European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator opportunities for Ukrainian innovators

Описание: EIC Accelerator together with USF and the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine will host an online lecture on April 21 at 2.30 PM (UA time) on the topic: The European Unicorn factory: funding opportunities for Ukrainian innovators (TRL 5/6 up)

AGENDA

14.30 – 14.40
Opening & Welcome Words

Serhiy Shkarlet, Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine
Pavlo Kartashov, Director of the Ukrainian Startup Fund
Jean-David Malo, Director of the European Innovation Council and SME Agency

14.40 –15.00
European Innovation Council: general overview of the main concept and funding instruments

Speaker: Keith SEQUEIRA, Head of EIC Board, Strategy and Feedback to Policy Unit

15.00 – 15.40
EIC Accelerator:
· Funding opportunities;
· Application procedure (stages, AI platform);
· Business acceleration services.

Speaker: Cornelius Schmaltz, Head of EIC Accelerator Unit

15.40-16.00
Q&A

About EIC Accelerator:

EIC supports individual Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), in particular Startups and spinout companies to develop and scaleup game-changing innovations. In some cases small mid-caps (up to 500 employees) are supported. The EIC Accelerator provides substantial financial support with:
• grant funding (non-dilutive) of up to €2.5 million for innovation development costs,
• investments (direct equity investments) of up to €15 million managed by the EIC Fund (https://eic.ec.europa.eu/investment-o...) for scale up and other relevant costs. Companies working on technologies of strategic European interest can apply for EIC investments of more than €15 million.
In addition, EIC selected companies receive coaching, mentoring, access to investors and corporates, and many other opportunities as part of the EIC community.