU PL SI

Number of applicants selected for funding per type of requested financial support and per country

Number of applications selected for funding (A) Number of applications selected for funding (A)

Number of applications selected for funding (A) Number of applications selected for funding (A)

6

EIC Accelerator Number of applicants

selected for funding

All types of support

7

1

3

3 6

3

3

2

2

5

1

1

4

7

1

1

1

9

9

FTI Fast Track to Innovation

bull Fast go-to-market of an industry-driven innovative

concept to grow and scale-up

bull Grant-only Bottom-up

bull Consortia of 3-5 from 3 EU AC mdash mandatory industry

involvement

bull Up to euro3 million

bull Next cut-offs

- 23 May 2019 22 October 2019 19 February 2020 09 June

2020 27 October 2020

EIC Pilot Business Acceleration Services

bull For SMEs EIC clients (Pathfinder and Accelerator)

bull Coaching up to 12 days available

bull Mentoring for individual founders CEOs and leaders

bull EIC Community Platform

bull EIC Networking events such as Corporate Days

(companies meet large corporations as potential

investors)

EIC Pilot ndash SME Instrument Phase 2 Success case

Virtual reality in human eye resolution

Varjo Technologies Oy (FI) httpsvarjocom

Phase 2 in January 2018

euro24 m

euro273 m Series B in October 2018

Collaborating with Airbus Audi Volkswagen and Volvo Cars

EIC Pilot ndash FTI Success case

Biodegradable water reservoir for landscape-scale ecosystem restoration

FTI February 2016 euro11 m

Land Life euro59 m Series A in 2017-2018

Collaborating with Airbus Audi Volkswagen and Volvo Cars

Address difficult societal or technological challenges through game-changing innovation

Accelerate the development of effective solutions and promote market uptake

Apply out-of-the-box innovative thinking

Open participation across sectors and disciplines ndash innovators start-ups and scale-ups entrepreneurs etc

EIC Horizon Prizes Principles

SIX CHALLENGE-DRIVEN PRIZES VALUE DEADLINE

AFFORDABLE HIGH-TECH FOR HUMANITARIAN AID

euro5 million 2020

BLOCKCHAINS FOR SOCIAL GOOD euro5 million 2019

INNOVATIVE BATTERIES FOR EVEHICLES euro10 million 2020

FUEL FROM THE SUN ARTIFICIAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS

euro5 million 2021

EARLY WARNING FOR EPIDEMICS euro5 million 2020

LOW-COST SPACE LAUNCH euro10 million 2020

Open to legal entities from Member States and Associated Countries only

EIC Horizon Prizes 2019-2021

Poland in the EIC

Evaluation Date

Submitted Invited to Interviews

Selected Budget Success

rate

10012018 19 0 0 000 euro 000

14032018 15 1 1 197933750 euro 667

23052018 22 2 1 250000000 euro 455

10102018 14 2 1 223807500 euro 714

9012019 19 3 2 395186575 euro 1053

3042019 18 1 0 000 euro 000

5062019 21 4 3 601722625 euro 1429

9102019 21 4 0 000 euro 000

Totals 149 17 8 1668650450 euro 537

EIC Pilot Need help

bull EIC Wizard via EIC website

bull EIC Pilot Guide for Applicants

bull EIC Questions and Answers

bull National Contact Points (NCPs)

bull European Enterprise Network (EEN)

Global Fast-growing Digital Companies

Whatrsquos holding back European innovation

4

Lack of breakthrough and disruptive innovations that create new markets

Financing gap between RampD grants and private investment for scaling up innovative start-ups

Innovation performance

Innovation funding

Innovation ecosystem

Many national amp local ecosystems but fragmented at European level

Venture capital raised Data Invest Europe NVCA Pitchbook (1) EU does not include HR CY MT SI SK

Financing gap venture capital US vs EU

256 246

86

151 165

187

158

264

315

380

67

46

26 33 35 32 35

48 49 60

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

bil

lio

n e

uro

United States EU(1)

Map of the 476 European cities with at least one scale-up company Startup Europe Startup City Hubs in Europe 2018 report

European tech ecosystems are rich but can only reach their full potential if better interconnected

The European Innovation Council

One stop shop for breakthrough amp disruptive innovators

Agile funding from idea to investment

Open to all innovators in any field at any time Highest potential innovators selected on basis of ideas and team

Pathfinder grants for advanced research on emerging technologies Accelerator funding for innovative start-ups (lteuro25 million grant lteuro15 million equity) Crowding in private investment (VC Invest EU)

Access to mentoring and advisory services and to knowledge partners (eg EIT) Expert Programme Managers to engage with projects and communities Prizes for breakthrough technologies

Building ecosystems and communities

Tested under Horizon 2020 fully incorporated in Horizon Europe

778

1028

1228

0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

1400

2018 Pilot 2019 Enhanced Pilot 2020 Enhanced Pilot

Total estimated budget Meuro

euro2 billion-pilot package to support bottom-up ideas

Visionary idea for developing radical and

innovative technologies Radically new highly risky ideas commercially viable and with a potential to

scale up

FET OPEN + FET Proactive

Future and Emerging Technologies

(grant-only)

SME Instrument Phase 2 Fast Track to Innovation (FTI)

(grant-only)

euro 2100 million

2900 projects

euro 845 million

Approx250 projects

EIC Horizon Prizes + Support actions

euro50 million

PATHFINDER Pilot

Coaching mentoring and business acceleration services for all SMEs

ACCELERATOR Pilot

Blended finance

(grant + equity)

OR

Accelerator Pilot Building on SME Instrument

bull Individual SMEs with high-risk high-growth potential aimed at

creating new markets

bull Substantial funding for the last stages of development

bull Bottom-up all sectors products services new business models

bull Grant

- euro05 - 25 million (funding rate 70 of total cost of project)

bull With equity option (blended finance)

- Plus up to euro15 million

Major novelties Accelerator blended finance

bull +euro100 million in equity

bull Innovative SMEs with potential to scale-up

bull Global substantial support up to euro 175 million

(euro25m in grant + euro15m in equity)

bull From early commercial to market deployment and scale-

up (TRL 6 or above)

Accelerator Pilot Novelties (grant and blended)

bull Application

- Single template for the two options

- Applicants positively evaluated for blended finance

may be asked for additional information on their

equity request

- New application forms with additional financial

elements

- Pitch deck for the interview

A new step towards Horizon Europe EIC Accelerator

A fast and simple evaluation decision process with transparent steps

Decisions on grant and blended finance support are taken as a result of face-to-face interview step

Grant amount decided and equity amount proposed at that step

EIC Fund to fine-tune amount and conditions for equity investments (possibly with co-investment(s) of other investors)

From grant to blended finance

bull Grant Early-stage innovation for development

bull Equity Early-stage and mature innovation for scale up

Note

bull If the proposal includes mature innovation activities and consent has

been given by the applicant it will be changed into blended finance

bull There is flexibility to obtain equity even if not requested at the

moment of submission

Accelerator Pilot (grant and blended) Novelties

bull Evaluation award criteria

ndash 33 impactlsquo

ndash 33 excellence

ndash 33 quality and efficiency of implementation

- if the company have requested an equity component they will be

subject to due diligence

bull Time-to-inform 3 months from date of application

bull Time-to-grant

ndash Grant 6 months from date of application

ndash Equity +6 months from date of application

Due Diligence for blended finance bull For projects selected for blended finance only

bull By the EIC Fund

bull Due diligence will focus mainly on evaluating compliance and

risk level as well as

- Confirming the investment amount and structure

- Estimation of the total financial effort

- Defining equity ldquotranchesrdquo and key milestones

Major novelties EIC Programme managers

bull For more flexible and pro-active management and

steering of tech or challenge-based portfolios

bull 3 to 5 programme managers to follow projects in

EIC Pathfinder Pilot

bull Professionals with visionary thinking

bull Hired as temporary Commission staff

Major novelties EIC Advisory Board

bull To advise the Commission on the design of European

Innovation Council (EIC) support for innovation

bull Group of 15 to 20 entrepreneurs investors individuals

building start-up communities innovative researchers

and academics working on innovation policy

bull Will support the Commission

- Developing the pilot in 2019 and 2020

- Enhancing innovation eco-systems and impact

- With the overall strategy under Horizon Europe

Accelerator Pilot (blended finance) Equity investment

bull Principle of crowding-in private investment

bull Structured via separate agreement (next to grant

agreement)

bull Passive role in the daily management of the company

bull Exit strategy if consent of the company is received the

EIC Fund will actively seek private investors to buy the EC

shares

Full EIC under Horizon Europe (2021-27)

Proposed budget of euro10 billion

Dedicated governance with EIC President and Advisory board

More flexible rules for funding (ability to stop or reorient links to Invest EU) with increased role for expert programme managers

Full accelerator funding with both grant and blended finance

Full pathfinder scheme for grants in advanced research and transition activities

Fast track access for Horizon grant holders (incl European Research Council) and certified national schemes

Creation of EIC Forum with Member States innovation agencies

Accelerator Pilot Next cut-offs

bull Accelerator blended finance and grant only

- 08 January 2020

- 18 March 2020

- 19 May 2020

- 07 October 2020

Submission step Type of submitted proposals OCT 2019 cut off

Submission step Geographical information ndash number of submissions

ES IT IL DE FR UK CH NL SE DK FINO

IE BE AT EL PT HU TR PL SI IS SK BG CZ EE UA BA LU CY LV RO HR LTMT

RS AI FO GE TN

(Blended Finance) 78 34 80 35 37 12 29 12 17 17 15 19 17 7 8 1 15 10 2 6 4 4 4 4 5 6 1 6 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

(Grant with Consent) 130 88 68 68 68 80 48 45 47 36 38 30 19 23 22 2 17 14 9 9 8 7 10 7 6 6 4 1 4 4 4 5 3 2 0 1 1 1 1 1

(Grant Only) 20 51 16 39 29 26 30 34 25 16 13 11 6 7 6 32 3 5 12 6 7 7 4 3 3 1 7 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0

0

50

100

150

200

250

Number of submissions per type of requested financial support and per country (descending oder)

Face-to-face interviews retained applications per type of financial support and country

Restricted distribution STRICTLY

CONFIDENTIAL

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

CH IL DE FR ES UK BE DK IE IT PT SE NL NO BG EE FI IS SK TR AT CZ HU PL SI

Number of applicants selected for funding per type of requested financial support and per country

Number of applications selected for funding (A) Number of applications selected for funding (A)

Number of applications selected for funding (A) Number of applications selected for funding (A)

6

EIC Accelerator Number of applicants

selected for funding

All types of support

7

1

3

3 6

3

3

2

2

5

1

1

4

7

1

1

1

9

9

FTI Fast Track to Innovation

bull Fast go-to-market of an industry-driven innovative

concept to grow and scale-up

bull Grant-only Bottom-up

bull Consortia of 3-5 from 3 EU AC mdash mandatory industry

involvement

bull Up to euro3 million

bull Next cut-offs

- 23 May 2019 22 October 2019 19 February 2020 09 June

2020 27 October 2020

EIC Pilot Business Acceleration Services

bull For SMEs EIC clients (Pathfinder and Accelerator)

bull Coaching up to 12 days available

bull Mentoring for individual founders CEOs and leaders

bull EIC Community Platform

bull EIC Networking events such as Corporate Days

(companies meet large corporations as potential

investors)

EIC Pilot ndash SME Instrument Phase 2 Success case

Virtual reality in human eye resolution

Varjo Technologies Oy (FI) httpsvarjocom

Phase 2 in January 2018

euro24 m

euro273 m Series B in October 2018

Collaborating with Airbus Audi Volkswagen and Volvo Cars

EIC Pilot ndash FTI Success case

Biodegradable water reservoir for landscape-scale ecosystem restoration

FTI February 2016 euro11 m

Land Life euro59 m Series A in 2017-2018

Collaborating with Airbus Audi Volkswagen and Volvo Cars

Address difficult societal or technological challenges through game-changing innovation

Accelerate the development of effective solutions and promote market uptake

Apply out-of-the-box innovative thinking

Open participation across sectors and disciplines ndash innovators start-ups and scale-ups entrepreneurs etc

EIC Horizon Prizes Principles

SIX CHALLENGE-DRIVEN PRIZES VALUE DEADLINE

AFFORDABLE HIGH-TECH FOR HUMANITARIAN AID

euro5 million 2020

BLOCKCHAINS FOR SOCIAL GOOD euro5 million 2019

INNOVATIVE BATTERIES FOR EVEHICLES euro10 million 2020

FUEL FROM THE SUN ARTIFICIAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS

euro5 million 2021

EARLY WARNING FOR EPIDEMICS euro5 million 2020

LOW-COST SPACE LAUNCH euro10 million 2020

Open to legal entities from Member States and Associated Countries only

EIC Horizon Prizes 2019-2021

Poland in the EIC

Evaluation Date

Submitted Invited to Interviews

Selected Budget Success

rate

10012018 19 0 0 000 euro 000

14032018 15 1 1 197933750 euro 667

23052018 22 2 1 250000000 euro 455

10102018 14 2 1 223807500 euro 714

9012019 19 3 2 395186575 euro 1053

3042019 18 1 0 000 euro 000

5062019 21 4 3 601722625 euro 1429

9102019 21 4 0 000 euro 000

Totals 149 17 8 1668650450 euro 537

EIC Pilot Need help

bull EIC Wizard via EIC website

bull EIC Pilot Guide for Applicants

bull EIC Questions and Answers

bull National Contact Points (NCPs)

bull European Enterprise Network (EEN)

Whatrsquos holding back European innovation

4

Lack of breakthrough and disruptive innovations that create new markets

Financing gap between RampD grants and private investment for scaling up innovative start-ups

Innovation performance

Innovation funding

Innovation ecosystem

Many national amp local ecosystems but fragmented at European level

Venture capital raised Data Invest Europe NVCA Pitchbook (1) EU does not include HR CY MT SI SK

Financing gap venture capital US vs EU

256 246

86

151 165

187

158

264

315

380

67

46

26 33 35 32 35

48 49 60

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

bil

lio

n e

uro

United States EU(1)

Map of the 476 European cities with at least one scale-up company Startup Europe Startup City Hubs in Europe 2018 report

European tech ecosystems are rich but can only reach their full potential if better interconnected

The European Innovation Council

One stop shop for breakthrough amp disruptive innovators

Agile funding from idea to investment

Open to all innovators in any field at any time Highest potential innovators selected on basis of ideas and team

Pathfinder grants for advanced research on emerging technologies Accelerator funding for innovative start-ups (lteuro25 million grant lteuro15 million equity) Crowding in private investment (VC Invest EU)

Access to mentoring and advisory services and to knowledge partners (eg EIT) Expert Programme Managers to engage with projects and communities Prizes for breakthrough technologies

Building ecosystems and communities

Tested under Horizon 2020 fully incorporated in Horizon Europe

778

1028

1228

0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

1400

2018 Pilot 2019 Enhanced Pilot 2020 Enhanced Pilot

Total estimated budget Meuro

euro2 billion-pilot package to support bottom-up ideas

Visionary idea for developing radical and

innovative technologies Radically new highly risky ideas commercially viable and with a potential to

scale up

FET OPEN + FET Proactive

Future and Emerging Technologies

(grant-only)

SME Instrument Phase 2 Fast Track to Innovation (FTI)

(grant-only)

euro 2100 million

2900 projects

euro 845 million

Approx250 projects

EIC Horizon Prizes + Support actions

euro50 million

PATHFINDER Pilot

Coaching mentoring and business acceleration services for all SMEs

ACCELERATOR Pilot

Blended finance

(grant + equity)

OR

Accelerator Pilot Building on SME Instrument

bull Individual SMEs with high-risk high-growth potential aimed at

creating new markets

bull Substantial funding for the last stages of development

bull Bottom-up all sectors products services new business models

bull Grant

- euro05 - 25 million (funding rate 70 of total cost of project)

bull With equity option (blended finance)

- Plus up to euro15 million

Major novelties Accelerator blended finance

bull +euro100 million in equity

bull Innovative SMEs with potential to scale-up

bull Global substantial support up to euro 175 million

(euro25m in grant + euro15m in equity)

bull From early commercial to market deployment and scale-

up (TRL 6 or above)

Accelerator Pilot Novelties (grant and blended)

bull Application

- Single template for the two options

- Applicants positively evaluated for blended finance

may be asked for additional information on their

equity request

- New application forms with additional financial

elements

- Pitch deck for the interview

A new step towards Horizon Europe EIC Accelerator

A fast and simple evaluation decision process with transparent steps

Decisions on grant and blended finance support are taken as a result of face-to-face interview step

Grant amount decided and equity amount proposed at that step

EIC Fund to fine-tune amount and conditions for equity investments (possibly with co-investment(s) of other investors)

From grant to blended finance

bull Grant Early-stage innovation for development

bull Equity Early-stage and mature innovation for scale up

Note

bull If the proposal includes mature innovation activities and consent has

been given by the applicant it will be changed into blended finance

bull There is flexibility to obtain equity even if not requested at the

moment of submission

Accelerator Pilot (grant and blended) Novelties

bull Evaluation award criteria

ndash 33 impactlsquo

ndash 33 excellence

ndash 33 quality and efficiency of implementation

- if the company have requested an equity component they will be

subject to due diligence

bull Time-to-inform 3 months from date of application

bull Time-to-grant

ndash Grant 6 months from date of application

ndash Equity +6 months from date of application

Due Diligence for blended finance bull For projects selected for blended finance only

bull By the EIC Fund

bull Due diligence will focus mainly on evaluating compliance and

risk level as well as

- Confirming the investment amount and structure

- Estimation of the total financial effort

- Defining equity ldquotranchesrdquo and key milestones

Major novelties EIC Programme managers

bull For more flexible and pro-active management and

steering of tech or challenge-based portfolios

bull 3 to 5 programme managers to follow projects in

EIC Pathfinder Pilot

bull Professionals with visionary thinking

bull Hired as temporary Commission staff

Major novelties EIC Advisory Board

bull To advise the Commission on the design of European

Innovation Council (EIC) support for innovation

bull Group of 15 to 20 entrepreneurs investors individuals

building start-up communities innovative researchers

and academics working on innovation policy

bull Will support the Commission

- Developing the pilot in 2019 and 2020

- Enhancing innovation eco-systems and impact

- With the overall strategy under Horizon Europe

Accelerator Pilot (blended finance) Equity investment

bull Principle of crowding-in private investment

bull Structured via separate agreement (next to grant

agreement)

bull Passive role in the daily management of the company

bull Exit strategy if consent of the company is received the

EIC Fund will actively seek private investors to buy the EC

shares

Full EIC under Horizon Europe (2021-27)

Proposed budget of euro10 billion

Dedicated governance with EIC President and Advisory board

More flexible rules for funding (ability to stop or reorient links to Invest EU) with increased role for expert programme managers

Full accelerator funding with both grant and blended finance

Full pathfinder scheme for grants in advanced research and transition activities

Fast track access for Horizon grant holders (incl European Research Council) and certified national schemes

Creation of EIC Forum with Member States innovation agencies

Accelerator Pilot Next cut-offs

bull Accelerator blended finance and grant only

- 08 January 2020

- 18 March 2020

- 19 May 2020

- 07 October 2020

Submission step Type of submitted proposals OCT 2019 cut off

Submission step Geographical information ndash number of submissions

ES IT IL DE FR UK CH NL SE DK FINO

IE BE AT EL PT HU TR PL SI IS SK BG CZ EE UA BA LU CY LV RO HR LTMT

RS AI FO GE TN

(Blended Finance) 78 34 80 35 37 12 29 12 17 17 15 19 17 7 8 1 15 10 2 6 4 4 4 4 5 6 1 6 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

(Grant with Consent) 130 88 68 68 68 80 48 45 47 36 38 30 19 23 22 2 17 14 9 9 8 7 10 7 6 6 4 1 4 4 4 5 3 2 0 1 1 1 1 1

(Grant Only) 20 51 16 39 29 26 30 34 25 16 13 11 6 7 6 32 3 5 12 6 7 7 4 3 3 1 7 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0

0

50

100

150

200

250

Number of submissions per type of requested financial support and per country (descending oder)

Face-to-face interviews retained applications per type of financial support and country

Restricted distribution STRICTLY

CONFIDENTIAL

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

CH IL DE FR ES UK BE DK IE IT PT SE NL NO BG EE FI IS SK TR AT CZ HU PL SI

Number of applicants selected for funding per type of requested financial support and per country

Number of applications selected for funding (A) Number of applications selected for funding (A)

Number of applications selected for funding (A) Number of applications selected for funding (A)

6

EIC Accelerator Number of applicants

selected for funding

All types of support

7

1

3

3 6

3

3

2

2

5

1

1

4

7

1

1

1

9

9

FTI Fast Track to Innovation

bull Fast go-to-market of an industry-driven innovative

concept to grow and scale-up

bull Grant-only Bottom-up

bull Consortia of 3-5 from 3 EU AC mdash mandatory industry

involvement

bull Up to euro3 million

bull Next cut-offs

- 23 May 2019 22 October 2019 19 February 2020 09 June

2020 27 October 2020

EIC Pilot Business Acceleration Services

bull For SMEs EIC clients (Pathfinder and Accelerator)

bull Coaching up to 12 days available

bull Mentoring for individual founders CEOs and leaders

bull EIC Community Platform

bull EIC Networking events such as Corporate Days

(companies meet large corporations as potential

investors)

EIC Pilot ndash SME Instrument Phase 2 Success case

Virtual reality in human eye resolution

Varjo Technologies Oy (FI) httpsvarjocom

Phase 2 in January 2018

euro24 m

euro273 m Series B in October 2018

Collaborating with Airbus Audi Volkswagen and Volvo Cars

EIC Pilot ndash FTI Success case

Biodegradable water reservoir for landscape-scale ecosystem restoration

FTI February 2016 euro11 m

Land Life euro59 m Series A in 2017-2018

Collaborating with Airbus Audi Volkswagen and Volvo Cars

Address difficult societal or technological challenges through game-changing innovation

