EIC Summit – the €3.5B Deep-Tech Fund and What It Offers to Companies and the EU

RAIKU was invited to exhibit at the deep-tech flagship conference of the European Innovation Council. This year, our co-founder Karl Pärtel also moderated a panel discussing the additional support activities that the EIC offers.

We were also visited by the new EU Commissioner Ekaterina Zaharieva from Research & Innovation at the European Commission, and Deputy Director Signe Ratso, showing strong interest in the EU’s deep tech and innovation at the highest level.

What’s truly unique—and what many companies don’t know when applying for the EIC Accelerator (including us)? The added value that the EIC and Business Acceleration Services bring to the table that speed up your business tenfold:

• International Trade Fairs – showcasing your innovation around the world at top global conferences (we gained over 1,000 relevant contacts last year over 10+ events)
• Piloting with large multinationals – directly connecting beneficiaries with major companies
• All-round business, prototyping, and fundraising services and coaching network
• Additional funding opportunities – for piloting, IP, internationalisation, and many other crucial tasks needed to bring your solution to market
• And finally, the EIC together with EIB create a financing value chain, supporting your business growth for years to come.

We are tapping into every opportunity listed above and can already see the difference in a mere one year – we’re already operating on the international market instead of our basement in 2023. We are making huge steps and much faster because of this support!

Thanks to all the individuals behind it who make it happen – we can’t count on our fingers and toes how many direct opportunities these people have brought us: Michiel Scheffer, Nassima Ferahtia, Agnieszka Stasiakowsk, Mario Rubinato, Ekke van Vliet, Carlos Gonzalez, Yousef Yousef, Marie Wojtusczyn, Caludiu Alin Apostiu, Catherine Frideres, María Cristina Chumacero, and many, many more!

At the yearly EIC Summit, we saw and heard that there is a bright future ahead—we are building novel and strong industries in EU! See you in 2026 at the next Summit!

👉 If you want to create your own EIC success story, find out everything you need to know about the European Innovation Council here.