Accelerate the development of effective solutions and promote market uptake

Apply out-of-the-box innovative thinking

Open participation across sectors and disciplines ndash innovators start-ups and scale-ups entrepreneurs etc

EIC Horizon Prizes Principles

SIX CHALLENGE-DRIVEN PRIZES VALUE DEADLINE

AFFORDABLE HIGH-TECH FOR HUMANITARIAN AID

euro5 million 2020

BLOCKCHAINS FOR SOCIAL GOOD euro5 million 2019

INNOVATIVE BATTERIES FOR EVEHICLES euro10 million 2020

FUEL FROM THE SUN ARTIFICIAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS

euro5 million 2021

EARLY WARNING FOR EPIDEMICS euro5 million 2020

LOW-COST SPACE LAUNCH euro10 million 2020

Open to legal entities from Member States and Associated Countries only

EIC Horizon Prizes 2019-2021

Poland in the EIC

Evaluation Date

Submitted Invited to Interviews

Selected Budget Success

rate

10012018 19 0 0 000 euro 000

14032018 15 1 1 197933750 euro 667

23052018 22 2 1 250000000 euro 455

10102018 14 2 1 223807500 euro 714

9012019 19 3 2 395186575 euro 1053

3042019 18 1 0 000 euro 000

5062019 21 4 3 601722625 euro 1429

9102019 21 4 0 000 euro 000

Totals 149 17 8 1668650450 euro 537

EIC Pilot Need help

bull EIC Wizard via EIC website

bull EIC Pilot Guide for Applicants

bull EIC Questions and Answers

bull National Contact Points (NCPs)

bull European Enterprise Network (EEN)

Venture capital raised Data Invest Europe NVCA Pitchbook (1) EU does not include HR CY MT SI SK

Financing gap venture capital US vs EU

256 246

86

151 165

187

158

264

315

380

67

46

26 33 35 32 35

48 49 60

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

bil

lio

n e

uro

United States EU(1)

Map of the 476 European cities with at least one scale-up company Startup Europe Startup City Hubs in Europe 2018 report

European tech ecosystems are rich but can only reach their full potential if better interconnected

The European Innovation Council

One stop shop for breakthrough amp disruptive innovators

Agile funding from idea to investment

Open to all innovators in any field at any time Highest potential innovators selected on basis of ideas and team

Pathfinder grants for advanced research on emerging technologies Accelerator funding for innovative start-ups (lteuro25 million grant lteuro15 million equity) Crowding in private investment (VC Invest EU)

Access to mentoring and advisory services and to knowledge partners (eg EIT) Expert Programme Managers to engage with projects and communities Prizes for breakthrough technologies

Building ecosystems and communities

Tested under Horizon 2020 fully incorporated in Horizon Europe

778

1028

1228

0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

1400

2018 Pilot 2019 Enhanced Pilot 2020 Enhanced Pilot

Total estimated budget Meuro

euro2 billion-pilot package to support bottom-up ideas

Visionary idea for developing radical and

innovative technologies Radically new highly risky ideas commercially viable and with a potential to

scale up

FET OPEN + FET Proactive

Future and Emerging Technologies

(grant-only)

SME Instrument Phase 2 Fast Track to Innovation (FTI)

(grant-only)

euro 2100 million

2900 projects

euro 845 million

Approx250 projects

EIC Horizon Prizes + Support actions

euro50 million

PATHFINDER Pilot

Coaching mentoring and business acceleration services for all SMEs

ACCELERATOR Pilot

Blended finance

(grant + equity)

OR

Accelerator Pilot Building on SME Instrument

bull Individual SMEs with high-risk high-growth potential aimed at

creating new markets

bull Substantial funding for the last stages of development

bull Bottom-up all sectors products services new business models

bull Grant

- euro05 - 25 million (funding rate 70 of total cost of project)

bull With equity option (blended finance)

- Plus up to euro15 million

Major novelties Accelerator blended finance

bull +euro100 million in equity

bull Innovative SMEs with potential to scale-up

bull Global substantial support up to euro 175 million

(euro25m in grant + euro15m in equity)

bull From early commercial to market deployment and scale-

up (TRL 6 or above)

Accelerator Pilot Novelties (grant and blended)

bull Application

- Single template for the two options

- Applicants positively evaluated for blended finance

may be asked for additional information on their

equity request

- New application forms with additional financial

elements

- Pitch deck for the interview

A new step towards Horizon Europe EIC Accelerator

A fast and simple evaluation decision process with transparent steps

Decisions on grant and blended finance support are taken as a result of face-to-face interview step

Grant amount decided and equity amount proposed at that step

EIC Fund to fine-tune amount and conditions for equity investments (possibly with co-investment(s) of other investors)

From grant to blended finance

bull Grant Early-stage innovation for development

bull Equity Early-stage and mature innovation for scale up

Note

bull If the proposal includes mature innovation activities and consent has

been given by the applicant it will be changed into blended finance

bull There is flexibility to obtain equity even if not requested at the

moment of submission

Accelerator Pilot (grant and blended) Novelties

bull Evaluation award criteria

ndash 33 impactlsquo

ndash 33 excellence

ndash 33 quality and efficiency of implementation

- if the company have requested an equity component they will be

subject to due diligence

bull Time-to-inform 3 months from date of application

bull Time-to-grant

ndash Grant 6 months from date of application

ndash Equity +6 months from date of application

Due Diligence for blended finance bull For projects selected for blended finance only

bull By the EIC Fund

bull Due diligence will focus mainly on evaluating compliance and

risk level as well as

- Confirming the investment amount and structure

- Estimation of the total financial effort

- Defining equity ldquotranchesrdquo and key milestones

Major novelties EIC Programme managers

bull For more flexible and pro-active management and

steering of tech or challenge-based portfolios

bull 3 to 5 programme managers to follow projects in

EIC Pathfinder Pilot

bull Professionals with visionary thinking

bull Hired as temporary Commission staff

Major novelties EIC Advisory Board

bull To advise the Commission on the design of European

Innovation Council (EIC) support for innovation

bull Group of 15 to 20 entrepreneurs investors individuals

building start-up communities innovative researchers

and academics working on innovation policy

bull Will support the Commission

- Developing the pilot in 2019 and 2020

- Enhancing innovation eco-systems and impact

- With the overall strategy under Horizon Europe

Accelerator Pilot (blended finance) Equity investment

bull Principle of crowding-in private investment

bull Structured via separate agreement (next to grant

agreement)

bull Passive role in the daily management of the company

bull Exit strategy if consent of the company is received the

EIC Fund will actively seek private investors to buy the EC

shares

Full EIC under Horizon Europe (2021-27)

Proposed budget of euro10 billion

Dedicated governance with EIC President and Advisory board

More flexible rules for funding (ability to stop or reorient links to Invest EU) with increased role for expert programme managers

Full accelerator funding with both grant and blended finance

Full pathfinder scheme for grants in advanced research and transition activities

Fast track access for Horizon grant holders (incl European Research Council) and certified national schemes

Creation of EIC Forum with Member States innovation agencies

Accelerator Pilot Next cut-offs

bull Accelerator blended finance and grant only

- 08 January 2020

- 18 March 2020

- 19 May 2020

- 07 October 2020

Submission step Type of submitted proposals OCT 2019 cut off

Submission step Geographical information ndash number of submissions

ES IT IL DE FR UK CH NL SE DK FINO

IE BE AT EL PT HU TR PL SI IS SK BG CZ EE UA BA LU CY LV RO HR LTMT

RS AI FO GE TN

(Blended Finance) 78 34 80 35 37 12 29 12 17 17 15 19 17 7 8 1 15 10 2 6 4 4 4 4 5 6 1 6 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

(Grant with Consent) 130 88 68 68 68 80 48 45 47 36 38 30 19 23 22 2 17 14 9 9 8 7 10 7 6 6 4 1 4 4 4 5 3 2 0 1 1 1 1 1

(Grant Only) 20 51 16 39 29 26 30 34 25 16 13 11 6 7 6 32 3 5 12 6 7 7 4 3 3 1 7 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0

0

50

100

150

200

250

Number of submissions per type of requested financial support and per country (descending oder)

Face-to-face interviews retained applications per type of financial support and country

Restricted distribution STRICTLY

CONFIDENTIAL

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

CH IL DE FR ES UK BE DK IE IT PT SE NL NO BG EE FI IS SK TR AT CZ HU PL SI

Number of applicants selected for funding per type of requested financial support and per country

Number of applications selected for funding (A) Number of applications selected for funding (A)

Number of applications selected for funding (A) Number of applications selected for funding (A)

6

EIC Accelerator Number of applicants

selected for funding

All types of support

7

1

3

3 6

3

3

2

2

5

1

1

4

7

1

1

1

9

9

FTI Fast Track to Innovation

bull Fast go-to-market of an industry-driven innovative

concept to grow and scale-up

bull Grant-only Bottom-up

bull Consortia of 3-5 from 3 EU AC mdash mandatory industry

involvement

bull Up to euro3 million

bull Next cut-offs

- 23 May 2019 22 October 2019 19 February 2020 09 June

2020 27 October 2020

EIC Pilot Business Acceleration Services

bull For SMEs EIC clients (Pathfinder and Accelerator)

bull Coaching up to 12 days available

bull Mentoring for individual founders CEOs and leaders

bull EIC Community Platform

bull EIC Networking events such as Corporate Days

(companies meet large corporations as potential

investors)

EIC Pilot ndash SME Instrument Phase 2 Success case

Virtual reality in human eye resolution

Varjo Technologies Oy (FI) httpsvarjocom

Phase 2 in January 2018

euro24 m

euro273 m Series B in October 2018

Collaborating with Airbus Audi Volkswagen and Volvo Cars

EIC Pilot ndash FTI Success case

Biodegradable water reservoir for landscape-scale ecosystem restoration

FTI February 2016 euro11 m

Land Life euro59 m Series A in 2017-2018

Collaborating with Airbus Audi Volkswagen and Volvo Cars

Address difficult societal or technological challenges through game-changing innovation

Accelerate the development of effective solutions and promote market uptake

Apply out-of-the-box innovative thinking

Open participation across sectors and disciplines ndash innovators start-ups and scale-ups entrepreneurs etc

EIC Horizon Prizes Principles

SIX CHALLENGE-DRIVEN PRIZES VALUE DEADLINE

AFFORDABLE HIGH-TECH FOR HUMANITARIAN AID

euro5 million 2020

BLOCKCHAINS FOR SOCIAL GOOD euro5 million 2019

INNOVATIVE BATTERIES FOR EVEHICLES euro10 million 2020

FUEL FROM THE SUN ARTIFICIAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS

euro5 million 2021

EARLY WARNING FOR EPIDEMICS euro5 million 2020

LOW-COST SPACE LAUNCH euro10 million 2020

Open to legal entities from Member States and Associated Countries only

EIC Horizon Prizes 2019-2021

Poland in the EIC

Evaluation Date

Submitted Invited to Interviews

Selected Budget Success

rate

10012018 19 0 0 000 euro 000

14032018 15 1 1 197933750 euro 667

23052018 22 2 1 250000000 euro 455

10102018 14 2 1 223807500 euro 714

9012019 19 3 2 395186575 euro 1053

3042019 18 1 0 000 euro 000

5062019 21 4 3 601722625 euro 1429

9102019 21 4 0 000 euro 000

Totals 149 17 8 1668650450 euro 537

EIC Pilot Need help

bull EIC Wizard via EIC website

bull EIC Pilot Guide for Applicants

bull EIC Questions and Answers

bull National Contact Points (NCPs)

bull European Enterprise Network (EEN)

Map of the 476 European cities with at least one scale-up company Startup Europe Startup City Hubs in Europe 2018 report

European tech ecosystems are rich but can only reach their full potential if better interconnected

The European Innovation Council

One stop shop for breakthrough amp disruptive innovators

Agile funding from idea to investment

Open to all innovators in any field at any time Highest potential innovators selected on basis of ideas and team

Pathfinder grants for advanced research on emerging technologies Accelerator funding for innovative start-ups (lteuro25 million grant lteuro15 million equity) Crowding in private investment (VC Invest EU)

Access to mentoring and advisory services and to knowledge partners (eg EIT) Expert Programme Managers to engage with projects and communities Prizes for breakthrough technologies

Building ecosystems and communities

Tested under Horizon 2020 fully incorporated in Horizon Europe

778

1028

1228

0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

1400

2018 Pilot 2019 Enhanced Pilot 2020 Enhanced Pilot

Total estimated budget Meuro

euro2 billion-pilot package to support bottom-up ideas

Visionary idea for developing radical and

innovative technologies Radically new highly risky ideas commercially viable and with a potential to

scale up

FET OPEN + FET Proactive

Future and Emerging Technologies

(grant-only)

SME Instrument Phase 2 Fast Track to Innovation (FTI)

(grant-only)

euro 2100 million

2900 projects

euro 845 million

Approx250 projects

EIC Horizon Prizes + Support actions

euro50 million

PATHFINDER Pilot

Coaching mentoring and business acceleration services for all SMEs

ACCELERATOR Pilot

Blended finance

(grant + equity)

OR

Accelerator Pilot Building on SME Instrument

bull Individual SMEs with high-risk high-growth potential aimed at

creating new markets

bull Substantial funding for the last stages of development

bull Bottom-up all sectors products services new business models

bull Grant

- euro05 - 25 million (funding rate 70 of total cost of project)

bull With equity option (blended finance)

- Plus up to euro15 million

Major novelties Accelerator blended finance

bull +euro100 million in equity

bull Innovative SMEs with potential to scale-up

bull Global substantial support up to euro 175 million

(euro25m in grant + euro15m in equity)

bull From early commercial to market deployment and scale-

up (TRL 6 or above)

Accelerator Pilot Novelties (grant and blended)

bull Application

- Single template for the two options

- Applicants positively evaluated for blended finance

may be asked for additional information on their

equity request

- New application forms with additional financial

elements

- Pitch deck for the interview

A new step towards Horizon Europe EIC Accelerator

A fast and simple evaluation decision process with transparent steps

Decisions on grant and blended finance support are taken as a result of face-to-face interview step

Grant amount decided and equity amount proposed at that step

EIC Fund to fine-tune amount and conditions for equity investments (possibly with co-investment(s) of other investors)

From grant to blended finance

bull Grant Early-stage innovation for development

bull Equity Early-stage and mature innovation for scale up

Note

bull If the proposal includes mature innovation activities and consent has

been given by the applicant it will be changed into blended finance

bull There is flexibility to obtain equity even if not requested at the

moment of submission

Accelerator Pilot (grant and blended) Novelties

bull Evaluation award criteria

ndash 33 impactlsquo

ndash 33 excellence

ndash 33 quality and efficiency of implementation

- if the company have requested an equity component they will be

subject to due diligence

bull Time-to-inform 3 months from date of application

bull Time-to-grant

ndash Grant 6 months from date of application

ndash Equity +6 months from date of application

Due Diligence for blended finance bull For projects selected for blended finance only

bull By the EIC Fund

bull Due diligence will focus mainly on evaluating compliance and

risk level as well as

- Confirming the investment amount and structure

- Estimation of the total financial effort

- Defining equity ldquotranchesrdquo and key milestones

Major novelties EIC Programme managers

bull For more flexible and pro-active management and

steering of tech or challenge-based portfolios

bull 3 to 5 programme managers to follow projects in

EIC Pathfinder Pilot

bull Professionals with visionary thinking

bull Hired as temporary Commission staff

Major novelties EIC Advisory Board

bull To advise the Commission on the design of European

Innovation Council (EIC) support for innovation

bull Group of 15 to 20 entrepreneurs investors individuals

building start-up communities innovative researchers

and academics working on innovation policy

bull Will support the Commission

- Developing the pilot in 2019 and 2020

- Enhancing innovation eco-systems and impact

- With the overall strategy under Horizon Europe

Accelerator Pilot (blended finance) Equity investment

bull Principle of crowding-in private investment

bull Structured via separate agreement (next to grant

agreement)

bull Passive role in the daily management of the company

bull Exit strategy if consent of the company is received the

EIC Fund will actively seek private investors to buy the EC

shares

Full EIC under Horizon Europe (2021-27)

Proposed budget of euro10 billion

Dedicated governance with EIC President and Advisory board

More flexible rules for funding (ability to stop or reorient links to Invest EU) with increased role for expert programme managers

Full accelerator funding with both grant and blended finance

Full pathfinder scheme for grants in advanced research and transition activities

Fast track access for Horizon grant holders (incl European Research Council) and certified national schemes

Creation of EIC Forum with Member States innovation agencies

Accelerator Pilot Next cut-offs

bull Accelerator blended finance and grant only

- 08 January 2020

- 18 March 2020

- 19 May 2020

- 07 October 2020

Submission step Type of submitted proposals OCT 2019 cut off

Submission step Geographical information ndash number of submissions

ES IT IL DE FR UK CH NL SE DK FINO

IE BE AT EL PT HU TR PL SI IS SK BG CZ EE UA BA LU CY LV RO HR LTMT

RS AI FO GE TN

(Blended Finance) 78 34 80 35 37 12 29 12 17 17 15 19 17 7 8 1 15 10 2 6 4 4 4 4 5 6 1 6 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

(Grant with Consent) 130 88 68 68 68 80 48 45 47 36 38 30 19 23 22 2 17 14 9 9 8 7 10 7 6 6 4 1 4 4 4 5 3 2 0 1 1 1 1 1

(Grant Only) 20 51 16 39 29 26 30 34 25 16 13 11 6 7 6 32 3 5 12 6 7 7 4 3 3 1 7 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0

0

50

100

150

200

250

Number of submissions per type of requested financial support and per country (descending oder)

Face-to-face interviews retained applications per type of financial support and country

Restricted distribution STRICTLY

CONFIDENTIAL

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

CH IL DE FR ES UK BE DK IE IT PT SE NL NO BG EE FI IS SK TR AT CZ HU PL SI

Number of applicants selected for funding per type of requested financial support and per country

Number of applications selected for funding (A) Number of applications selected for funding (A)

Number of applications selected for funding (A) Number of applications selected for funding (A)

6

EIC Accelerator Number of applicants

selected for funding

All types of support

7

1

3

3 6

3

3

2

2

5

1

1

4

7

1

1

1

9

9

FTI Fast Track to Innovation

bull Fast go-to-market of an industry-driven innovative

concept to grow and scale-up

bull Grant-only Bottom-up

bull Consortia of 3-5 from 3 EU AC mdash mandatory industry

involvement

bull Up to euro3 million

bull Next cut-offs

- 23 May 2019 22 October 2019 19 February 2020 09 June

2020 27 October 2020

EIC Pilot Business Acceleration Services

bull For SMEs EIC clients (Pathfinder and Accelerator)

bull Coaching up to 12 days available

bull Mentoring for individual founders CEOs and leaders

bull EIC Community Platform

bull EIC Networking events such as Corporate Days

(companies meet large corporations as potential

investors)

EIC Pilot ndash SME Instrument Phase 2 Success case

Virtual reality in human eye resolution

Varjo Technologies Oy (FI) httpsvarjocom

Phase 2 in January 2018

euro24 m

euro273 m Series B in October 2018

Collaborating with Airbus Audi Volkswagen and Volvo Cars

EIC Pilot ndash FTI Success case

Biodegradable water reservoir for landscape-scale ecosystem restoration

FTI February 2016 euro11 m

Land Life euro59 m Series A in 2017-2018

Collaborating with Airbus Audi Volkswagen and Volvo Cars

Address difficult societal or technological challenges through game-changing innovation

Accelerate the development of effective solutions and promote market uptake

Apply out-of-the-box innovative thinking

Open participation across sectors and disciplines ndash innovators start-ups and scale-ups entrepreneurs etc

EIC Horizon Prizes Principles

SIX CHALLENGE-DRIVEN PRIZES VALUE DEADLINE

AFFORDABLE HIGH-TECH FOR HUMANITARIAN AID

euro5 million 2020

BLOCKCHAINS FOR SOCIAL GOOD euro5 million 2019

INNOVATIVE BATTERIES FOR EVEHICLES euro10 million 2020

FUEL FROM THE SUN ARTIFICIAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS

euro5 million 2021

EARLY WARNING FOR EPIDEMICS euro5 million 2020

LOW-COST SPACE LAUNCH euro10 million 2020

Open to legal entities from Member States and Associated Countries only

EIC Horizon Prizes 2019-2021

Poland in the EIC

Evaluation Date

Submitted Invited to Interviews

Selected Budget Success

rate

10012018 19 0 0 000 euro 000

14032018 15 1 1 197933750 euro 667

23052018 22 2 1 250000000 euro 455

10102018 14 2 1 223807500 euro 714

9012019 19 3 2 395186575 euro 1053

3042019 18 1 0 000 euro 000

5062019 21 4 3 601722625 euro 1429

9102019 21 4 0 000 euro 000

Totals 149 17 8 1668650450 euro 537

EIC Pilot Need help

bull EIC Wizard via EIC website

bull EIC Pilot Guide for Applicants

bull EIC Questions and Answers

bull National Contact Points (NCPs)

bull European Enterprise Network (EEN)

The European Innovation Council

One stop shop for breakthrough amp disruptive innovators

Agile funding from idea to investment

Open to all innovators in any field at any time Highest potential innovators selected on basis of ideas and team

Pathfinder grants for advanced research on emerging technologies Accelerator funding for innovative start-ups (lteuro25 million grant lteuro15 million equity) Crowding in private investment (VC Invest EU)

Access to mentoring and advisory services and to knowledge partners (eg EIT) Expert Programme Managers to engage with projects and communities Prizes for breakthrough technologies

Building ecosystems and communities

Tested under Horizon 2020 fully incorporated in Horizon Europe

778

1028

1228

0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

1400

2018 Pilot 2019 Enhanced Pilot 2020 Enhanced Pilot

Total estimated budget Meuro

euro2 billion-pilot package to support bottom-up ideas

Visionary idea for developing radical and

innovative technologies Radically new highly risky ideas commercially viable and with a potential to

scale up

FET OPEN + FET Proactive

Future and Emerging Technologies

(grant-only)

SME Instrument Phase 2 Fast Track to Innovation (FTI)

(grant-only)

euro 2100 million

2900 projects

euro 845 million

Approx250 projects

EIC Horizon Prizes + Support actions

euro50 million

PATHFINDER Pilot

Coaching mentoring and business acceleration services for all SMEs

ACCELERATOR Pilot

Blended finance

(grant + equity)

OR

Accelerator Pilot Building on SME Instrument

bull Individual SMEs with high-risk high-growth potential aimed at

creating new markets

bull Substantial funding for the last stages of development

bull Bottom-up all sectors products services new business models

bull Grant

- euro05 - 25 million (funding rate 70 of total cost of project)

bull With equity option (blended finance)

- Plus up to euro15 million

Major novelties Accelerator blended finance

bull +euro100 million in equity

bull Innovative SMEs with potential to scale-up

bull Global substantial support up to euro 175 million

(euro25m in grant + euro15m in equity)

bull From early commercial to market deployment and scale-

up (TRL 6 or above)

Accelerator Pilot Novelties (grant and blended)

bull Application

- Single template for the two options

- Applicants positively evaluated for blended finance

may be asked for additional information on their

equity request

- New application forms with additional financial

elements

- Pitch deck for the interview

A new step towards Horizon Europe EIC Accelerator

A fast and simple evaluation decision process with transparent steps

Decisions on grant and blended finance support are taken as a result of face-to-face interview step

Grant amount decided and equity amount proposed at that step

EIC Fund to fine-tune amount and conditions for equity investments (possibly with co-investment(s) of other investors)

From grant to blended finance

bull Grant Early-stage innovation for development

bull Equity Early-stage and mature innovation for scale up

Note

bull If the proposal includes mature innovation activities and consent has

been given by the applicant it will be changed into blended finance

bull There is flexibility to obtain equity even if not requested at the

moment of submission

Accelerator Pilot (grant and blended) Novelties

bull Evaluation award criteria

ndash 33 impactlsquo

ndash 33 excellence

ndash 33 quality and efficiency of implementation

- if the company have requested an equity component they will be

subject to due diligence

bull Time-to-inform 3 months from date of application

bull Time-to-grant

ndash Grant 6 months from date of application

ndash Equity +6 months from date of application

Due Diligence for blended finance bull For projects selected for blended finance only

bull By the EIC Fund

bull Due diligence will focus mainly on evaluating compliance and

risk level as well as

- Confirming the investment amount and structure

- Estimation of the total financial effort

- Defining equity ldquotranchesrdquo and key milestones

Major novelties EIC Programme managers

bull For more flexible and pro-active management and

steering of tech or challenge-based portfolios

bull 3 to 5 programme managers to follow projects in

EIC Pathfinder Pilot

bull Professionals with visionary thinking

bull Hired as temporary Commission staff

Major novelties EIC Advisory Board

bull To advise the Commission on the design of European

Innovation Council (EIC) support for innovation

bull Group of 15 to 20 entrepreneurs investors individuals

building start-up communities innovative researchers

and academics working on innovation policy

bull Will support the Commission

- Developing the pilot in 2019 and 2020

- Enhancing innovation eco-systems and impact

- With the overall strategy under Horizon Europe

Accelerator Pilot (blended finance) Equity investment

bull Principle of crowding-in private investment

bull Structured via separate agreement (next to grant

agreement)

bull Passive role in the daily management of the company

bull Exit strategy if consent of the company is received the

EIC Fund will actively seek private investors to buy the EC

shares

Full EIC under Horizon Europe (2021-27)

Proposed budget of euro10 billion

Dedicated governance with EIC President and Advisory board

More flexible rules for funding (ability to stop or reorient links to Invest EU) with increased role for expert programme managers

Full accelerator funding with both grant and blended finance

Full pathfinder scheme for grants in advanced research and transition activities

Fast track access for Horizon grant holders (incl European Research Council) and certified national schemes

Creation of EIC Forum with Member States innovation agencies

Accelerator Pilot Next cut-offs

bull Accelerator blended finance and grant only

- 08 January 2020

- 18 March 2020

- 19 May 2020

- 07 October 2020

Submission step Type of submitted proposals OCT 2019 cut off

Submission step Geographical information ndash number of submissions

ES IT IL DE FR UK CH NL SE DK FINO

IE BE AT EL PT HU TR PL SI IS SK BG CZ EE UA BA LU CY LV RO HR LTMT

RS AI FO GE TN

(Blended Finance) 78 34 80 35 37 12 29 12 17 17 15 19 17 7 8 1 15 10 2 6 4 4 4 4 5 6 1 6 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

(Grant with Consent) 130 88 68 68 68 80 48 45 47 36 38 30 19 23 22 2 17 14 9 9 8 7 10 7 6 6 4 1 4 4 4 5 3 2 0 1 1 1 1 1

(Grant Only) 20 51 16 39 29 26 30 34 25 16 13 11 6 7 6 32 3 5 12 6 7 7 4 3 3 1 7 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0

0

50

100

150

200

250

Number of submissions per type of requested financial support and per country (descending oder)

Face-to-face interviews retained applications per type of financial support and country

Restricted distribution STRICTLY

CONFIDENTIAL

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

CH IL DE FR ES UK BE DK IE IT PT SE NL NO BG EE FI IS SK TR AT CZ HU PL SI

Number of applicants selected for funding per type of requested financial support and per country

Number of applications selected for funding (A) Number of applications selected for funding (A)

Number of applications selected for funding (A) Number of applications selected for funding (A)

6

EIC Accelerator Number of applicants

selected for funding

All types of support

7

1

3

3 6

3

3

2

2

5

1

1

4

7

1

1

1

9

9

FTI Fast Track to Innovation

bull Fast go-to-market of an industry-driven innovative

concept to grow and scale-up

bull Grant-only Bottom-up

bull Consortia of 3-5 from 3 EU AC mdash mandatory industry

involvement

bull Up to euro3 million

bull Next cut-offs

- 23 May 2019 22 October 2019 19 February 2020 09 June

2020 27 October 2020

EIC Pilot Business Acceleration Services

bull For SMEs EIC clients (Pathfinder and Accelerator)

bull Coaching up to 12 days available

bull Mentoring for individual founders CEOs and leaders

bull EIC Community Platform

bull EIC Networking events such as Corporate Days

(companies meet large corporations as potential

investors)

EIC Pilot ndash SME Instrument Phase 2 Success case

Virtual reality in human eye resolution

Varjo Technologies Oy (FI) httpsvarjocom

Phase 2 in January 2018

euro24 m

euro273 m Series B in October 2018

Collaborating with Airbus Audi Volkswagen and Volvo Cars

EIC Pilot ndash FTI Success case

Biodegradable water reservoir for landscape-scale ecosystem restoration

FTI February 2016 euro11 m

Land Life euro59 m Series A in 2017-2018

Collaborating with Airbus Audi Volkswagen and Volvo Cars

Address difficult societal or technological challenges through game-changing innovation

Accelerate the development of effective solutions and promote market uptake

Apply out-of-the-box innovative thinking

Open participation across sectors and disciplines ndash innovators start-ups and scale-ups entrepreneurs etc

EIC Horizon Prizes Principles

SIX CHALLENGE-DRIVEN PRIZES VALUE DEADLINE

AFFORDABLE HIGH-TECH FOR HUMANITARIAN AID

euro5 million 2020

BLOCKCHAINS FOR SOCIAL GOOD euro5 million 2019

INNOVATIVE BATTERIES FOR EVEHICLES euro10 million 2020

FUEL FROM THE SUN ARTIFICIAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS

euro5 million 2021

EARLY WARNING FOR EPIDEMICS euro5 million 2020

LOW-COST SPACE LAUNCH euro10 million 2020

Open to legal entities from Member States and Associated Countries only

EIC Horizon Prizes 2019-2021

Poland in the EIC

Evaluation Date

Submitted Invited to Interviews

Selected Budget Success

rate

10012018 19 0 0 000 euro 000

14032018 15 1 1 197933750 euro 667

23052018 22 2 1 250000000 euro 455

10102018 14 2 1 223807500 euro 714

9012019 19 3 2 395186575 euro 1053

3042019 18 1 0 000 euro 000

5062019 21 4 3 601722625 euro 1429

9102019 21 4 0 000 euro 000

Totals 149 17 8 1668650450 euro 537

EIC Pilot Need help

bull EIC Wizard via EIC website

bull EIC Pilot Guide for Applicants

bull EIC Questions and Answers

bull National Contact Points (NCPs)

bull European Enterprise Network (EEN)

Tested under Horizon 2020 fully incorporated in Horizon Europe

778

1028

1228

0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

1400

2018 Pilot 2019 Enhanced Pilot 2020 Enhanced Pilot

Total estimated budget Meuro

euro2 billion-pilot package to support bottom-up ideas

Visionary idea for developing radical and

innovative technologies Radically new highly risky ideas commercially viable and with a potential to

scale up

FET OPEN + FET Proactive

Future and Emerging Technologies

(grant-only)

SME Instrument Phase 2 Fast Track to Innovation (FTI)

(grant-only)

euro 2100 million

2900 projects

euro 845 million

Approx250 projects

EIC Horizon Prizes + Support actions

euro50 million

PATHFINDER Pilot

Coaching mentoring and business acceleration services for all SMEs

ACCELERATOR Pilot

Blended finance

(grant + equity)

OR

Accelerator Pilot Building on SME Instrument

bull Individual SMEs with high-risk high-growth potential aimed at

creating new markets

bull Substantial funding for the last stages of development

bull Bottom-up all sectors products services new business models

bull Grant

- euro05 - 25 million (funding rate 70 of total cost of project)

bull With equity option (blended finance)

- Plus up to euro15 million

Major novelties Accelerator blended finance

bull +euro100 million in equity

bull Innovative SMEs with potential to scale-up

bull Global substantial support up to euro 175 million

(euro25m in grant + euro15m in equity)

bull From early commercial to market deployment and scale-

up (TRL 6 or above)

Accelerator Pilot Novelties (grant and blended)

bull Application

- Single template for the two options

- Applicants positively evaluated for blended finance

may be asked for additional information on their

equity request

- New application forms with additional financial

elements

- Pitch deck for the interview

A new step towards Horizon Europe EIC Accelerator

A fast and simple evaluation decision process with transparent steps

Decisions on grant and blended finance support are taken as a result of face-to-face interview step

Grant amount decided and equity amount proposed at that step

EIC Fund to fine-tune amount and conditions for equity investments (possibly with co-investment(s) of other investors)

From grant to blended finance

bull Grant Early-stage innovation for development

bull Equity Early-stage and mature innovation for scale up

Note

bull If the proposal includes mature innovation activities and consent has

been given by the applicant it will be changed into blended finance

bull There is flexibility to obtain equity even if not requested at the

moment of submission

Accelerator Pilot (grant and blended) Novelties

bull Evaluation award criteria

ndash 33 impactlsquo

ndash 33 excellence

ndash 33 quality and efficiency of implementation

- if the company have requested an equity component they will be

subject to due diligence

bull Time-to-inform 3 months from date of application

bull Time-to-grant

ndash Grant 6 months from date of application

ndash Equity +6 months from date of application

Due Diligence for blended finance bull For projects selected for blended finance only

bull By the EIC Fund

bull Due diligence will focus mainly on evaluating compliance and

risk level as well as

- Confirming the investment amount and structure

- Estimation of the total financial effort

- Defining equity ldquotranchesrdquo and key milestones

Major novelties EIC Programme managers

bull For more flexible and pro-active management and

steering of tech or challenge-based portfolios

bull 3 to 5 programme managers to follow projects in

EIC Pathfinder Pilot

bull Professionals with visionary thinking

bull Hired as temporary Commission staff

Major novelties EIC Advisory Board

bull To advise the Commission on the design of European

Innovation Council (EIC) support for innovation

bull Group of 15 to 20 entrepreneurs investors individuals

building start-up communities innovative researchers

and academics working on innovation policy

bull Will support the Commission

- Developing the pilot in 2019 and 2020

- Enhancing innovation eco-systems and impact

- With the overall strategy under Horizon Europe

Accelerator Pilot (blended finance) Equity investment

bull Principle of crowding-in private investment

bull Structured via separate agreement (next to grant

agreement)

bull Passive role in the daily management of the company

bull Exit strategy if consent of the company is received the

EIC Fund will actively seek private investors to buy the EC

shares

Full EIC under Horizon Europe (2021-27)

Proposed budget of euro10 billion

Dedicated governance with EIC President and Advisory board

More flexible rules for funding (ability to stop or reorient links to Invest EU) with increased role for expert programme managers

Full accelerator funding with both grant and blended finance

Full pathfinder scheme for grants in advanced research and transition activities

Fast track access for Horizon grant holders (incl European Research Council) and certified national schemes

Creation of EIC Forum with Member States innovation agencies

Accelerator Pilot Next cut-offs

bull Accelerator blended finance and grant only

- 08 January 2020

- 18 March 2020

- 19 May 2020

- 07 October 2020

Submission step Type of submitted proposals OCT 2019 cut off

Submission step Geographical information ndash number of submissions

ES IT IL DE FR UK CH NL SE DK FINO

IE BE AT EL PT HU TR PL SI IS SK BG CZ EE UA BA LU CY LV RO HR LTMT

RS AI FO GE TN

(Blended Finance) 78 34 80 35 37 12 29 12 17 17 15 19 17 7 8 1 15 10 2 6 4 4 4 4 5 6 1 6 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

(Grant with Consent) 130 88 68 68 68 80 48 45 47 36 38 30 19 23 22 2 17 14 9 9 8 7 10 7 6 6 4 1 4 4 4 5 3 2 0 1 1 1 1 1

(Grant Only) 20 51 16 39 29 26 30 34 25 16 13 11 6 7 6 32 3 5 12 6 7 7 4 3 3 1 7 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0

0

50

100

150

200

250

Number of submissions per type of requested financial support and per country (descending oder)

Face-to-face interviews retained applications per type of financial support and country

Restricted distribution STRICTLY

CONFIDENTIAL

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

CH IL DE FR ES UK BE DK IE IT PT SE NL NO BG EE FI IS SK TR AT CZ HU PL SI

Number of applicants selected for funding per type of requested financial support and per country

Number of applications selected for funding (A) Number of applications selected for funding (A)

Number of applications selected for funding (A) Number of applications selected for funding (A)

6

EIC Accelerator Number of applicants

selected for funding

All types of support

7

1

3

3 6

3

3

2

2

5

1

1

4

7

1

1

1

9

9

FTI Fast Track to Innovation

bull Fast go-to-market of an industry-driven innovative

concept to grow and scale-up

bull Grant-only Bottom-up

bull Consortia of 3-5 from 3 EU AC mdash mandatory industry

involvement

bull Up to euro3 million

bull Next cut-offs

- 23 May 2019 22 October 2019 19 February 2020 09 June

2020 27 October 2020

EIC Pilot Business Acceleration Services

bull For SMEs EIC clients (Pathfinder and Accelerator)

bull Coaching up to 12 days available

bull Mentoring for individual founders CEOs and leaders

bull EIC Community Platform

bull EIC Networking events such as Corporate Days

(companies meet large corporations as potential

investors)

EIC Pilot ndash SME Instrument Phase 2 Success case

Virtual reality in human eye resolution

Varjo Technologies Oy (FI) httpsvarjocom

Phase 2 in January 2018

euro24 m

euro273 m Series B in October 2018

Collaborating with Airbus Audi Volkswagen and Volvo Cars

EIC Pilot ndash FTI Success case

Biodegradable water reservoir for landscape-scale ecosystem restoration

FTI February 2016 euro11 m

Land Life euro59 m Series A in 2017-2018

Collaborating with Airbus Audi Volkswagen and Volvo Cars

Address difficult societal or technological challenges through game-changing innovation

Accelerate the development of effective solutions and promote market uptake

Apply out-of-the-box innovative thinking

Open participation across sectors and disciplines ndash innovators start-ups and scale-ups entrepreneurs etc

EIC Horizon Prizes Principles

SIX CHALLENGE-DRIVEN PRIZES VALUE DEADLINE

AFFORDABLE HIGH-TECH FOR HUMANITARIAN AID

euro5 million 2020

BLOCKCHAINS FOR SOCIAL GOOD euro5 million 2019

INNOVATIVE BATTERIES FOR EVEHICLES euro10 million 2020

FUEL FROM THE SUN ARTIFICIAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS

euro5 million 2021

EARLY WARNING FOR EPIDEMICS euro5 million 2020

LOW-COST SPACE LAUNCH euro10 million 2020

Open to legal entities from Member States and Associated Countries only

EIC Horizon Prizes 2019-2021

Poland in the EIC

Evaluation Date

Submitted Invited to Interviews

Selected Budget Success

rate

10012018 19 0 0 000 euro 000

14032018 15 1 1 197933750 euro 667

23052018 22 2 1 250000000 euro 455

10102018 14 2 1 223807500 euro 714

9012019 19 3 2 395186575 euro 1053

3042019 18 1 0 000 euro 000

5062019 21 4 3 601722625 euro 1429

9102019 21 4 0 000 euro 000

Totals 149 17 8 1668650450 euro 537

EIC Pilot Need help

bull EIC Wizard via EIC website

bull EIC Pilot Guide for Applicants

bull EIC Questions and Answers

bull National Contact Points (NCPs)

bull European Enterprise Network (EEN)

euro2 billion-pilot package to support bottom-up ideas

Visionary idea for developing radical and

innovative technologies Radically new highly risky ideas commercially viable and with a potential to

scale up

FET OPEN + FET Proactive

Future and Emerging Technologies

(grant-only)

SME Instrument Phase 2 Fast Track to Innovation (FTI)

(grant-only)

euro 2100 million

2900 projects

euro 845 million

Approx250 projects

EIC Horizon Prizes + Support actions

euro50 million

PATHFINDER Pilot

Coaching mentoring and business acceleration services for all SMEs

ACCELERATOR Pilot

Blended finance

(grant + equity)

OR

Accelerator Pilot Building on SME Instrument

bull Individual SMEs with high-risk high-growth potential aimed at

creating new markets

bull Substantial funding for the last stages of development

bull Bottom-up all sectors products services new business models

bull Grant

- euro05 - 25 million (funding rate 70 of total cost of project)

bull With equity option (blended finance)

- Plus up to euro15 million

Major novelties Accelerator blended finance

bull +euro100 million in equity

bull Innovative SMEs with potential to scale-up

bull Global substantial support up to euro 175 million

(euro25m in grant + euro15m in equity)

bull From early commercial to market deployment and scale-

up (TRL 6 or above)

Accelerator Pilot Novelties (grant and blended)

bull Application

- Single template for the two options

- Applicants positively evaluated for blended finance

may be asked for additional information on their

equity request

- New application forms with additional financial

elements

- Pitch deck for the interview

A new step towards Horizon Europe EIC Accelerator

A fast and simple evaluation decision process with transparent steps

Decisions on grant and blended finance support are taken as a result of face-to-face interview step

Grant amount decided and equity amount proposed at that step

EIC Fund to fine-tune amount and conditions for equity investments (possibly with co-investment(s) of other investors)

From grant to blended finance

bull Grant Early-stage innovation for development

bull Equity Early-stage and mature innovation for scale up

Note

bull If the proposal includes mature innovation activities and consent has

been given by the applicant it will be changed into blended finance

bull There is flexibility to obtain equity even if not requested at the

moment of submission

Accelerator Pilot (grant and blended) Novelties

bull Evaluation award criteria

ndash 33 impactlsquo

ndash 33 excellence

ndash 33 quality and efficiency of implementation

- if the company have requested an equity component they will be

subject to due diligence

bull Time-to-inform 3 months from date of application

bull Time-to-grant

ndash Grant 6 months from date of application

ndash Equity +6 months from date of application

Due Diligence for blended finance bull For projects selected for blended finance only

bull By the EIC Fund

bull Due diligence will focus mainly on evaluating compliance and

risk level as well as

- Confirming the investment amount and structure

- Estimation of the total financial effort

- Defining equity ldquotranchesrdquo and key milestones

Major novelties EIC Programme managers

bull For more flexible and pro-active management and

steering of tech or challenge-based portfolios

bull 3 to 5 programme managers to follow projects in

EIC Pathfinder Pilot

bull Professionals with visionary thinking

bull Hired as temporary Commission staff

Major novelties EIC Advisory Board

bull To advise the Commission on the design of European

Innovation Council (EIC) support for innovation

bull Group of 15 to 20 entrepreneurs investors individuals

building start-up communities innovative researchers

and academics working on innovation policy

bull Will support the Commission

- Developing the pilot in 2019 and 2020

- Enhancing innovation eco-systems and impact

- With the overall strategy under Horizon Europe

Accelerator Pilot (blended finance) Equity investment

bull Principle of crowding-in private investment

bull Structured via separate agreement (next to grant

agreement)

bull Passive role in the daily management of the company

bull Exit strategy if consent of the company is received the

EIC Fund will actively seek private investors to buy the EC

shares

Full EIC under Horizon Europe (2021-27)

Proposed budget of euro10 billion

Dedicated governance with EIC President and Advisory board

More flexible rules for funding (ability to stop or reorient links to Invest EU) with increased role for expert programme managers

Full accelerator funding with both grant and blended finance

Full pathfinder scheme for grants in advanced research and transition activities

Fast track access for Horizon grant holders (incl European Research Council) and certified national schemes

Creation of EIC Forum with Member States innovation agencies

Accelerator Pilot Next cut-offs

bull Accelerator blended finance and grant only

- 08 January 2020

- 18 March 2020

- 19 May 2020

- 07 October 2020

Submission step Type of submitted proposals OCT 2019 cut off

Submission step Geographical information ndash number of submissions

ES IT IL DE FR UK CH NL SE DK FINO

IE BE AT EL PT HU TR PL SI IS SK BG CZ EE UA BA LU CY LV RO HR LTMT

RS AI FO GE TN

(Blended Finance) 78 34 80 35 37 12 29 12 17 17 15 19 17 7 8 1 15 10 2 6 4 4 4 4 5 6 1 6 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

(Grant with Consent) 130 88 68 68 68 80 48 45 47 36 38 30 19 23 22 2 17 14 9 9 8 7 10 7 6 6 4 1 4 4 4 5 3 2 0 1 1 1 1 1

(Grant Only) 20 51 16 39 29 26 30 34 25 16 13 11 6 7 6 32 3 5 12 6 7 7 4 3 3 1 7 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0

0

50

100

150

200

250

Number of submissions per type of requested financial support and per country (descending oder)

Face-to-face interviews retained applications per type of financial support and country

Restricted distribution STRICTLY

CONFIDENTIAL

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

CH IL DE FR ES UK BE DK IE IT PT SE NL NO BG EE FI IS SK TR AT CZ HU PL SI

Number of applicants selected for funding per type of requested financial support and per country

Number of applications selected for funding (A) Number of applications selected for funding (A)

Number of applications selected for funding (A) Number of applications selected for funding (A)

6

EIC Accelerator Number of applicants

selected for funding

All types of support

7

1

3

3 6

3

3

2

2

5

1

1

4

7

1

1

1

9

9

FTI Fast Track to Innovation

bull Fast go-to-market of an industry-driven innovative

concept to grow and scale-up

bull Grant-only Bottom-up

bull Consortia of 3-5 from 3 EU AC mdash mandatory industry

involvement

bull Up to euro3 million

bull Next cut-offs

- 23 May 2019 22 October 2019 19 February 2020 09 June

2020 27 October 2020

EIC Pilot Business Acceleration Services

bull For SMEs EIC clients (Pathfinder and Accelerator)

bull Coaching up to 12 days available

bull Mentoring for individual founders CEOs and leaders

bull EIC Community Platform

bull EIC Networking events such as Corporate Days

(companies meet large corporations as potential

investors)

EIC Pilot ndash SME Instrument Phase 2 Success case

Virtual reality in human eye resolution

Varjo Technologies Oy (FI) httpsvarjocom

Phase 2 in January 2018

euro24 m

euro273 m Series B in October 2018

Collaborating with Airbus Audi Volkswagen and Volvo Cars

EIC Pilot ndash FTI Success case

Biodegradable water reservoir for landscape-scale ecosystem restoration

FTI February 2016 euro11 m

Land Life euro59 m Series A in 2017-2018

Collaborating with Airbus Audi Volkswagen and Volvo Cars

Address difficult societal or technological challenges through game-changing innovation

Accelerate the development of effective solutions and promote market uptake

Apply out-of-the-box innovative thinking

Open participation across sectors and disciplines ndash innovators start-ups and scale-ups entrepreneurs etc

EIC Horizon Prizes Principles

SIX CHALLENGE-DRIVEN PRIZES VALUE DEADLINE

AFFORDABLE HIGH-TECH FOR HUMANITARIAN AID

euro5 million 2020

BLOCKCHAINS FOR SOCIAL GOOD euro5 million 2019

INNOVATIVE BATTERIES FOR EVEHICLES euro10 million 2020

FUEL FROM THE SUN ARTIFICIAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS

euro5 million 2021

EARLY WARNING FOR EPIDEMICS euro5 million 2020

LOW-COST SPACE LAUNCH euro10 million 2020

Open to legal entities from Member States and Associated Countries only

EIC Horizon Prizes 2019-2021

Poland in the EIC

Evaluation Date

Submitted Invited to Interviews

Selected Budget Success

rate

10012018 19 0 0 000 euro 000

14032018 15 1 1 197933750 euro 667

23052018 22 2 1 250000000 euro 455

10102018 14 2 1 223807500 euro 714

9012019 19 3 2 395186575 euro 1053

3042019 18 1 0 000 euro 000

5062019 21 4 3 601722625 euro 1429

9102019 21 4 0 000 euro 000

Totals 149 17 8 1668650450 euro 537

EIC Pilot Need help

bull EIC Wizard via EIC website

bull EIC Pilot Guide for Applicants

bull EIC Questions and Answers

bull National Contact Points (NCPs)

bull European Enterprise Network (EEN)

Accelerator Pilot Building on SME Instrument

bull Individual SMEs with high-risk high-growth potential aimed at

creating new markets

bull Substantial funding for the last stages of development

bull Bottom-up all sectors products services new business models

bull Grant

- euro05 - 25 million (funding rate 70 of total cost of project)

bull With equity option (blended finance)

- Plus up to euro15 million

Major novelties Accelerator blended finance

bull +euro100 million in equity

bull Innovative SMEs with potential to scale-up

bull Global substantial support up to euro 175 million

(euro25m in grant + euro15m in equity)

bull From early commercial to market deployment and scale-

up (TRL 6 or above)

Accelerator Pilot Novelties (grant and blended)

bull Application

- Single template for the two options

- Applicants positively evaluated for blended finance

may be asked for additional information on their

equity request

- New application forms with additional financial

elements

- Pitch deck for the interview

A new step towards Horizon Europe EIC Accelerator

A fast and simple evaluation decision process with transparent steps

Decisions on grant and blended finance support are taken as a result of face-to-face interview step

Grant amount decided and equity amount proposed at that step

EIC Fund to fine-tune amount and conditions for equity investments (possibly with co-investment(s) of other investors)

From grant to blended finance

bull Grant Early-stage innovation for development

bull Equity Early-stage and mature innovation for scale up

Note

bull If the proposal includes mature innovation activities and consent has

been given by the applicant it will be changed into blended finance

bull There is flexibility to obtain equity even if not requested at the

moment of submission

Accelerator Pilot (grant and blended) Novelties

bull Evaluation award criteria

ndash 33 impactlsquo

ndash 33 excellence

ndash 33 quality and efficiency of implementation

- if the company have requested an equity component they will be

subject to due diligence

bull Time-to-inform 3 months from date of application

bull Time-to-grant

ndash Grant 6 months from date of application

ndash Equity +6 months from date of application

Due Diligence for blended finance bull For projects selected for blended finance only

bull By the EIC Fund

bull Due diligence will focus mainly on evaluating compliance and

risk level as well as

- Confirming the investment amount and structure

- Estimation of the total financial effort

- Defining equity ldquotranchesrdquo and key milestones

Major novelties EIC Programme managers

bull For more flexible and pro-active management and

steering of tech or challenge-based portfolios

bull 3 to 5 programme managers to follow projects in

EIC Pathfinder Pilot

bull Professionals with visionary thinking

bull Hired as temporary Commission staff

Major novelties EIC Advisory Board

bull To advise the Commission on the design of European

Innovation Council (EIC) support for innovation

bull Group of 15 to 20 entrepreneurs investors individuals

building start-up communities innovative researchers

and academics working on innovation policy

bull Will support the Commission

- Developing the pilot in 2019 and 2020

- Enhancing innovation eco-systems and impact

- With the overall strategy under Horizon Europe

Accelerator Pilot (blended finance) Equity investment

bull Principle of crowding-in private investment

bull Structured via separate agreement (next to grant

agreement)

bull Passive role in the daily management of the company

bull Exit strategy if consent of the company is received the

EIC Fund will actively seek private investors to buy the EC

shares

Full EIC under Horizon Europe (2021-27)

Proposed budget of euro10 billion

Dedicated governance with EIC President and Advisory board

More flexible rules for funding (ability to stop or reorient links to Invest EU) with increased role for expert programme managers

Full accelerator funding with both grant and blended finance

Full pathfinder scheme for grants in advanced research and transition activities

Fast track access for Horizon grant holders (incl European Research Council) and certified national schemes

Creation of EIC Forum with Member States innovation agencies

Accelerator Pilot Next cut-offs

bull Accelerator blended finance and grant only

- 08 January 2020

- 18 March 2020

- 19 May 2020

- 07 October 2020

Submission step Type of submitted proposals OCT 2019 cut off

Submission step Geographical information ndash number of submissions

ES IT IL DE FR UK CH NL SE DK FINO

IE BE AT EL PT HU TR PL SI IS SK BG CZ EE UA BA LU CY LV RO HR LTMT

RS AI FO GE TN

(Blended Finance) 78 34 80 35 37 12 29 12 17 17 15 19 17 7 8 1 15 10 2 6 4 4 4 4 5 6 1 6 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

(Grant with Consent) 130 88 68 68 68 80 48 45 47 36 38 30 19 23 22 2 17 14 9 9 8 7 10 7 6 6 4 1 4 4 4 5 3 2 0 1 1 1 1 1

(Grant Only) 20 51 16 39 29 26 30 34 25 16 13 11 6 7 6 32 3 5 12 6 7 7 4 3 3 1 7 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0

0

50

100

150

200

250

Number of submissions per type of requested financial support and per country (descending oder)

Face-to-face interviews retained applications per type of financial support and country

Restricted distribution STRICTLY

CONFIDENTIAL

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

CH IL DE FR ES UK BE DK IE IT PT SE NL NO BG EE FI IS SK TR AT CZ HU PL SI

Number of applicants selected for funding per type of requested financial support and per country

Number of applications selected for funding (A) Number of applications selected for funding (A)

Number of applications selected for funding (A) Number of applications selected for funding (A)

6

EIC Accelerator Number of applicants

selected for funding

All types of support

7

1

3

3 6

3

3

2

2

5

1

1

4

7

1

1

1

9

9

FTI Fast Track to Innovation

bull Fast go-to-market of an industry-driven innovative

concept to grow and scale-up

bull Grant-only Bottom-up

bull Consortia of 3-5 from 3 EU AC mdash mandatory industry

involvement

bull Up to euro3 million

bull Next cut-offs

- 23 May 2019 22 October 2019 19 February 2020 09 June

2020 27 October 2020

EIC Pilot Business Acceleration Services

bull For SMEs EIC clients (Pathfinder and Accelerator)

bull Coaching up to 12 days available

bull Mentoring for individual founders CEOs and leaders

bull EIC Community Platform

bull EIC Networking events such as Corporate Days

(companies meet large corporations as potential

investors)

EIC Pilot ndash SME Instrument Phase 2 Success case

Virtual reality in human eye resolution

Varjo Technologies Oy (FI) httpsvarjocom

Phase 2 in January 2018

euro24 m

euro273 m Series B in October 2018

Collaborating with Airbus Audi Volkswagen and Volvo Cars

EIC Pilot ndash FTI Success case

Biodegradable water reservoir for landscape-scale ecosystem restoration

FTI February 2016 euro11 m

Land Life euro59 m Series A in 2017-2018

Collaborating with Airbus Audi Volkswagen and Volvo Cars

Address difficult societal or technological challenges through game-changing innovation

Accelerate the development of effective solutions and promote market uptake

Apply out-of-the-box innovative thinking

Open participation across sectors and disciplines ndash innovators start-ups and scale-ups entrepreneurs etc

EIC Horizon Prizes Principles

SIX CHALLENGE-DRIVEN PRIZES VALUE DEADLINE

AFFORDABLE HIGH-TECH FOR HUMANITARIAN AID

euro5 million 2020

BLOCKCHAINS FOR SOCIAL GOOD euro5 million 2019

INNOVATIVE BATTERIES FOR EVEHICLES euro10 million 2020

FUEL FROM THE SUN ARTIFICIAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS

euro5 million 2021

EARLY WARNING FOR EPIDEMICS euro5 million 2020

LOW-COST SPACE LAUNCH euro10 million 2020

Open to legal entities from Member States and Associated Countries only

EIC Horizon Prizes 2019-2021

Poland in the EIC

Evaluation Date

Submitted Invited to Interviews

Selected Budget Success

rate

10012018 19 0 0 000 euro 000

14032018 15 1 1 197933750 euro 667

23052018 22 2 1 250000000 euro 455

10102018 14 2 1 223807500 euro 714

9012019 19 3 2 395186575 euro 1053

3042019 18 1 0 000 euro 000

5062019 21 4 3 601722625 euro 1429

9102019 21 4 0 000 euro 000

Totals 149 17 8 1668650450 euro 537

EIC Pilot Need help

bull EIC Wizard via EIC website

bull EIC Pilot Guide for Applicants

bull EIC Questions and Answers

bull National Contact Points (NCPs)

bull European Enterprise Network (EEN)

Major novelties Accelerator blended finance

bull +euro100 million in equity

bull Innovative SMEs with potential to scale-up

bull Global substantial support up to euro 175 million

(euro25m in grant + euro15m in equity)

bull From early commercial to market deployment and scale-

up (TRL 6 or above)

Accelerator Pilot Novelties (grant and blended)

bull Application

- Single template for the two options

- Applicants positively evaluated for blended finance

may be asked for additional information on their

equity request

- New application forms with additional financial

elements

- Pitch deck for the interview

A new step towards Horizon Europe EIC Accelerator

A fast and simple evaluation decision process with transparent steps

Decisions on grant and blended finance support are taken as a result of face-to-face interview step

Grant amount decided and equity amount proposed at that step

EIC Fund to fine-tune amount and conditions for equity investments (possibly with co-investment(s) of other investors)

From grant to blended finance

bull Grant Early-stage innovation for development

bull Equity Early-stage and mature innovation for scale up

Note

bull If the proposal includes mature innovation activities and consent has

been given by the applicant it will be changed into blended finance

bull There is flexibility to obtain equity even if not requested at the

moment of submission

Accelerator Pilot (grant and blended) Novelties

bull Evaluation award criteria

ndash 33 impactlsquo

ndash 33 excellence

ndash 33 quality and efficiency of implementation

- if the company have requested an equity component they will be

subject to due diligence

bull Time-to-inform 3 months from date of application

bull Time-to-grant

ndash Grant 6 months from date of application

ndash Equity +6 months from date of application

Due Diligence for blended finance bull For projects selected for blended finance only

bull By the EIC Fund

bull Due diligence will focus mainly on evaluating compliance and

risk level as well as

- Confirming the investment amount and structure

- Estimation of the total financial effort

- Defining equity ldquotranchesrdquo and key milestones

Major novelties EIC Programme managers

bull For more flexible and pro-active management and

steering of tech or challenge-based portfolios

bull 3 to 5 programme managers to follow projects in

EIC Pathfinder Pilot

bull Professionals with visionary thinking

bull Hired as temporary Commission staff

Major novelties EIC Advisory Board

bull To advise the Commission on the design of European

Innovation Council (EIC) support for innovation

bull Group of 15 to 20 entrepreneurs investors individuals

building start-up communities innovative researchers

and academics working on innovation policy

bull Will support the Commission

- Developing the pilot in 2019 and 2020

- Enhancing innovation eco-systems and impact

- With the overall strategy under Horizon Europe

Accelerator Pilot (blended finance) Equity investment

bull Principle of crowding-in private investment

bull Structured via separate agreement (next to grant

agreement)

bull Passive role in the daily management of the company

bull Exit strategy if consent of the company is received the

EIC Fund will actively seek private investors to buy the EC

shares

Full EIC under Horizon Europe (2021-27)

Proposed budget of euro10 billion

Dedicated governance with EIC President and Advisory board

More flexible rules for funding (ability to stop or reorient links to Invest EU) with increased role for expert programme managers

Full accelerator funding with both grant and blended finance

Full pathfinder scheme for grants in advanced research and transition activities

Fast track access for Horizon grant holders (incl European Research Council) and certified national schemes

Creation of EIC Forum with Member States innovation agencies

Accelerator Pilot Next cut-offs

bull Accelerator blended finance and grant only

- 08 January 2020

- 18 March 2020

- 19 May 2020

- 07 October 2020

Submission step Type of submitted proposals OCT 2019 cut off

Submission step Geographical information ndash number of submissions

ES IT IL DE FR UK CH NL SE DK FINO

IE BE AT EL PT HU TR PL SI IS SK BG CZ EE UA BA LU CY LV RO HR LTMT

RS AI FO GE TN

(Blended Finance) 78 34 80 35 37 12 29 12 17 17 15 19 17 7 8 1 15 10 2 6 4 4 4 4 5 6 1 6 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

(Grant with Consent) 130 88 68 68 68 80 48 45 47 36 38 30 19 23 22 2 17 14 9 9 8 7 10 7 6 6 4 1 4 4 4 5 3 2 0 1 1 1 1 1

(Grant Only) 20 51 16 39 29 26 30 34 25 16 13 11 6 7 6 32 3 5 12 6 7 7 4 3 3 1 7 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0

0

50

100

150

200

250

Number of submissions per type of requested financial support and per country (descending oder)

Face-to-face interviews retained applications per type of financial support and country

Restricted distribution STRICTLY

CONFIDENTIAL

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

CH IL DE FR ES UK BE DK IE IT PT SE NL NO BG EE FI IS SK TR AT CZ HU PL SI

Number of applicants selected for funding per type of requested financial support and per country

Number of applications selected for funding (A) Number of applications selected for funding (A)

Number of applications selected for funding (A) Number of applications selected for funding (A)

6

EIC Accelerator Number of applicants

selected for funding

All types of support

7

1

3

3 6

3

3

2

2

5

1

1

4

7

1

1

1

9

9

FTI Fast Track to Innovation

bull Fast go-to-market of an industry-driven innovative

concept to grow and scale-up

bull Grant-only Bottom-up

bull Consortia of 3-5 from 3 EU AC mdash mandatory industry

involvement

bull Up to euro3 million

bull Next cut-offs

- 23 May 2019 22 October 2019 19 February 2020 09 June

2020 27 October 2020

EIC Pilot Business Acceleration Services

bull For SMEs EIC clients (Pathfinder and Accelerator)

bull Coaching up to 12 days available

bull Mentoring for individual founders CEOs and leaders

bull EIC Community Platform

bull EIC Networking events such as Corporate Days

(companies meet large corporations as potential

investors)

EIC Pilot ndash SME Instrument Phase 2 Success case

Virtual reality in human eye resolution

Varjo Technologies Oy (FI) httpsvarjocom

Phase 2 in January 2018

euro24 m

euro273 m Series B in October 2018

Collaborating with Airbus Audi Volkswagen and Volvo Cars

EIC Pilot ndash FTI Success case

Biodegradable water reservoir for landscape-scale ecosystem restoration

FTI February 2016 euro11 m

Land Life euro59 m Series A in 2017-2018

Collaborating with Airbus Audi Volkswagen and Volvo Cars

Address difficult societal or technological challenges through game-changing innovation

Accelerate the development of effective solutions and promote market uptake

Apply out-of-the-box innovative thinking

Open participation across sectors and disciplines ndash innovators start-ups and scale-ups entrepreneurs etc

EIC Horizon Prizes Principles

SIX CHALLENGE-DRIVEN PRIZES VALUE DEADLINE

AFFORDABLE HIGH-TECH FOR HUMANITARIAN AID

euro5 million 2020

BLOCKCHAINS FOR SOCIAL GOOD euro5 million 2019

INNOVATIVE BATTERIES FOR EVEHICLES euro10 million 2020

FUEL FROM THE SUN ARTIFICIAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS

euro5 million 2021

EARLY WARNING FOR EPIDEMICS euro5 million 2020

LOW-COST SPACE LAUNCH euro10 million 2020

Open to legal entities from Member States and Associated Countries only

EIC Horizon Prizes 2019-2021

Poland in the EIC

Evaluation Date

Submitted Invited to Interviews

Selected Budget Success

rate

10012018 19 0 0 000 euro 000

14032018 15 1 1 197933750 euro 667

23052018 22 2 1 250000000 euro 455

10102018 14 2 1 223807500 euro 714

9012019 19 3 2 395186575 euro 1053

3042019 18 1 0 000 euro 000

5062019 21 4 3 601722625 euro 1429

9102019 21 4 0 000 euro 000

Totals 149 17 8 1668650450 euro 537

EIC Pilot Need help

bull EIC Wizard via EIC website

bull EIC Pilot Guide for Applicants

bull EIC Questions and Answers

bull National Contact Points (NCPs)

bull European Enterprise Network (EEN)

Accelerator Pilot Novelties (grant and blended)

bull Application

- Single template for the two options

- Applicants positively evaluated for blended finance

may be asked for additional information on their

equity request

- New application forms with additional financial

elements

- Pitch deck for the interview

A new step towards Horizon Europe EIC Accelerator

A fast and simple evaluation decision process with transparent steps

Decisions on grant and blended finance support are taken as a result of face-to-face interview step

Grant amount decided and equity amount proposed at that step

EIC Fund to fine-tune amount and conditions for equity investments (possibly with co-investment(s) of other investors)

From grant to blended finance

bull Grant Early-stage innovation for development

bull Equity Early-stage and mature innovation for scale up

Note

bull If the proposal includes mature innovation activities and consent has

been given by the applicant it will be changed into blended finance

bull There is flexibility to obtain equity even if not requested at the

moment of submission

Accelerator Pilot (grant and blended) Novelties

bull Evaluation award criteria

ndash 33 impactlsquo

ndash 33 excellence

ndash 33 quality and efficiency of implementation

- if the company have requested an equity component they will be

subject to due diligence

bull Time-to-inform 3 months from date of application

bull Time-to-grant

ndash Grant 6 months from date of application

ndash Equity +6 months from date of application

Due Diligence for blended finance bull For projects selected for blended finance only

bull By the EIC Fund

bull Due diligence will focus mainly on evaluating compliance and

risk level as well as

- Confirming the investment amount and structure

- Estimation of the total financial effort

- Defining equity ldquotranchesrdquo and key milestones

Major novelties EIC Programme managers

bull For more flexible and pro-active management and

steering of tech or challenge-based portfolios

bull 3 to 5 programme managers to follow projects in

EIC Pathfinder Pilot

bull Professionals with visionary thinking

bull Hired as temporary Commission staff

Major novelties EIC Advisory Board

bull To advise the Commission on the design of European

Innovation Council (EIC) support for innovation

bull Group of 15 to 20 entrepreneurs investors individuals

building start-up communities innovative researchers

and academics working on innovation policy

bull Will support the Commission

- Developing the pilot in 2019 and 2020

- Enhancing innovation eco-systems and impact

- With the overall strategy under Horizon Europe

Accelerator Pilot (blended finance) Equity investment

bull Principle of crowding-in private investment

bull Structured via separate agreement (next to grant

agreement)

bull Passive role in the daily management of the company

bull Exit strategy if consent of the company is received the

EIC Fund will actively seek private investors to buy the EC

shares

Full EIC under Horizon Europe (2021-27)

Proposed budget of euro10 billion

Dedicated governance with EIC President and Advisory board

More flexible rules for funding (ability to stop or reorient links to Invest EU) with increased role for expert programme managers

Full accelerator funding with both grant and blended finance

Full pathfinder scheme for grants in advanced research and transition activities

Fast track access for Horizon grant holders (incl European Research Council) and certified national schemes

Creation of EIC Forum with Member States innovation agencies

Accelerator Pilot Next cut-offs

bull Accelerator blended finance and grant only

- 08 January 2020

- 18 March 2020

- 19 May 2020

- 07 October 2020

Submission step Type of submitted proposals OCT 2019 cut off

Submission step Geographical information ndash number of submissions

ES IT IL DE FR UK CH NL SE DK FINO

IE BE AT EL PT HU TR PL SI IS SK BG CZ EE UA BA LU CY LV RO HR LTMT

RS AI FO GE TN

(Blended Finance) 78 34 80 35 37 12 29 12 17 17 15 19 17 7 8 1 15 10 2 6 4 4 4 4 5 6 1 6 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

(Grant with Consent) 130 88 68 68 68 80 48 45 47 36 38 30 19 23 22 2 17 14 9 9 8 7 10 7 6 6 4 1 4 4 4 5 3 2 0 1 1 1 1 1

(Grant Only) 20 51 16 39 29 26 30 34 25 16 13 11 6 7 6 32 3 5 12 6 7 7 4 3 3 1 7 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0

0

50

100

150

200

250

Number of submissions per type of requested financial support and per country (descending oder)

Face-to-face interviews retained applications per type of financial support and country

Restricted distribution STRICTLY

CONFIDENTIAL

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

CH IL DE FR ES UK BE DK IE IT PT SE NL NO BG EE FI IS SK TR AT CZ HU PL SI

Number of applicants selected for funding per type of requested financial support and per country

Number of applications selected for funding (A) Number of applications selected for funding (A)

Number of applications selected for funding (A) Number of applications selected for funding (A)

6

EIC Accelerator Number of applicants

selected for funding

All types of support

7

1

3

3 6

3

3

2

2

5

1

1

4

7

1

1

1

9

9

FTI Fast Track to Innovation

bull Fast go-to-market of an industry-driven innovative

concept to grow and scale-up

bull Grant-only Bottom-up

bull Consortia of 3-5 from 3 EU AC mdash mandatory industry

involvement

bull Up to euro3 million

bull Next cut-offs

- 23 May 2019 22 October 2019 19 February 2020 09 June

2020 27 October 2020

EIC Pilot Business Acceleration Services

bull For SMEs EIC clients (Pathfinder and Accelerator)

bull Coaching up to 12 days available

bull Mentoring for individual founders CEOs and leaders

bull EIC Community Platform

bull EIC Networking events such as Corporate Days

(companies meet large corporations as potential

investors)

EIC Pilot ndash SME Instrument Phase 2 Success case

Virtual reality in human eye resolution

Varjo Technologies Oy (FI) httpsvarjocom

Phase 2 in January 2018

euro24 m

euro273 m Series B in October 2018

Collaborating with Airbus Audi Volkswagen and Volvo Cars

EIC Pilot ndash FTI Success case

Biodegradable water reservoir for landscape-scale ecosystem restoration

FTI February 2016 euro11 m

Land Life euro59 m Series A in 2017-2018

Collaborating with Airbus Audi Volkswagen and Volvo Cars

Address difficult societal or technological challenges through game-changing innovation

Accelerate the development of effective solutions and promote market uptake

Apply out-of-the-box innovative thinking

Open participation across sectors and disciplines ndash innovators start-ups and scale-ups entrepreneurs etc

EIC Horizon Prizes Principles

SIX CHALLENGE-DRIVEN PRIZES VALUE DEADLINE

AFFORDABLE HIGH-TECH FOR HUMANITARIAN AID

euro5 million 2020

BLOCKCHAINS FOR SOCIAL GOOD euro5 million 2019

INNOVATIVE BATTERIES FOR EVEHICLES euro10 million 2020

FUEL FROM THE SUN ARTIFICIAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS

euro5 million 2021

EARLY WARNING FOR EPIDEMICS euro5 million 2020

LOW-COST SPACE LAUNCH euro10 million 2020

Open to legal entities from Member States and Associated Countries only

EIC Horizon Prizes 2019-2021

Poland in the EIC

Evaluation Date

Submitted Invited to Interviews

Selected Budget Success

rate

10012018 19 0 0 000 euro 000

14032018 15 1 1 197933750 euro 667

23052018 22 2 1 250000000 euro 455

10102018 14 2 1 223807500 euro 714

9012019 19 3 2 395186575 euro 1053

3042019 18 1 0 000 euro 000

5062019 21 4 3 601722625 euro 1429

9102019 21 4 0 000 euro 000

Totals 149 17 8 1668650450 euro 537

EIC Pilot Need help

bull EIC Wizard via EIC website

bull EIC Pilot Guide for Applicants

bull EIC Questions and Answers

bull National Contact Points (NCPs)

bull European Enterprise Network (EEN)

A new step towards Horizon Europe EIC Accelerator

A fast and simple evaluation decision process with transparent steps

Decisions on grant and blended finance support are taken as a result of face-to-face interview step

Grant amount decided and equity amount proposed at that step

EIC Fund to fine-tune amount and conditions for equity investments (possibly with co-investment(s) of other investors)

From grant to blended finance

bull Grant Early-stage innovation for development

bull Equity Early-stage and mature innovation for scale up

Note

bull If the proposal includes mature innovation activities and consent has

been given by the applicant it will be changed into blended finance

bull There is flexibility to obtain equity even if not requested at the

moment of submission

Accelerator Pilot (grant and blended) Novelties

bull Evaluation award criteria

ndash 33 impactlsquo

ndash 33 excellence

ndash 33 quality and efficiency of implementation

- if the company have requested an equity component they will be

subject to due diligence

bull Time-to-inform 3 months from date of application

bull Time-to-grant

ndash Grant 6 months from date of application

ndash Equity +6 months from date of application

Due Diligence for blended finance bull For projects selected for blended finance only

bull By the EIC Fund

bull Due diligence will focus mainly on evaluating compliance and

risk level as well as

- Confirming the investment amount and structure

- Estimation of the total financial effort

- Defining equity ldquotranchesrdquo and key milestones

Major novelties EIC Programme managers

bull For more flexible and pro-active management and

steering of tech or challenge-based portfolios

bull 3 to 5 programme managers to follow projects in

EIC Pathfinder Pilot

bull Professionals with visionary thinking

bull Hired as temporary Commission staff

Major novelties EIC Advisory Board

bull To advise the Commission on the design of European

Innovation Council (EIC) support for innovation

bull Group of 15 to 20 entrepreneurs investors individuals

building start-up communities innovative researchers

and academics working on innovation policy

bull Will support the Commission

- Developing the pilot in 2019 and 2020

- Enhancing innovation eco-systems and impact

- With the overall strategy under Horizon Europe

Accelerator Pilot (blended finance) Equity investment

bull Principle of crowding-in private investment

bull Structured via separate agreement (next to grant

agreement)

bull Passive role in the daily management of the company

bull Exit strategy if consent of the company is received the

EIC Fund will actively seek private investors to buy the EC

shares

Full EIC under Horizon Europe (2021-27)

Proposed budget of euro10 billion

Dedicated governance with EIC President and Advisory board

More flexible rules for funding (ability to stop or reorient links to Invest EU) with increased role for expert programme managers

Full accelerator funding with both grant and blended finance

Full pathfinder scheme for grants in advanced research and transition activities

Fast track access for Horizon grant holders (incl European Research Council) and certified national schemes

Creation of EIC Forum with Member States innovation agencies

Accelerator Pilot Next cut-offs

bull Accelerator blended finance and grant only

- 08 January 2020

- 18 March 2020

- 19 May 2020

- 07 October 2020

Submission step Type of submitted proposals OCT 2019 cut off

Submission step Geographical information ndash number of submissions

ES IT IL DE FR UK CH NL SE DK FINO

IE BE AT EL PT HU TR PL SI IS SK BG CZ EE UA BA LU CY LV RO HR LTMT

RS AI FO GE TN

(Blended Finance) 78 34 80 35 37 12 29 12 17 17 15 19 17 7 8 1 15 10 2 6 4 4 4 4 5 6 1 6 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

(Grant with Consent) 130 88 68 68 68 80 48 45 47 36 38 30 19 23 22 2 17 14 9 9 8 7 10 7 6 6 4 1 4 4 4 5 3 2 0 1 1 1 1 1

(Grant Only) 20 51 16 39 29 26 30 34 25 16 13 11 6 7 6 32 3 5 12 6 7 7 4 3 3 1 7 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0

0

50

100

150

200

250

Number of submissions per type of requested financial support and per country (descending oder)

Face-to-face interviews retained applications per type of financial support and country

Restricted distribution STRICTLY

CONFIDENTIAL

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

CH IL DE FR ES UK BE DK IE IT PT SE NL NO BG EE FI IS SK TR AT CZ HU PL SI

Number of applicants selected for funding per type of requested financial support and per country

Number of applications selected for funding (A) Number of applications selected for funding (A)

Number of applications selected for funding (A) Number of applications selected for funding (A)

6

EIC Accelerator Number of applicants

selected for funding

All types of support

7

1

3

3 6

3

3

2

2

5

1

1

4

7

1

1

1

9

9

FTI Fast Track to Innovation

bull Fast go-to-market of an industry-driven innovative

concept to grow and scale-up

bull Grant-only Bottom-up

bull Consortia of 3-5 from 3 EU AC mdash mandatory industry

involvement

bull Up to euro3 million

bull Next cut-offs

- 23 May 2019 22 October 2019 19 February 2020 09 June

2020 27 October 2020

EIC Pilot Business Acceleration Services

bull For SMEs EIC clients (Pathfinder and Accelerator)

bull Coaching up to 12 days available

bull Mentoring for individual founders CEOs and leaders

bull EIC Community Platform

bull EIC Networking events such as Corporate Days

(companies meet large corporations as potential

investors)

EIC Pilot ndash SME Instrument Phase 2 Success case

Virtual reality in human eye resolution

Varjo Technologies Oy (FI) httpsvarjocom

Phase 2 in January 2018

euro24 m

euro273 m Series B in October 2018

Collaborating with Airbus Audi Volkswagen and Volvo Cars

EIC Pilot ndash FTI Success case

Biodegradable water reservoir for landscape-scale ecosystem restoration

FTI February 2016 euro11 m

Land Life euro59 m Series A in 2017-2018

Collaborating with Airbus Audi Volkswagen and Volvo Cars

Address difficult societal or technological challenges through game-changing innovation

Accelerate the development of effective solutions and promote market uptake

Apply out-of-the-box innovative thinking

Open participation across sectors and disciplines ndash innovators start-ups and scale-ups entrepreneurs etc

EIC Horizon Prizes Principles

SIX CHALLENGE-DRIVEN PRIZES VALUE DEADLINE

AFFORDABLE HIGH-TECH FOR HUMANITARIAN AID

euro5 million 2020

BLOCKCHAINS FOR SOCIAL GOOD euro5 million 2019

INNOVATIVE BATTERIES FOR EVEHICLES euro10 million 2020

FUEL FROM THE SUN ARTIFICIAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS

euro5 million 2021

EARLY WARNING FOR EPIDEMICS euro5 million 2020

LOW-COST SPACE LAUNCH euro10 million 2020

Open to legal entities from Member States and Associated Countries only

EIC Horizon Prizes 2019-2021

Poland in the EIC

Evaluation Date

Submitted Invited to Interviews

Selected Budget Success

rate

10012018 19 0 0 000 euro 000

14032018 15 1 1 197933750 euro 667

23052018 22 2 1 250000000 euro 455

10102018 14 2 1 223807500 euro 714

9012019 19 3 2 395186575 euro 1053

3042019 18 1 0 000 euro 000

5062019 21 4 3 601722625 euro 1429

9102019 21 4 0 000 euro 000

Totals 149 17 8 1668650450 euro 537

EIC Pilot Need help

bull EIC Wizard via EIC website

bull EIC Pilot Guide for Applicants

bull EIC Questions and Answers

bull National Contact Points (NCPs)

bull European Enterprise Network (EEN)

From grant to blended finance

bull Grant Early-stage innovation for development

bull Equity Early-stage and mature innovation for scale up

Note

bull If the proposal includes mature innovation activities and consent has

been given by the applicant it will be changed into blended finance

bull There is flexibility to obtain equity even if not requested at the

moment of submission

Accelerator Pilot (grant and blended) Novelties

bull Evaluation award criteria

ndash 33 impactlsquo

ndash 33 excellence

ndash 33 quality and efficiency of implementation

- if the company have requested an equity component they will be

subject to due diligence

bull Time-to-inform 3 months from date of application

bull Time-to-grant

ndash Grant 6 months from date of application

ndash Equity +6 months from date of application

Due Diligence for blended finance bull For projects selected for blended finance only

bull By the EIC Fund

bull Due diligence will focus mainly on evaluating compliance and

risk level as well as

- Confirming the investment amount and structure

- Estimation of the total financial effort

- Defining equity ldquotranchesrdquo and key milestones

Major novelties EIC Programme managers

bull For more flexible and pro-active management and

steering of tech or challenge-based portfolios

bull 3 to 5 programme managers to follow projects in

EIC Pathfinder Pilot

bull Professionals with visionary thinking

bull Hired as temporary Commission staff

Major novelties EIC Advisory Board

bull To advise the Commission on the design of European

Innovation Council (EIC) support for innovation

bull Group of 15 to 20 entrepreneurs investors individuals

building start-up communities innovative researchers

and academics working on innovation policy

bull Will support the Commission

- Developing the pilot in 2019 and 2020

- Enhancing innovation eco-systems and impact

- With the overall strategy under Horizon Europe

Accelerator Pilot (blended finance) Equity investment

bull Principle of crowding-in private investment

bull Structured via separate agreement (next to grant

agreement)

bull Passive role in the daily management of the company

bull Exit strategy if consent of the company is received the

EIC Fund will actively seek private investors to buy the EC

shares

Full EIC under Horizon Europe (2021-27)

Proposed budget of euro10 billion

Dedicated governance with EIC President and Advisory board

More flexible rules for funding (ability to stop or reorient links to Invest EU) with increased role for expert programme managers

Full accelerator funding with both grant and blended finance

Full pathfinder scheme for grants in advanced research and transition activities

Fast track access for Horizon grant holders (incl European Research Council) and certified national schemes

Creation of EIC Forum with Member States innovation agencies

Accelerator Pilot Next cut-offs

bull Accelerator blended finance and grant only

- 08 January 2020

- 18 March 2020

- 19 May 2020

- 07 October 2020

Submission step Type of submitted proposals OCT 2019 cut off

Submission step Geographical information ndash number of submissions

ES IT IL DE FR UK CH NL SE DK FINO

IE BE AT EL PT HU TR PL SI IS SK BG CZ EE UA BA LU CY LV RO HR LTMT

RS AI FO GE TN

(Blended Finance) 78 34 80 35 37 12 29 12 17 17 15 19 17 7 8 1 15 10 2 6 4 4 4 4 5 6 1 6 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

(Grant with Consent) 130 88 68 68 68 80 48 45 47 36 38 30 19 23 22 2 17 14 9 9 8 7 10 7 6 6 4 1 4 4 4 5 3 2 0 1 1 1 1 1

(Grant Only) 20 51 16 39 29 26 30 34 25 16 13 11 6 7 6 32 3 5 12 6 7 7 4 3 3 1 7 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0

0

50

100

150

200

250

Number of submissions per type of requested financial support and per country (descending oder)

Face-to-face interviews retained applications per type of financial support and country

Restricted distribution STRICTLY

CONFIDENTIAL

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

CH IL DE FR ES UK BE DK IE IT PT SE NL NO BG EE FI IS SK TR AT CZ HU PL SI

Number of applicants selected for funding per type of requested financial support and per country

Number of applications selected for funding (A) Number of applications selected for funding (A)

Number of applications selected for funding (A) Number of applications selected for funding (A)

6

EIC Accelerator Number of applicants

selected for funding

All types of support

7

1

3

3 6

3

3

2

2

5

1

1

4

7

1

1

1

9

9

FTI Fast Track to Innovation

bull Fast go-to-market of an industry-driven innovative

concept to grow and scale-up

bull Grant-only Bottom-up

bull Consortia of 3-5 from 3 EU AC mdash mandatory industry

involvement

bull Up to euro3 million

bull Next cut-offs

- 23 May 2019 22 October 2019 19 February 2020 09 June

2020 27 October 2020

EIC Pilot Business Acceleration Services

bull For SMEs EIC clients (Pathfinder and Accelerator)

bull Coaching up to 12 days available

bull Mentoring for individual founders CEOs and leaders

bull EIC Community Platform

bull EIC Networking events such as Corporate Days

(companies meet large corporations as potential

investors)

EIC Pilot ndash SME Instrument Phase 2 Success case

Virtual reality in human eye resolution

Varjo Technologies Oy (FI) httpsvarjocom

Phase 2 in January 2018

euro24 m

euro273 m Series B in October 2018

Collaborating with Airbus Audi Volkswagen and Volvo Cars

EIC Pilot ndash FTI Success case

Biodegradable water reservoir for landscape-scale ecosystem restoration

FTI February 2016 euro11 m

Land Life euro59 m Series A in 2017-2018

Collaborating with Airbus Audi Volkswagen and Volvo Cars

Address difficult societal or technological challenges through game-changing innovation

Accelerate the development of effective solutions and promote market uptake

Apply out-of-the-box innovative thinking

Open participation across sectors and disciplines ndash innovators start-ups and scale-ups entrepreneurs etc

EIC Horizon Prizes Principles

SIX CHALLENGE-DRIVEN PRIZES VALUE DEADLINE

AFFORDABLE HIGH-TECH FOR HUMANITARIAN AID

euro5 million 2020

BLOCKCHAINS FOR SOCIAL GOOD euro5 million 2019

INNOVATIVE BATTERIES FOR EVEHICLES euro10 million 2020

FUEL FROM THE SUN ARTIFICIAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS

euro5 million 2021

EARLY WARNING FOR EPIDEMICS euro5 million 2020

LOW-COST SPACE LAUNCH euro10 million 2020

Open to legal entities from Member States and Associated Countries only

EIC Horizon Prizes 2019-2021

Poland in the EIC

Evaluation Date

Submitted Invited to Interviews

Selected Budget Success

rate

10012018 19 0 0 000 euro 000

14032018 15 1 1 197933750 euro 667

23052018 22 2 1 250000000 euro 455

10102018 14 2 1 223807500 euro 714

9012019 19 3 2 395186575 euro 1053

3042019 18 1 0 000 euro 000

5062019 21 4 3 601722625 euro 1429

9102019 21 4 0 000 euro 000

Totals 149 17 8 1668650450 euro 537

EIC Pilot Need help

bull EIC Wizard via EIC website

bull EIC Pilot Guide for Applicants

bull EIC Questions and Answers

bull National Contact Points (NCPs)

bull European Enterprise Network (EEN)

Accelerator Pilot (grant and blended) Novelties

bull Evaluation award criteria

ndash 33 impactlsquo

ndash 33 excellence

ndash 33 quality and efficiency of implementation

- if the company have requested an equity component they will be

subject to due diligence

bull Time-to-inform 3 months from date of application

bull Time-to-grant

ndash Grant 6 months from date of application

ndash Equity +6 months from date of application

Due Diligence for blended finance bull For projects selected for blended finance only

bull By the EIC Fund

bull Due diligence will focus mainly on evaluating compliance and

risk level as well as

- Confirming the investment amount and structure

- Estimation of the total financial effort

- Defining equity ldquotranchesrdquo and key milestones

Major novelties EIC Programme managers

bull For more flexible and pro-active management and

steering of tech or challenge-based portfolios

bull 3 to 5 programme managers to follow projects in

EIC Pathfinder Pilot

bull Professionals with visionary thinking

bull Hired as temporary Commission staff

Major novelties EIC Advisory Board

bull To advise the Commission on the design of European

Innovation Council (EIC) support for innovation

bull Group of 15 to 20 entrepreneurs investors individuals

building start-up communities innovative researchers

and academics working on innovation policy

bull Will support the Commission

- Developing the pilot in 2019 and 2020

- Enhancing innovation eco-systems and impact

- With the overall strategy under Horizon Europe

Accelerator Pilot (blended finance) Equity investment

bull Principle of crowding-in private investment

bull Structured via separate agreement (next to grant

agreement)

bull Passive role in the daily management of the company

bull Exit strategy if consent of the company is received the

EIC Fund will actively seek private investors to buy the EC

shares

Full EIC under Horizon Europe (2021-27)

Proposed budget of euro10 billion

Dedicated governance with EIC President and Advisory board

More flexible rules for funding (ability to stop or reorient links to Invest EU) with increased role for expert programme managers

Full accelerator funding with both grant and blended finance

Full pathfinder scheme for grants in advanced research and transition activities

Fast track access for Horizon grant holders (incl European Research Council) and certified national schemes

Creation of EIC Forum with Member States innovation agencies

Accelerator Pilot Next cut-offs

bull Accelerator blended finance and grant only

- 08 January 2020

- 18 March 2020

- 19 May 2020

- 07 October 2020

Submission step Type of submitted proposals OCT 2019 cut off

Submission step Geographical information ndash number of submissions

ES IT IL DE FR UK CH NL SE DK FINO

IE BE AT EL PT HU TR PL SI IS SK BG CZ EE UA BA LU CY LV RO HR LTMT

RS AI FO GE TN

(Blended Finance) 78 34 80 35 37 12 29 12 17 17 15 19 17 7 8 1 15 10 2 6 4 4 4 4 5 6 1 6 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

(Grant with Consent) 130 88 68 68 68 80 48 45 47 36 38 30 19 23 22 2 17 14 9 9 8 7 10 7 6 6 4 1 4 4 4 5 3 2 0 1 1 1 1 1

(Grant Only) 20 51 16 39 29 26 30 34 25 16 13 11 6 7 6 32 3 5 12 6 7 7 4 3 3 1 7 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0

0

50

100

150

200

250

Number of submissions per type of requested financial support and per country (descending oder)

Face-to-face interviews retained applications per type of financial support and country

Restricted distribution STRICTLY

CONFIDENTIAL

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

CH IL DE FR ES UK BE DK IE IT PT SE NL NO BG EE FI IS SK TR AT CZ HU PL SI

Number of applicants selected for funding per type of requested financial support and per country

Number of applications selected for funding (A) Number of applications selected for funding (A)

Number of applications selected for funding (A) Number of applications selected for funding (A)

6

EIC Accelerator Number of applicants

selected for funding

All types of support

7

1

3

3 6

3

3

2

2

5

1

1

4

7

1

1

1

9

9

FTI Fast Track to Innovation

bull Fast go-to-market of an industry-driven innovative

concept to grow and scale-up

bull Grant-only Bottom-up

bull Consortia of 3-5 from 3 EU AC mdash mandatory industry

involvement

bull Up to euro3 million

bull Next cut-offs

- 23 May 2019 22 October 2019 19 February 2020 09 June

2020 27 October 2020

EIC Pilot Business Acceleration Services

bull For SMEs EIC clients (Pathfinder and Accelerator)

bull Coaching up to 12 days available

bull Mentoring for individual founders CEOs and leaders

bull EIC Community Platform

bull EIC Networking events such as Corporate Days

(companies meet large corporations as potential

investors)

EIC Pilot ndash SME Instrument Phase 2 Success case

Virtual reality in human eye resolution

Varjo Technologies Oy (FI) httpsvarjocom

Phase 2 in January 2018

euro24 m

euro273 m Series B in October 2018

Collaborating with Airbus Audi Volkswagen and Volvo Cars

EIC Pilot ndash FTI Success case

Biodegradable water reservoir for landscape-scale ecosystem restoration

FTI February 2016 euro11 m

Land Life euro59 m Series A in 2017-2018

Collaborating with Airbus Audi Volkswagen and Volvo Cars

Address difficult societal or technological challenges through game-changing innovation

Accelerate the development of effective solutions and promote market uptake

Apply out-of-the-box innovative thinking

Open participation across sectors and disciplines ndash innovators start-ups and scale-ups entrepreneurs etc

EIC Horizon Prizes Principles

SIX CHALLENGE-DRIVEN PRIZES VALUE DEADLINE

AFFORDABLE HIGH-TECH FOR HUMANITARIAN AID

euro5 million 2020

BLOCKCHAINS FOR SOCIAL GOOD euro5 million 2019

INNOVATIVE BATTERIES FOR EVEHICLES euro10 million 2020

FUEL FROM THE SUN ARTIFICIAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS

euro5 million 2021

EARLY WARNING FOR EPIDEMICS euro5 million 2020

LOW-COST SPACE LAUNCH euro10 million 2020

Open to legal entities from Member States and Associated Countries only

EIC Horizon Prizes 2019-2021

Poland in the EIC

Evaluation Date

Submitted Invited to Interviews

Selected Budget Success

rate

10012018 19 0 0 000 euro 000

14032018 15 1 1 197933750 euro 667

23052018 22 2 1 250000000 euro 455

10102018 14 2 1 223807500 euro 714

9012019 19 3 2 395186575 euro 1053

3042019 18 1 0 000 euro 000

5062019 21 4 3 601722625 euro 1429

9102019 21 4 0 000 euro 000

Totals 149 17 8 1668650450 euro 537

EIC Pilot Need help

bull EIC Wizard via EIC website

bull EIC Pilot Guide for Applicants

bull EIC Questions and Answers

bull National Contact Points (NCPs)

bull European Enterprise Network (EEN)

Due Diligence for blended finance bull For projects selected for blended finance only

bull By the EIC Fund

bull Due diligence will focus mainly on evaluating compliance and

risk level as well as

- Confirming the investment amount and structure

- Estimation of the total financial effort

- Defining equity ldquotranchesrdquo and key milestones

Major novelties EIC Programme managers

bull For more flexible and pro-active management and

steering of tech or challenge-based portfolios

bull 3 to 5 programme managers to follow projects in

EIC Pathfinder Pilot

bull Professionals with visionary thinking

bull Hired as temporary Commission staff

Major novelties EIC Advisory Board

bull To advise the Commission on the design of European

Innovation Council (EIC) support for innovation

bull Group of 15 to 20 entrepreneurs investors individuals

building start-up communities innovative researchers

and academics working on innovation policy

bull Will support the Commission

- Developing the pilot in 2019 and 2020

- Enhancing innovation eco-systems and impact

- With the overall strategy under Horizon Europe

Accelerator Pilot (blended finance) Equity investment

bull Principle of crowding-in private investment

bull Structured via separate agreement (next to grant

agreement)

bull Passive role in the daily management of the company

bull Exit strategy if consent of the company is received the

EIC Fund will actively seek private investors to buy the EC

shares

Full EIC under Horizon Europe (2021-27)

Proposed budget of euro10 billion

Dedicated governance with EIC President and Advisory board

More flexible rules for funding (ability to stop or reorient links to Invest EU) with increased role for expert programme managers

Full accelerator funding with both grant and blended finance

Full pathfinder scheme for grants in advanced research and transition activities

Fast track access for Horizon grant holders (incl European Research Council) and certified national schemes

Creation of EIC Forum with Member States innovation agencies

Accelerator Pilot Next cut-offs

bull Accelerator blended finance and grant only

- 08 January 2020

- 18 March 2020

- 19 May 2020

- 07 October 2020

Submission step Type of submitted proposals OCT 2019 cut off

Submission step Geographical information ndash number of submissions

ES IT IL DE FR UK CH NL SE DK FINO

IE BE AT EL PT HU TR PL SI IS SK BG CZ EE UA BA LU CY LV RO HR LTMT

RS AI FO GE TN

(Blended Finance) 78 34 80 35 37 12 29 12 17 17 15 19 17 7 8 1 15 10 2 6 4 4 4 4 5 6 1 6 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

(Grant with Consent) 130 88 68 68 68 80 48 45 47 36 38 30 19 23 22 2 17 14 9 9 8 7 10 7 6 6 4 1 4 4 4 5 3 2 0 1 1 1 1 1

(Grant Only) 20 51 16 39 29 26 30 34 25 16 13 11 6 7 6 32 3 5 12 6 7 7 4 3 3 1 7 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0

0

50

100

150

200

250

Number of submissions per type of requested financial support and per country (descending oder)

Face-to-face interviews retained applications per type of financial support and country

Restricted distribution STRICTLY

CONFIDENTIAL

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

CH IL DE FR ES UK BE DK IE IT PT SE NL NO BG EE FI IS SK TR AT CZ HU PL SI

Number of applicants selected for funding per type of requested financial support and per country

Number of applications selected for funding (A) Number of applications selected for funding (A)

Number of applications selected for funding (A) Number of applications selected for funding (A)

6

EIC Accelerator Number of applicants

selected for funding

All types of support

7

1

3

3 6

3

3

2

2

5

1

1

4

7

1

1

1

9

9

FTI Fast Track to Innovation

bull Fast go-to-market of an industry-driven innovative

concept to grow and scale-up

bull Grant-only Bottom-up

bull Consortia of 3-5 from 3 EU AC mdash mandatory industry

involvement

bull Up to euro3 million

bull Next cut-offs

- 23 May 2019 22 October 2019 19 February 2020 09 June

2020 27 October 2020

EIC Pilot Business Acceleration Services

bull For SMEs EIC clients (Pathfinder and Accelerator)

bull Coaching up to 12 days available

bull Mentoring for individual founders CEOs and leaders

bull EIC Community Platform

bull EIC Networking events such as Corporate Days

(companies meet large corporations as potential

investors)

EIC Pilot ndash SME Instrument Phase 2 Success case

Virtual reality in human eye resolution

Varjo Technologies Oy (FI) httpsvarjocom

Phase 2 in January 2018

euro24 m

euro273 m Series B in October 2018

Collaborating with Airbus Audi Volkswagen and Volvo Cars

EIC Pilot ndash FTI Success case

Biodegradable water reservoir for landscape-scale ecosystem restoration

FTI February 2016 euro11 m

Land Life euro59 m Series A in 2017-2018

Collaborating with Airbus Audi Volkswagen and Volvo Cars

Address difficult societal or technological challenges through game-changing innovation

Accelerate the development of effective solutions and promote market uptake

Apply out-of-the-box innovative thinking

Open participation across sectors and disciplines ndash innovators start-ups and scale-ups entrepreneurs etc

EIC Horizon Prizes Principles

SIX CHALLENGE-DRIVEN PRIZES VALUE DEADLINE

AFFORDABLE HIGH-TECH FOR HUMANITARIAN AID

euro5 million 2020

BLOCKCHAINS FOR SOCIAL GOOD euro5 million 2019

INNOVATIVE BATTERIES FOR EVEHICLES euro10 million 2020

FUEL FROM THE SUN ARTIFICIAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS

euro5 million 2021

EARLY WARNING FOR EPIDEMICS euro5 million 2020

LOW-COST SPACE LAUNCH euro10 million 2020

Open to legal entities from Member States and Associated Countries only

EIC Horizon Prizes 2019-2021

Poland in the EIC

Evaluation Date

Submitted Invited to Interviews

Selected Budget Success

rate

10012018 19 0 0 000 euro 000

14032018 15 1 1 197933750 euro 667

23052018 22 2 1 250000000 euro 455

10102018 14 2 1 223807500 euro 714

9012019 19 3 2 395186575 euro 1053

3042019 18 1 0 000 euro 000

5062019 21 4 3 601722625 euro 1429

9102019 21 4 0 000 euro 000

Totals 149 17 8 1668650450 euro 537

EIC Pilot Need help

bull EIC Wizard via EIC website

bull EIC Pilot Guide for Applicants

bull EIC Questions and Answers

bull National Contact Points (NCPs)

bull European Enterprise Network (EEN)

Major novelties EIC Programme managers

bull For more flexible and pro-active management and

steering of tech or challenge-based portfolios

bull 3 to 5 programme managers to follow projects in

EIC Pathfinder Pilot

bull Professionals with visionary thinking

bull Hired as temporary Commission staff

Major novelties EIC Advisory Board

bull To advise the Commission on the design of European

Innovation Council (EIC) support for innovation

bull Group of 15 to 20 entrepreneurs investors individuals

building start-up communities innovative researchers

and academics working on innovation policy

bull Will support the Commission

- Developing the pilot in 2019 and 2020

- Enhancing innovation eco-systems and impact

- With the overall strategy under Horizon Europe

Accelerator Pilot (blended finance) Equity investment

bull Principle of crowding-in private investment

bull Structured via separate agreement (next to grant

agreement)

bull Passive role in the daily management of the company

bull Exit strategy if consent of the company is received the

EIC Fund will actively seek private investors to buy the EC

shares

Full EIC under Horizon Europe (2021-27)

Proposed budget of euro10 billion

Dedicated governance with EIC President and Advisory board

More flexible rules for funding (ability to stop or reorient links to Invest EU) with increased role for expert programme managers

Full accelerator funding with both grant and blended finance

Full pathfinder scheme for grants in advanced research and transition activities

Fast track access for Horizon grant holders (incl European Research Council) and certified national schemes

Creation of EIC Forum with Member States innovation agencies

Accelerator Pilot Next cut-offs

bull Accelerator blended finance and grant only

- 08 January 2020

- 18 March 2020

- 19 May 2020

- 07 October 2020

Submission step Type of submitted proposals OCT 2019 cut off

Submission step Geographical information ndash number of submissions

ES IT IL DE FR UK CH NL SE DK FINO

IE BE AT EL PT HU TR PL SI IS SK BG CZ EE UA BA LU CY LV RO HR LTMT

RS AI FO GE TN

(Blended Finance) 78 34 80 35 37 12 29 12 17 17 15 19 17 7 8 1 15 10 2 6 4 4 4 4 5 6 1 6 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

(Grant with Consent) 130 88 68 68 68 80 48 45 47 36 38 30 19 23 22 2 17 14 9 9 8 7 10 7 6 6 4 1 4 4 4 5 3 2 0 1 1 1 1 1

(Grant Only) 20 51 16 39 29 26 30 34 25 16 13 11 6 7 6 32 3 5 12 6 7 7 4 3 3 1 7 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0

0

50

100

150

200

250

Number of submissions per type of requested financial support and per country (descending oder)

Face-to-face interviews retained applications per type of financial support and country

Restricted distribution STRICTLY

CONFIDENTIAL

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

CH IL DE FR ES UK BE DK IE IT PT SE NL NO BG EE FI IS SK TR AT CZ HU PL SI

Number of applicants selected for funding per type of requested financial support and per country

Number of applications selected for funding (A) Number of applications selected for funding (A)

Number of applications selected for funding (A) Number of applications selected for funding (A)

6

EIC Accelerator Number of applicants

selected for funding

All types of support

7

1

3

3 6

3

3

2

2

5

1

1

4

7

1

1

1

9

9

FTI Fast Track to Innovation

bull Fast go-to-market of an industry-driven innovative

concept to grow and scale-up

bull Grant-only Bottom-up

bull Consortia of 3-5 from 3 EU AC mdash mandatory industry

involvement

bull Up to euro3 million

bull Next cut-offs

- 23 May 2019 22 October 2019 19 February 2020 09 June

2020 27 October 2020

EIC Pilot Business Acceleration Services

bull For SMEs EIC clients (Pathfinder and Accelerator)

bull Coaching up to 12 days available

bull Mentoring for individual founders CEOs and leaders

bull EIC Community Platform

bull EIC Networking events such as Corporate Days

(companies meet large corporations as potential

investors)

EIC Pilot ndash SME Instrument Phase 2 Success case

Virtual reality in human eye resolution

Varjo Technologies Oy (FI) httpsvarjocom

Phase 2 in January 2018

euro24 m

euro273 m Series B in October 2018

Collaborating with Airbus Audi Volkswagen and Volvo Cars

EIC Pilot ndash FTI Success case

Biodegradable water reservoir for landscape-scale ecosystem restoration

FTI February 2016 euro11 m

Land Life euro59 m Series A in 2017-2018

Collaborating with Airbus Audi Volkswagen and Volvo Cars

Address difficult societal or technological challenges through game-changing innovation

Accelerate the development of effective solutions and promote market uptake

Apply out-of-the-box innovative thinking

Open participation across sectors and disciplines ndash innovators start-ups and scale-ups entrepreneurs etc

EIC Horizon Prizes Principles

SIX CHALLENGE-DRIVEN PRIZES VALUE DEADLINE

AFFORDABLE HIGH-TECH FOR HUMANITARIAN AID

euro5 million 2020

BLOCKCHAINS FOR SOCIAL GOOD euro5 million 2019

INNOVATIVE BATTERIES FOR EVEHICLES euro10 million 2020

FUEL FROM THE SUN ARTIFICIAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS

euro5 million 2021

EARLY WARNING FOR EPIDEMICS euro5 million 2020

LOW-COST SPACE LAUNCH euro10 million 2020

Open to legal entities from Member States and Associated Countries only

EIC Horizon Prizes 2019-2021

Poland in the EIC

Evaluation Date

Submitted Invited to Interviews

Selected Budget Success

rate

10012018 19 0 0 000 euro 000

14032018 15 1 1 197933750 euro 667

23052018 22 2 1 250000000 euro 455

10102018 14 2 1 223807500 euro 714

9012019 19 3 2 395186575 euro 1053

3042019 18 1 0 000 euro 000

5062019 21 4 3 601722625 euro 1429

9102019 21 4 0 000 euro 000

Totals 149 17 8 1668650450 euro 537

EIC Pilot Need help

bull EIC Wizard via EIC website

bull EIC Pilot Guide for Applicants

bull EIC Questions and Answers

bull National Contact Points (NCPs)

bull European Enterprise Network (EEN)

Major novelties EIC Advisory Board

bull To advise the Commission on the design of European

Innovation Council (EIC) support for innovation

bull Group of 15 to 20 entrepreneurs investors individuals

building start-up communities innovative researchers

and academics working on innovation policy

bull Will support the Commission

- Developing the pilot in 2019 and 2020

- Enhancing innovation eco-systems and impact

- With the overall strategy under Horizon Europe

Accelerator Pilot (blended finance) Equity investment

bull Principle of crowding-in private investment

bull Structured via separate agreement (next to grant

agreement)

bull Passive role in the daily management of the company

bull Exit strategy if consent of the company is received the

EIC Fund will actively seek private investors to buy the EC

shares

Full EIC under Horizon Europe (2021-27)

Proposed budget of euro10 billion

Dedicated governance with EIC President and Advisory board

More flexible rules for funding (ability to stop or reorient links to Invest EU) with increased role for expert programme managers

Full accelerator funding with both grant and blended finance

Full pathfinder scheme for grants in advanced research and transition activities

Fast track access for Horizon grant holders (incl European Research Council) and certified national schemes

Creation of EIC Forum with Member States innovation agencies

Accelerator Pilot Next cut-offs

bull Accelerator blended finance and grant only

- 08 January 2020

- 18 March 2020

- 19 May 2020

- 07 October 2020

Submission step Type of submitted proposals OCT 2019 cut off

Submission step Geographical information ndash number of submissions

ES IT IL DE FR UK CH NL SE DK FINO

IE BE AT EL PT HU TR PL SI IS SK BG CZ EE UA BA LU CY LV RO HR LTMT

RS AI FO GE TN

(Blended Finance) 78 34 80 35 37 12 29 12 17 17 15 19 17 7 8 1 15 10 2 6 4 4 4 4 5 6 1 6 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

(Grant with Consent) 130 88 68 68 68 80 48 45 47 36 38 30 19 23 22 2 17 14 9 9 8 7 10 7 6 6 4 1 4 4 4 5 3 2 0 1 1 1 1 1

(Grant Only) 20 51 16 39 29 26 30 34 25 16 13 11 6 7 6 32 3 5 12 6 7 7 4 3 3 1 7 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0

0

50

100

150

200

250

Number of submissions per type of requested financial support and per country (descending oder)

Face-to-face interviews retained applications per type of financial support and country

Restricted distribution STRICTLY

CONFIDENTIAL

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

CH IL DE FR ES UK BE DK IE IT PT SE NL NO BG EE FI IS SK TR AT CZ HU PL SI

Number of applicants selected for funding per type of requested financial support and per country

Number of applications selected for funding (A) Number of applications selected for funding (A)

Number of applications selected for funding (A) Number of applications selected for funding (A)

6

EIC Accelerator Number of applicants

selected for funding

All types of support

7

1

3

3 6

3

3

2

2

5

1

1

4

7

1

1

1

9

9

FTI Fast Track to Innovation

bull Fast go-to-market of an industry-driven innovative

concept to grow and scale-up

bull Grant-only Bottom-up

bull Consortia of 3-5 from 3 EU AC mdash mandatory industry

involvement

bull Up to euro3 million

bull Next cut-offs

- 23 May 2019 22 October 2019 19 February 2020 09 June

2020 27 October 2020

EIC Pilot Business Acceleration Services

bull For SMEs EIC clients (Pathfinder and Accelerator)

bull Coaching up to 12 days available

bull Mentoring for individual founders CEOs and leaders

bull EIC Community Platform

bull EIC Networking events such as Corporate Days

(companies meet large corporations as potential

investors)

EIC Pilot ndash SME Instrument Phase 2 Success case

Virtual reality in human eye resolution

Varjo Technologies Oy (FI) httpsvarjocom

Phase 2 in January 2018

euro24 m

euro273 m Series B in October 2018

Collaborating with Airbus Audi Volkswagen and Volvo Cars

EIC Pilot ndash FTI Success case

Biodegradable water reservoir for landscape-scale ecosystem restoration

FTI February 2016 euro11 m

Land Life euro59 m Series A in 2017-2018

Collaborating with Airbus Audi Volkswagen and Volvo Cars

Address difficult societal or technological challenges through game-changing innovation

Accelerate the development of effective solutions and promote market uptake

Apply out-of-the-box innovative thinking

Open participation across sectors and disciplines ndash innovators start-ups and scale-ups entrepreneurs etc

EIC Horizon Prizes Principles

SIX CHALLENGE-DRIVEN PRIZES VALUE DEADLINE

AFFORDABLE HIGH-TECH FOR HUMANITARIAN AID

euro5 million 2020

BLOCKCHAINS FOR SOCIAL GOOD euro5 million 2019

INNOVATIVE BATTERIES FOR EVEHICLES euro10 million 2020

FUEL FROM THE SUN ARTIFICIAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS

euro5 million 2021

EARLY WARNING FOR EPIDEMICS euro5 million 2020

LOW-COST SPACE LAUNCH euro10 million 2020

Open to legal entities from Member States and Associated Countries only

EIC Horizon Prizes 2019-2021

Poland in the EIC

Evaluation Date

Submitted Invited to Interviews

Selected Budget Success

rate

10012018 19 0 0 000 euro 000

14032018 15 1 1 197933750 euro 667

23052018 22 2 1 250000000 euro 455

10102018 14 2 1 223807500 euro 714

9012019 19 3 2 395186575 euro 1053

3042019 18 1 0 000 euro 000

5062019 21 4 3 601722625 euro 1429

9102019 21 4 0 000 euro 000

Totals 149 17 8 1668650450 euro 537

EIC Pilot Need help

bull EIC Wizard via EIC website

bull EIC Pilot Guide for Applicants

bull EIC Questions and Answers

bull National Contact Points (NCPs)

bull European Enterprise Network (EEN)

Accelerator Pilot (blended finance) Equity investment

bull Principle of crowding-in private investment

bull Structured via separate agreement (next to grant

agreement)

bull Passive role in the daily management of the company

bull Exit strategy if consent of the company is received the

EIC Fund will actively seek private investors to buy the EC

shares

Full EIC under Horizon Europe (2021-27)

Proposed budget of euro10 billion

Dedicated governance with EIC President and Advisory board

More flexible rules for funding (ability to stop or reorient links to Invest EU) with increased role for expert programme managers

Full accelerator funding with both grant and blended finance

Full pathfinder scheme for grants in advanced research and transition activities

Fast track access for Horizon grant holders (incl European Research Council) and certified national schemes

Creation of EIC Forum with Member States innovation agencies

Accelerator Pilot Next cut-offs

bull Accelerator blended finance and grant only

- 08 January 2020

- 18 March 2020

- 19 May 2020

- 07 October 2020

Submission step Type of submitted proposals OCT 2019 cut off

Submission step Geographical information ndash number of submissions

ES IT IL DE FR UK CH NL SE DK FINO

IE BE AT EL PT HU TR PL SI IS SK BG CZ EE UA BA LU CY LV RO HR LTMT

RS AI FO GE TN

(Blended Finance) 78 34 80 35 37 12 29 12 17 17 15 19 17 7 8 1 15 10 2 6 4 4 4 4 5 6 1 6 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

(Grant with Consent) 130 88 68 68 68 80 48 45 47 36 38 30 19 23 22 2 17 14 9 9 8 7 10 7 6 6 4 1 4 4 4 5 3 2 0 1 1 1 1 1

(Grant Only) 20 51 16 39 29 26 30 34 25 16 13 11 6 7 6 32 3 5 12 6 7 7 4 3 3 1 7 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0

0

50

100

150

200

250

Number of submissions per type of requested financial support and per country (descending oder)

Face-to-face interviews retained applications per type of financial support and country

Restricted distribution STRICTLY

CONFIDENTIAL

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

CH IL DE FR ES UK BE DK IE IT PT SE NL NO BG EE FI IS SK TR AT CZ HU PL SI

Number of applicants selected for funding per type of requested financial support and per country

Number of applications selected for funding (A) Number of applications selected for funding (A)

Number of applications selected for funding (A) Number of applications selected for funding (A)

6

EIC Accelerator Number of applicants

selected for funding

All types of support

7

1

3

3 6

3

3

2

2

5

1

1

4

7

1

1

1

9

9

FTI Fast Track to Innovation

bull Fast go-to-market of an industry-driven innovative

concept to grow and scale-up

bull Grant-only Bottom-up

bull Consortia of 3-5 from 3 EU AC mdash mandatory industry

involvement

bull Up to euro3 million

bull Next cut-offs

- 23 May 2019 22 October 2019 19 February 2020 09 June

2020 27 October 2020

EIC Pilot Business Acceleration Services

bull For SMEs EIC clients (Pathfinder and Accelerator)

bull Coaching up to 12 days available

bull Mentoring for individual founders CEOs and leaders

bull EIC Community Platform

bull EIC Networking events such as Corporate Days

(companies meet large corporations as potential

investors)

EIC Pilot ndash SME Instrument Phase 2 Success case

Virtual reality in human eye resolution

Varjo Technologies Oy (FI) httpsvarjocom

Phase 2 in January 2018

euro24 m

euro273 m Series B in October 2018

Collaborating with Airbus Audi Volkswagen and Volvo Cars

EIC Pilot ndash FTI Success case

Biodegradable water reservoir for landscape-scale ecosystem restoration

FTI February 2016 euro11 m

Land Life euro59 m Series A in 2017-2018

Collaborating with Airbus Audi Volkswagen and Volvo Cars

Address difficult societal or technological challenges through game-changing innovation

Accelerate the development of effective solutions and promote market uptake

Apply out-of-the-box innovative thinking

Open participation across sectors and disciplines ndash innovators start-ups and scale-ups entrepreneurs etc

EIC Horizon Prizes Principles

SIX CHALLENGE-DRIVEN PRIZES VALUE DEADLINE

AFFORDABLE HIGH-TECH FOR HUMANITARIAN AID

euro5 million 2020

BLOCKCHAINS FOR SOCIAL GOOD euro5 million 2019

INNOVATIVE BATTERIES FOR EVEHICLES euro10 million 2020

FUEL FROM THE SUN ARTIFICIAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS

euro5 million 2021

EARLY WARNING FOR EPIDEMICS euro5 million 2020

LOW-COST SPACE LAUNCH euro10 million 2020

Open to legal entities from Member States and Associated Countries only

EIC Horizon Prizes 2019-2021

Poland in the EIC

Evaluation Date

Submitted Invited to Interviews

Selected Budget Success

rate

10012018 19 0 0 000 euro 000

14032018 15 1 1 197933750 euro 667

23052018 22 2 1 250000000 euro 455

10102018 14 2 1 223807500 euro 714

9012019 19 3 2 395186575 euro 1053

3042019 18 1 0 000 euro 000

5062019 21 4 3 601722625 euro 1429

9102019 21 4 0 000 euro 000

Totals 149 17 8 1668650450 euro 537

EIC Pilot Need help

bull EIC Wizard via EIC website

bull EIC Pilot Guide for Applicants

bull EIC Questions and Answers

bull National Contact Points (NCPs)

bull European Enterprise Network (EEN)

Full EIC under Horizon Europe (2021-27)

Proposed budget of euro10 billion

Dedicated governance with EIC President and Advisory board

More flexible rules for funding (ability to stop or reorient links to Invest EU) with increased role for expert programme managers

Full accelerator funding with both grant and blended finance

Full pathfinder scheme for grants in advanced research and transition activities

Fast track access for Horizon grant holders (incl European Research Council) and certified national schemes

Creation of EIC Forum with Member States innovation agencies

Accelerator Pilot Next cut-offs

bull Accelerator blended finance and grant only

- 08 January 2020

- 18 March 2020

- 19 May 2020

- 07 October 2020

Submission step Type of submitted proposals OCT 2019 cut off

Submission step Geographical information ndash number of submissions

ES IT IL DE FR UK CH NL SE DK FINO

IE BE AT EL PT HU TR PL SI IS SK BG CZ EE UA BA LU CY LV RO HR LTMT

RS AI FO GE TN

(Blended Finance) 78 34 80 35 37 12 29 12 17 17 15 19 17 7 8 1 15 10 2 6 4 4 4 4 5 6 1 6 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

(Grant with Consent) 130 88 68 68 68 80 48 45 47 36 38 30 19 23 22 2 17 14 9 9 8 7 10 7 6 6 4 1 4 4 4 5 3 2 0 1 1 1 1 1

(Grant Only) 20 51 16 39 29 26 30 34 25 16 13 11 6 7 6 32 3 5 12 6 7 7 4 3 3 1 7 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0

0

50

100

150

200

250

Number of submissions per type of requested financial support and per country (descending oder)

Face-to-face interviews retained applications per type of financial support and country

Restricted distribution STRICTLY

CONFIDENTIAL

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

CH IL DE FR ES UK BE DK IE IT PT SE NL NO BG EE FI IS SK TR AT CZ HU PL SI

Number of applicants selected for funding per type of requested financial support and per country

Number of applications selected for funding (A) Number of applications selected for funding (A)

Number of applications selected for funding (A) Number of applications selected for funding (A)

6

EIC Accelerator Number of applicants

selected for funding

All types of support

7

1

3

3 6

3

3

2

2

5

1

1

4

7

1

1

1

9

9

FTI Fast Track to Innovation

bull Fast go-to-market of an industry-driven innovative

concept to grow and scale-up

bull Grant-only Bottom-up

bull Consortia of 3-5 from 3 EU AC mdash mandatory industry

involvement

bull Up to euro3 million

bull Next cut-offs

- 23 May 2019 22 October 2019 19 February 2020 09 June

2020 27 October 2020

EIC Pilot Business Acceleration Services

bull For SMEs EIC clients (Pathfinder and Accelerator)

bull Coaching up to 12 days available

bull Mentoring for individual founders CEOs and leaders

bull EIC Community Platform

bull EIC Networking events such as Corporate Days

(companies meet large corporations as potential

investors)

EIC Pilot ndash SME Instrument Phase 2 Success case

Virtual reality in human eye resolution

Varjo Technologies Oy (FI) httpsvarjocom

Phase 2 in January 2018

euro24 m

euro273 m Series B in October 2018

Collaborating with Airbus Audi Volkswagen and Volvo Cars

EIC Pilot ndash FTI Success case

Biodegradable water reservoir for landscape-scale ecosystem restoration

FTI February 2016 euro11 m

Land Life euro59 m Series A in 2017-2018

Collaborating with Airbus Audi Volkswagen and Volvo Cars

Address difficult societal or technological challenges through game-changing innovation

Accelerate the development of effective solutions and promote market uptake

Apply out-of-the-box innovative thinking

Open participation across sectors and disciplines ndash innovators start-ups and scale-ups entrepreneurs etc

EIC Horizon Prizes Principles

SIX CHALLENGE-DRIVEN PRIZES VALUE DEADLINE

AFFORDABLE HIGH-TECH FOR HUMANITARIAN AID

euro5 million 2020

BLOCKCHAINS FOR SOCIAL GOOD euro5 million 2019

INNOVATIVE BATTERIES FOR EVEHICLES euro10 million 2020

FUEL FROM THE SUN ARTIFICIAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS

euro5 million 2021

EARLY WARNING FOR EPIDEMICS euro5 million 2020

LOW-COST SPACE LAUNCH euro10 million 2020

Open to legal entities from Member States and Associated Countries only

EIC Horizon Prizes 2019-2021

Poland in the EIC

Evaluation Date

Submitted Invited to Interviews

Selected Budget Success

rate

10012018 19 0 0 000 euro 000

14032018 15 1 1 197933750 euro 667

23052018 22 2 1 250000000 euro 455

10102018 14 2 1 223807500 euro 714

9012019 19 3 2 395186575 euro 1053

3042019 18 1 0 000 euro 000

5062019 21 4 3 601722625 euro 1429

9102019 21 4 0 000 euro 000

Totals 149 17 8 1668650450 euro 537

EIC Pilot Need help

bull EIC Wizard via EIC website

bull EIC Pilot Guide for Applicants

bull EIC Questions and Answers

bull National Contact Points (NCPs)

bull European Enterprise Network (EEN)

Accelerator Pilot Next cut-offs

bull Accelerator blended finance and grant only

- 08 January 2020

- 18 March 2020

- 19 May 2020

- 07 October 2020

Submission step Type of submitted proposals OCT 2019 cut off

Submission step Geographical information ndash number of submissions

ES IT IL DE FR UK CH NL SE DK FINO

IE BE AT EL PT HU TR PL SI IS SK BG CZ EE UA BA LU CY LV RO HR LTMT

RS AI FO GE TN

(Blended Finance) 78 34 80 35 37 12 29 12 17 17 15 19 17 7 8 1 15 10 2 6 4 4 4 4 5 6 1 6 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

(Grant with Consent) 130 88 68 68 68 80 48 45 47 36 38 30 19 23 22 2 17 14 9 9 8 7 10 7 6 6 4 1 4 4 4 5 3 2 0 1 1 1 1 1

(Grant Only) 20 51 16 39 29 26 30 34 25 16 13 11 6 7 6 32 3 5 12 6 7 7 4 3 3 1 7 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0

0

50

100

150

200

250

Number of submissions per type of requested financial support and per country (descending oder)

Face-to-face interviews retained applications per type of financial support and country

Restricted distribution STRICTLY

CONFIDENTIAL

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

CH IL DE FR ES UK BE DK IE IT PT SE NL NO BG EE FI IS SK TR AT CZ HU PL SI

Number of applicants selected for funding per type of requested financial support and per country

Number of applications selected for funding (A) Number of applications selected for funding (A)

Number of applications selected for funding (A) Number of applications selected for funding (A)

6

EIC Accelerator Number of applicants

selected for funding

All types of support

7

1

3

3 6

3

3

2

2

5

1

1

4

7

1

1

1

9

9

FTI Fast Track to Innovation

bull Fast go-to-market of an industry-driven innovative

concept to grow and scale-up

bull Grant-only Bottom-up

bull Consortia of 3-5 from 3 EU AC mdash mandatory industry

involvement

bull Up to euro3 million

bull Next cut-offs

- 23 May 2019 22 October 2019 19 February 2020 09 June

2020 27 October 2020

EIC Pilot Business Acceleration Services

bull For SMEs EIC clients (Pathfinder and Accelerator)

bull Coaching up to 12 days available

bull Mentoring for individual founders CEOs and leaders

bull EIC Community Platform

bull EIC Networking events such as Corporate Days

(companies meet large corporations as potential

investors)

EIC Pilot ndash SME Instrument Phase 2 Success case

Virtual reality in human eye resolution

Varjo Technologies Oy (FI) httpsvarjocom

Phase 2 in January 2018

euro24 m

euro273 m Series B in October 2018

Collaborating with Airbus Audi Volkswagen and Volvo Cars

EIC Pilot ndash FTI Success case

Biodegradable water reservoir for landscape-scale ecosystem restoration

FTI February 2016 euro11 m

Land Life euro59 m Series A in 2017-2018

Collaborating with Airbus Audi Volkswagen and Volvo Cars

Address difficult societal or technological challenges through game-changing innovation

Accelerate the development of effective solutions and promote market uptake

Apply out-of-the-box innovative thinking

Open participation across sectors and disciplines ndash innovators start-ups and scale-ups entrepreneurs etc

EIC Horizon Prizes Principles

SIX CHALLENGE-DRIVEN PRIZES VALUE DEADLINE

AFFORDABLE HIGH-TECH FOR HUMANITARIAN AID

euro5 million 2020

BLOCKCHAINS FOR SOCIAL GOOD euro5 million 2019

INNOVATIVE BATTERIES FOR EVEHICLES euro10 million 2020

FUEL FROM THE SUN ARTIFICIAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS

euro5 million 2021

EARLY WARNING FOR EPIDEMICS euro5 million 2020

LOW-COST SPACE LAUNCH euro10 million 2020

Open to legal entities from Member States and Associated Countries only

EIC Horizon Prizes 2019-2021

Poland in the EIC

Evaluation Date

Submitted Invited to Interviews

Selected Budget Success

rate

10012018 19 0 0 000 euro 000

14032018 15 1 1 197933750 euro 667

23052018 22 2 1 250000000 euro 455

10102018 14 2 1 223807500 euro 714

9012019 19 3 2 395186575 euro 1053

3042019 18 1 0 000 euro 000

5062019 21 4 3 601722625 euro 1429

9102019 21 4 0 000 euro 000

Totals 149 17 8 1668650450 euro 537

EIC Pilot Need help

bull EIC Wizard via EIC website

bull EIC Pilot Guide for Applicants

bull EIC Questions and Answers

bull National Contact Points (NCPs)

bull European Enterprise Network (EEN)

Submission step Type of submitted proposals OCT 2019 cut off

Submission step Geographical information ndash number of submissions

ES IT IL DE FR UK CH NL SE DK FINO

IE BE AT EL PT HU TR PL SI IS SK BG CZ EE UA BA LU CY LV RO HR LTMT

RS AI FO GE TN

(Blended Finance) 78 34 80 35 37 12 29 12 17 17 15 19 17 7 8 1 15 10 2 6 4 4 4 4 5 6 1 6 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

(Grant with Consent) 130 88 68 68 68 80 48 45 47 36 38 30 19 23 22 2 17 14 9 9 8 7 10 7 6 6 4 1 4 4 4 5 3 2 0 1 1 1 1 1

(Grant Only) 20 51 16 39 29 26 30 34 25 16 13 11 6 7 6 32 3 5 12 6 7 7 4 3 3 1 7 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0

0

50

100

150

200

250

Number of submissions per type of requested financial support and per country (descending oder)

Face-to-face interviews retained applications per type of financial support and country

Restricted distribution STRICTLY

CONFIDENTIAL

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

CH IL DE FR ES UK BE DK IE IT PT SE NL NO BG EE FI IS SK TR AT CZ HU PL SI

Number of applicants selected for funding per type of requested financial support and per country

Number of applications selected for funding (A) Number of applications selected for funding (A)

Number of applications selected for funding (A) Number of applications selected for funding (A)

6

EIC Accelerator Number of applicants

selected for funding

All types of support

7

1

3

3 6

3

3

2

2

5

1

1

4

7

1

1

1

9

9

FTI Fast Track to Innovation

bull Fast go-to-market of an industry-driven innovative

concept to grow and scale-up

bull Grant-only Bottom-up

bull Consortia of 3-5 from 3 EU AC mdash mandatory industry

involvement

bull Up to euro3 million

bull Next cut-offs

- 23 May 2019 22 October 2019 19 February 2020 09 June

2020 27 October 2020

EIC Pilot Business Acceleration Services

bull For SMEs EIC clients (Pathfinder and Accelerator)

bull Coaching up to 12 days available

bull Mentoring for individual founders CEOs and leaders

bull EIC Community Platform

bull EIC Networking events such as Corporate Days

(companies meet large corporations as potential

investors)

EIC Pilot ndash SME Instrument Phase 2 Success case

Virtual reality in human eye resolution

Varjo Technologies Oy (FI) httpsvarjocom

Phase 2 in January 2018

euro24 m

euro273 m Series B in October 2018

Collaborating with Airbus Audi Volkswagen and Volvo Cars

EIC Pilot ndash FTI Success case

Biodegradable water reservoir for landscape-scale ecosystem restoration

FTI February 2016 euro11 m

Land Life euro59 m Series A in 2017-2018

Collaborating with Airbus Audi Volkswagen and Volvo Cars

Address difficult societal or technological challenges through game-changing innovation

Accelerate the development of effective solutions and promote market uptake

Apply out-of-the-box innovative thinking

Open participation across sectors and disciplines ndash innovators start-ups and scale-ups entrepreneurs etc

EIC Horizon Prizes Principles

SIX CHALLENGE-DRIVEN PRIZES VALUE DEADLINE

AFFORDABLE HIGH-TECH FOR HUMANITARIAN AID

euro5 million 2020

BLOCKCHAINS FOR SOCIAL GOOD euro5 million 2019

INNOVATIVE BATTERIES FOR EVEHICLES euro10 million 2020

FUEL FROM THE SUN ARTIFICIAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS

euro5 million 2021

EARLY WARNING FOR EPIDEMICS euro5 million 2020

LOW-COST SPACE LAUNCH euro10 million 2020

Open to legal entities from Member States and Associated Countries only

EIC Horizon Prizes 2019-2021

Poland in the EIC

Evaluation Date

Submitted Invited to Interviews

Selected Budget Success

rate

10012018 19 0 0 000 euro 000

14032018 15 1 1 197933750 euro 667

23052018 22 2 1 250000000 euro 455

10102018 14 2 1 223807500 euro 714

9012019 19 3 2 395186575 euro 1053

3042019 18 1 0 000 euro 000

5062019 21 4 3 601722625 euro 1429

9102019 21 4 0 000 euro 000

Totals 149 17 8 1668650450 euro 537

EIC Pilot Need help

bull EIC Wizard via EIC website

bull EIC Pilot Guide for Applicants

bull EIC Questions and Answers

bull National Contact Points (NCPs)

bull European Enterprise Network (EEN)

Submission step Geographical information ndash number of submissions

ES IT IL DE FR UK CH NL SE DK FINO

IE BE AT EL PT HU TR PL SI IS SK BG CZ EE UA BA LU CY LV RO HR LTMT

RS AI FO GE TN

(Blended Finance) 78 34 80 35 37 12 29 12 17 17 15 19 17 7 8 1 15 10 2 6 4 4 4 4 5 6 1 6 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

(Grant with Consent) 130 88 68 68 68 80 48 45 47 36 38 30 19 23 22 2 17 14 9 9 8 7 10 7 6 6 4 1 4 4 4 5 3 2 0 1 1 1 1 1

(Grant Only) 20 51 16 39 29 26 30 34 25 16 13 11 6 7 6 32 3 5 12 6 7 7 4 3 3 1 7 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0

0

50

100

150

200

250

Number of submissions per type of requested financial support and per country (descending oder)

Face-to-face interviews retained applications per type of financial support and country

Restricted distribution STRICTLY

CONFIDENTIAL

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

CH IL DE FR ES UK BE DK IE IT PT SE NL NO BG EE FI IS SK TR AT CZ HU PL SI

Number of applicants selected for funding per type of requested financial support and per country

Number of applications selected for funding (A) Number of applications selected for funding (A)

Number of applications selected for funding (A) Number of applications selected for funding (A)

6

EIC Accelerator Number of applicants

selected for funding

All types of support

7

1

3

3 6

3

3

2

2

5

1

1

4

7

1

1

1

9

9

FTI Fast Track to Innovation

bull Fast go-to-market of an industry-driven innovative

concept to grow and scale-up

bull Grant-only Bottom-up

bull Consortia of 3-5 from 3 EU AC mdash mandatory industry

involvement

bull Up to euro3 million

bull Next cut-offs

- 23 May 2019 22 October 2019 19 February 2020 09 June

2020 27 October 2020

EIC Pilot Business Acceleration Services

bull For SMEs EIC clients (Pathfinder and Accelerator)

bull Coaching up to 12 days available

bull Mentoring for individual founders CEOs and leaders

bull EIC Community Platform

bull EIC Networking events such as Corporate Days

(companies meet large corporations as potential

investors)

EIC Pilot ndash SME Instrument Phase 2 Success case

Virtual reality in human eye resolution

Varjo Technologies Oy (FI) httpsvarjocom

Phase 2 in January 2018

euro24 m

euro273 m Series B in October 2018

Collaborating with Airbus Audi Volkswagen and Volvo Cars

EIC Pilot ndash FTI Success case

Biodegradable water reservoir for landscape-scale ecosystem restoration

FTI February 2016 euro11 m

Land Life euro59 m Series A in 2017-2018

Collaborating with Airbus Audi Volkswagen and Volvo Cars

Address difficult societal or technological challenges through game-changing innovation

Accelerate the development of effective solutions and promote market uptake

Apply out-of-the-box innovative thinking

Open participation across sectors and disciplines ndash innovators start-ups and scale-ups entrepreneurs etc

EIC Horizon Prizes Principles

SIX CHALLENGE-DRIVEN PRIZES VALUE DEADLINE

AFFORDABLE HIGH-TECH FOR HUMANITARIAN AID

euro5 million 2020

BLOCKCHAINS FOR SOCIAL GOOD euro5 million 2019

INNOVATIVE BATTERIES FOR EVEHICLES euro10 million 2020

FUEL FROM THE SUN ARTIFICIAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS

euro5 million 2021

EARLY WARNING FOR EPIDEMICS euro5 million 2020

LOW-COST SPACE LAUNCH euro10 million 2020

Open to legal entities from Member States and Associated Countries only

EIC Horizon Prizes 2019-2021

Poland in the EIC

Evaluation Date

Submitted Invited to Interviews

Selected Budget Success

rate

10012018 19 0 0 000 euro 000

14032018 15 1 1 197933750 euro 667

23052018 22 2 1 250000000 euro 455

10102018 14 2 1 223807500 euro 714

9012019 19 3 2 395186575 euro 1053

3042019 18 1 0 000 euro 000

5062019 21 4 3 601722625 euro 1429

9102019 21 4 0 000 euro 000

Totals 149 17 8 1668650450 euro 537

EIC Pilot Need help

bull EIC Wizard via EIC website

bull EIC Pilot Guide for Applicants

bull EIC Questions and Answers

bull National Contact Points (NCPs)

bull European Enterprise Network (EEN)

Face-to-face interviews retained applications per type of financial support and country

Restricted distribution STRICTLY

CONFIDENTIAL

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

CH IL DE FR ES UK BE DK IE IT PT SE NL NO BG EE FI IS SK TR AT CZ HU PL SI

Number of applicants selected for funding per type of requested financial support and per country

Number of applications selected for funding (A) Number of applications selected for funding (A)

Number of applications selected for funding (A) Number of applications selected for funding (A)

6

EIC Accelerator Number of applicants

selected for funding

All types of support

7

1

3

3 6

3

3

2

2

5

1

1

4

7

1

1

1

9

9

FTI Fast Track to Innovation

bull Fast go-to-market of an industry-driven innovative

concept to grow and scale-up

bull Grant-only Bottom-up

bull Consortia of 3-5 from 3 EU AC mdash mandatory industry

involvement

bull Up to euro3 million

bull Next cut-offs

- 23 May 2019 22 October 2019 19 February 2020 09 June

2020 27 October 2020

EIC Pilot Business Acceleration Services

bull For SMEs EIC clients (Pathfinder and Accelerator)

bull Coaching up to 12 days available

bull Mentoring for individual founders CEOs and leaders

bull EIC Community Platform

bull EIC Networking events such as Corporate Days

(companies meet large corporations as potential

investors)

EIC Pilot ndash SME Instrument Phase 2 Success case

Virtual reality in human eye resolution

Varjo Technologies Oy (FI) httpsvarjocom

Phase 2 in January 2018

euro24 m

euro273 m Series B in October 2018

Collaborating with Airbus Audi Volkswagen and Volvo Cars

EIC Pilot ndash FTI Success case

Biodegradable water reservoir for landscape-scale ecosystem restoration

FTI February 2016 euro11 m

Land Life euro59 m Series A in 2017-2018

Collaborating with Airbus Audi Volkswagen and Volvo Cars

Address difficult societal or technological challenges through game-changing innovation

Accelerate the development of effective solutions and promote market uptake

Apply out-of-the-box innovative thinking

Open participation across sectors and disciplines ndash innovators start-ups and scale-ups entrepreneurs etc

EIC Horizon Prizes Principles

SIX CHALLENGE-DRIVEN PRIZES VALUE DEADLINE

AFFORDABLE HIGH-TECH FOR HUMANITARIAN AID

euro5 million 2020

BLOCKCHAINS FOR SOCIAL GOOD euro5 million 2019

INNOVATIVE BATTERIES FOR EVEHICLES euro10 million 2020

FUEL FROM THE SUN ARTIFICIAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS

euro5 million 2021

EARLY WARNING FOR EPIDEMICS euro5 million 2020

LOW-COST SPACE LAUNCH euro10 million 2020

Open to legal entities from Member States and Associated Countries only

EIC Horizon Prizes 2019-2021

Poland in the EIC

Evaluation Date

Submitted Invited to Interviews

Selected Budget Success

rate

10012018 19 0 0 000 euro 000

14032018 15 1 1 197933750 euro 667

23052018 22 2 1 250000000 euro 455

10102018 14 2 1 223807500 euro 714

9012019 19 3 2 395186575 euro 1053

3042019 18 1 0 000 euro 000

5062019 21 4 3 601722625 euro 1429

9102019 21 4 0 000 euro 000

Totals 149 17 8 1668650450 euro 537

EIC Pilot Need help

bull EIC Wizard via EIC website

bull EIC Pilot Guide for Applicants

bull EIC Questions and Answers

bull National Contact Points (NCPs)

bull European Enterprise Network (EEN)

6

EIC Accelerator Number of applicants

selected for funding

All types of support

7

1

3

3 6

3

3

2

2

5

1

1

4

7

1

1

1

9

9

FTI Fast Track to Innovation

bull Fast go-to-market of an industry-driven innovative

concept to grow and scale-up

bull Grant-only Bottom-up

bull Consortia of 3-5 from 3 EU AC mdash mandatory industry

involvement

bull Up to euro3 million

bull Next cut-offs

- 23 May 2019 22 October 2019 19 February 2020 09 June

2020 27 October 2020

EIC Pilot Business Acceleration Services

bull For SMEs EIC clients (Pathfinder and Accelerator)

bull Coaching up to 12 days available

bull Mentoring for individual founders CEOs and leaders

bull EIC Community Platform

bull EIC Networking events such as Corporate Days

(companies meet large corporations as potential

investors)

EIC Pilot ndash SME Instrument Phase 2 Success case

Virtual reality in human eye resolution

Varjo Technologies Oy (FI) httpsvarjocom

Phase 2 in January 2018

euro24 m

euro273 m Series B in October 2018

Collaborating with Airbus Audi Volkswagen and Volvo Cars

EIC Pilot ndash FTI Success case

Biodegradable water reservoir for landscape-scale ecosystem restoration

FTI February 2016 euro11 m

Land Life euro59 m Series A in 2017-2018

Collaborating with Airbus Audi Volkswagen and Volvo Cars

Address difficult societal or technological challenges through game-changing innovation

Accelerate the development of effective solutions and promote market uptake

Apply out-of-the-box innovative thinking

Open participation across sectors and disciplines ndash innovators start-ups and scale-ups entrepreneurs etc

EIC Horizon Prizes Principles

SIX CHALLENGE-DRIVEN PRIZES VALUE DEADLINE

AFFORDABLE HIGH-TECH FOR HUMANITARIAN AID

euro5 million 2020

BLOCKCHAINS FOR SOCIAL GOOD euro5 million 2019

INNOVATIVE BATTERIES FOR EVEHICLES euro10 million 2020

FUEL FROM THE SUN ARTIFICIAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS

euro5 million 2021

EARLY WARNING FOR EPIDEMICS euro5 million 2020

LOW-COST SPACE LAUNCH euro10 million 2020

Open to legal entities from Member States and Associated Countries only

EIC Horizon Prizes 2019-2021

Poland in the EIC

Evaluation Date

Submitted Invited to Interviews

Selected Budget Success

rate

10012018 19 0 0 000 euro 000

14032018 15 1 1 197933750 euro 667

23052018 22 2 1 250000000 euro 455

10102018 14 2 1 223807500 euro 714

9012019 19 3 2 395186575 euro 1053

3042019 18 1 0 000 euro 000

5062019 21 4 3 601722625 euro 1429

9102019 21 4 0 000 euro 000

Totals 149 17 8 1668650450 euro 537

EIC Pilot Need help

bull EIC Wizard via EIC website

bull EIC Pilot Guide for Applicants

bull EIC Questions and Answers

bull National Contact Points (NCPs)

bull European Enterprise Network (EEN)

FTI Fast Track to Innovation

bull Fast go-to-market of an industry-driven innovative

concept to grow and scale-up

bull Grant-only Bottom-up

bull Consortia of 3-5 from 3 EU AC mdash mandatory industry

involvement

bull Up to euro3 million

bull Next cut-offs

- 23 May 2019 22 October 2019 19 February 2020 09 June

2020 27 October 2020

EIC Pilot Business Acceleration Services

bull For SMEs EIC clients (Pathfinder and Accelerator)

bull Coaching up to 12 days available

bull Mentoring for individual founders CEOs and leaders

bull EIC Community Platform

bull EIC Networking events such as Corporate Days

(companies meet large corporations as potential

investors)

EIC Pilot ndash SME Instrument Phase 2 Success case

Virtual reality in human eye resolution

Varjo Technologies Oy (FI) httpsvarjocom

Phase 2 in January 2018

euro24 m

euro273 m Series B in October 2018

Collaborating with Airbus Audi Volkswagen and Volvo Cars

EIC Pilot ndash FTI Success case

Biodegradable water reservoir for landscape-scale ecosystem restoration

FTI February 2016 euro11 m

Land Life euro59 m Series A in 2017-2018

Collaborating with Airbus Audi Volkswagen and Volvo Cars

Address difficult societal or technological challenges through game-changing innovation

Accelerate the development of effective solutions and promote market uptake

Apply out-of-the-box innovative thinking

Open participation across sectors and disciplines ndash innovators start-ups and scale-ups entrepreneurs etc

EIC Horizon Prizes Principles

SIX CHALLENGE-DRIVEN PRIZES VALUE DEADLINE

AFFORDABLE HIGH-TECH FOR HUMANITARIAN AID

euro5 million 2020

BLOCKCHAINS FOR SOCIAL GOOD euro5 million 2019

INNOVATIVE BATTERIES FOR EVEHICLES euro10 million 2020

FUEL FROM THE SUN ARTIFICIAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS

euro5 million 2021

EARLY WARNING FOR EPIDEMICS euro5 million 2020

LOW-COST SPACE LAUNCH euro10 million 2020

Open to legal entities from Member States and Associated Countries only

EIC Horizon Prizes 2019-2021

Poland in the EIC

Evaluation Date

Submitted Invited to Interviews

Selected Budget Success

rate

10012018 19 0 0 000 euro 000

14032018 15 1 1 197933750 euro 667

23052018 22 2 1 250000000 euro 455

10102018 14 2 1 223807500 euro 714

9012019 19 3 2 395186575 euro 1053

3042019 18 1 0 000 euro 000

5062019 21 4 3 601722625 euro 1429

9102019 21 4 0 000 euro 000

Totals 149 17 8 1668650450 euro 537

EIC Pilot Need help

bull EIC Wizard via EIC website

bull EIC Pilot Guide for Applicants

bull EIC Questions and Answers

bull National Contact Points (NCPs)

bull European Enterprise Network (EEN)

EIC Pilot Business Acceleration Services

bull For SMEs EIC clients (Pathfinder and Accelerator)

bull Coaching up to 12 days available

bull Mentoring for individual founders CEOs and leaders

bull EIC Community Platform

bull EIC Networking events such as Corporate Days

(companies meet large corporations as potential

investors)

EIC Pilot ndash SME Instrument Phase 2 Success case

Virtual reality in human eye resolution

Varjo Technologies Oy (FI) httpsvarjocom

Phase 2 in January 2018

euro24 m

euro273 m Series B in October 2018

Collaborating with Airbus Audi Volkswagen and Volvo Cars

EIC Pilot ndash FTI Success case

Biodegradable water reservoir for landscape-scale ecosystem restoration

FTI February 2016 euro11 m

Land Life euro59 m Series A in 2017-2018

Collaborating with Airbus Audi Volkswagen and Volvo Cars

Address difficult societal or technological challenges through game-changing innovation

Accelerate the development of effective solutions and promote market uptake

Apply out-of-the-box innovative thinking

Open participation across sectors and disciplines ndash innovators start-ups and scale-ups entrepreneurs etc

EIC Horizon Prizes Principles

SIX CHALLENGE-DRIVEN PRIZES VALUE DEADLINE

AFFORDABLE HIGH-TECH FOR HUMANITARIAN AID

euro5 million 2020

BLOCKCHAINS FOR SOCIAL GOOD euro5 million 2019

INNOVATIVE BATTERIES FOR EVEHICLES euro10 million 2020

FUEL FROM THE SUN ARTIFICIAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS

euro5 million 2021

EARLY WARNING FOR EPIDEMICS euro5 million 2020

LOW-COST SPACE LAUNCH euro10 million 2020

Open to legal entities from Member States and Associated Countries only

EIC Horizon Prizes 2019-2021

Poland in the EIC

Evaluation Date

Submitted Invited to Interviews

Selected Budget Success

rate

10012018 19 0 0 000 euro 000

14032018 15 1 1 197933750 euro 667

23052018 22 2 1 250000000 euro 455

10102018 14 2 1 223807500 euro 714

9012019 19 3 2 395186575 euro 1053

3042019 18 1 0 000 euro 000

5062019 21 4 3 601722625 euro 1429

9102019 21 4 0 000 euro 000

Totals 149 17 8 1668650450 euro 537

EIC Pilot Need help

bull EIC Wizard via EIC website

bull EIC Pilot Guide for Applicants

bull EIC Questions and Answers

bull National Contact Points (NCPs)

bull European Enterprise Network (EEN)

EIC Pilot ndash SME Instrument Phase 2 Success case

Virtual reality in human eye resolution

Varjo Technologies Oy (FI) httpsvarjocom

Phase 2 in January 2018

euro24 m

euro273 m Series B in October 2018

Collaborating with Airbus Audi Volkswagen and Volvo Cars

EIC Pilot ndash FTI Success case

Biodegradable water reservoir for landscape-scale ecosystem restoration

FTI February 2016 euro11 m

Land Life euro59 m Series A in 2017-2018

Collaborating with Airbus Audi Volkswagen and Volvo Cars

Address difficult societal or technological challenges through game-changing innovation

Accelerate the development of effective solutions and promote market uptake

Apply out-of-the-box innovative thinking

Open participation across sectors and disciplines ndash innovators start-ups and scale-ups entrepreneurs etc

EIC Horizon Prizes Principles

SIX CHALLENGE-DRIVEN PRIZES VALUE DEADLINE

AFFORDABLE HIGH-TECH FOR HUMANITARIAN AID

euro5 million 2020

BLOCKCHAINS FOR SOCIAL GOOD euro5 million 2019

INNOVATIVE BATTERIES FOR EVEHICLES euro10 million 2020

FUEL FROM THE SUN ARTIFICIAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS

euro5 million 2021

EARLY WARNING FOR EPIDEMICS euro5 million 2020

LOW-COST SPACE LAUNCH euro10 million 2020

Open to legal entities from Member States and Associated Countries only

EIC Horizon Prizes 2019-2021

Poland in the EIC

Evaluation Date

Submitted Invited to Interviews

Selected Budget Success

rate

10012018 19 0 0 000 euro 000

14032018 15 1 1 197933750 euro 667

23052018 22 2 1 250000000 euro 455

10102018 14 2 1 223807500 euro 714

9012019 19 3 2 395186575 euro 1053

3042019 18 1 0 000 euro 000

5062019 21 4 3 601722625 euro 1429

9102019 21 4 0 000 euro 000

Totals 149 17 8 1668650450 euro 537

EIC Pilot Need help

bull EIC Wizard via EIC website

bull EIC Pilot Guide for Applicants

bull EIC Questions and Answers

bull National Contact Points (NCPs)

bull European Enterprise Network (EEN)

EIC Pilot ndash FTI Success case

Biodegradable water reservoir for landscape-scale ecosystem restoration

FTI February 2016 euro11 m

Land Life euro59 m Series A in 2017-2018

Collaborating with Airbus Audi Volkswagen and Volvo Cars

Address difficult societal or technological challenges through game-changing innovation

Accelerate the development of effective solutions and promote market uptake

Apply out-of-the-box innovative thinking

Open participation across sectors and disciplines ndash innovators start-ups and scale-ups entrepreneurs etc

EIC Horizon Prizes Principles

SIX CHALLENGE-DRIVEN PRIZES VALUE DEADLINE

AFFORDABLE HIGH-TECH FOR HUMANITARIAN AID

euro5 million 2020

BLOCKCHAINS FOR SOCIAL GOOD euro5 million 2019

INNOVATIVE BATTERIES FOR EVEHICLES euro10 million 2020

FUEL FROM THE SUN ARTIFICIAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS

euro5 million 2021

EARLY WARNING FOR EPIDEMICS euro5 million 2020

LOW-COST SPACE LAUNCH euro10 million 2020

Open to legal entities from Member States and Associated Countries only

EIC Horizon Prizes 2019-2021

Poland in the EIC

Evaluation Date

Submitted Invited to Interviews

Selected Budget Success

rate

10012018 19 0 0 000 euro 000

14032018 15 1 1 197933750 euro 667

23052018 22 2 1 250000000 euro 455

10102018 14 2 1 223807500 euro 714

9012019 19 3 2 395186575 euro 1053

3042019 18 1 0 000 euro 000

5062019 21 4 3 601722625 euro 1429

9102019 21 4 0 000 euro 000

Totals 149 17 8 1668650450 euro 537

EIC Pilot Need help

bull EIC Wizard via EIC website

bull EIC Pilot Guide for Applicants

bull EIC Questions and Answers

bull National Contact Points (NCPs)

bull European Enterprise Network (EEN)

Address difficult societal or technological challenges through game-changing innovation

Accelerate the development of effective solutions and promote market uptake

Apply out-of-the-box innovative thinking

Open participation across sectors and disciplines ndash innovators start-ups and scale-ups entrepreneurs etc

EIC Horizon Prizes Principles

SIX CHALLENGE-DRIVEN PRIZES VALUE DEADLINE

AFFORDABLE HIGH-TECH FOR HUMANITARIAN AID

euro5 million 2020

BLOCKCHAINS FOR SOCIAL GOOD euro5 million 2019

INNOVATIVE BATTERIES FOR EVEHICLES euro10 million 2020

FUEL FROM THE SUN ARTIFICIAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS

euro5 million 2021

EARLY WARNING FOR EPIDEMICS euro5 million 2020

LOW-COST SPACE LAUNCH euro10 million 2020

Open to legal entities from Member States and Associated Countries only

EIC Horizon Prizes 2019-2021

Poland in the EIC

Evaluation Date

Submitted Invited to Interviews

Selected Budget Success

rate

10012018 19 0 0 000 euro 000

14032018 15 1 1 197933750 euro 667

23052018 22 2 1 250000000 euro 455

10102018 14 2 1 223807500 euro 714

9012019 19 3 2 395186575 euro 1053

3042019 18 1 0 000 euro 000

5062019 21 4 3 601722625 euro 1429

9102019 21 4 0 000 euro 000

Totals 149 17 8 1668650450 euro 537

EIC Pilot Need help

bull EIC Wizard via EIC website

bull EIC Pilot Guide for Applicants

bull EIC Questions and Answers

bull National Contact Points (NCPs)

bull European Enterprise Network (EEN)

SIX CHALLENGE-DRIVEN PRIZES VALUE DEADLINE

AFFORDABLE HIGH-TECH FOR HUMANITARIAN AID

euro5 million 2020

BLOCKCHAINS FOR SOCIAL GOOD euro5 million 2019

INNOVATIVE BATTERIES FOR EVEHICLES euro10 million 2020

FUEL FROM THE SUN ARTIFICIAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS

euro5 million 2021

EARLY WARNING FOR EPIDEMICS euro5 million 2020

LOW-COST SPACE LAUNCH euro10 million 2020

Open to legal entities from Member States and Associated Countries only

EIC Horizon Prizes 2019-2021

Poland in the EIC

Evaluation Date

Submitted Invited to Interviews

Selected Budget Success

rate

10012018 19 0 0 000 euro 000

14032018 15 1 1 197933750 euro 667

23052018 22 2 1 250000000 euro 455

10102018 14 2 1 223807500 euro 714

9012019 19 3 2 395186575 euro 1053

3042019 18 1 0 000 euro 000

5062019 21 4 3 601722625 euro 1429

9102019 21 4 0 000 euro 000

Totals 149 17 8 1668650450 euro 537

EIC Pilot Need help

bull EIC Wizard via EIC website

bull EIC Pilot Guide for Applicants

bull EIC Questions and Answers

bull National Contact Points (NCPs)

bull European Enterprise Network (EEN)

Poland in the EIC

Evaluation Date

Submitted Invited to Interviews

Selected Budget Success

rate

10012018 19 0 0 000 euro 000

14032018 15 1 1 197933750 euro 667

23052018 22 2 1 250000000 euro 455

10102018 14 2 1 223807500 euro 714

9012019 19 3 2 395186575 euro 1053

3042019 18 1 0 000 euro 000

5062019 21 4 3 601722625 euro 1429

9102019 21 4 0 000 euro 000

Totals 149 17 8 1668650450 euro 537

EIC Pilot Need help

bull EIC Wizard via EIC website

bull EIC Pilot Guide for Applicants

bull EIC Questions and Answers

bull National Contact Points (NCPs)

bull European Enterprise Network (EEN)

EIC Pilot Need help

bull EIC Wizard via EIC website

bull EIC Pilot Guide for Applicants

bull EIC Questions and Answers

bull National Contact Points (NCPs)

bull European Enterprise Network (EEN)

For further information

EIC website

European Funding and Tender portal

EU Science amp Innovation

EUScienceInnov

EU_EIC

H2020SME

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