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We prepare applications to the EIC Accelerator and other EU programmes: a chance assessment before any work starts, the short and full application, preparation for the jury interview. The first review is free.
The first review is free. If the project does not meet the criteria, we will tell you straight away.
We look at the technology's stage, the team, the market and the fit with the goals of the specific call. If the project does not meet the formal criteria or falls short of TRL 6–8, we say so straight away, before you pay for an application that will not pass the first filter.
The EIC requires the founder to understand the application and defend the project in person before the jury at the third stage. A consultant who writes everything alone and disappears before the interview lets the project down exactly where the funding is decided.
Such a figure cannot be verified from outside, and the Code of Conduct the EIC published for consultants in November 2023 expressly prohibits misleading applicants about their chances. We show the official statistics instead: 923 full applications were submitted for the 1 October 2025 cut-off, 121 projects reached the jury interview and 61 companies received funding.
A review of the project against the criteria of the specific call: technology stage, market, team, fit with the programme's priorities. With a go or no-go conclusion and a list of what needs strengthening before submission.
Step 1: a 12-page form, a pitch deck and a three-minute video. Step 2: a 20-page form, an implementation plan, a financial model and a video. Plus correspondence with the EIC during evaluation.
A breakdown of the questions asked at the interview, rehearsals and work on the weak points of the presentation. You defend the project, and we prepare you for that conversation.
You send a description of the technology, its readiness level, the team and market plans. We check the fit with the criteria and tell you whether it makes sense to apply and to which call.
The EIC Accelerator has six dates in 2026: 7 January, 4 March, 6 May, 8 July, 2 September and 4 November, with submissions closing at 17:00 Brussels time. We choose the date the project can be ready for, not the nearest one.
A 12-page form, a pitch deck and a three-minute video. It can be submitted at any time, and evaluation takes 4–6 weeks.
A 20-page form, an implementation plan, a financial model and a video. Remote evaluation takes 8–9 weeks.
The result of the jury interview arrives in 2–3 weeks. Then the agreement is signed; for the investment component, due diligence takes 2 to 6 months. The whole path from the short application to the agreement takes about a year.
This is not our marketing department talking but the EIC Board: success in EIC calls is achievable without consultants, and the applicant must in any case stay involved and defend the project in person. Free help is available here:
If you have someone who can write applications and knows the evaluation criteria, hire them rather than us. We are needed where there is no such person and the cut-off date is already set.
And here is what the EIC Board warns about when choosing any consultant, including us: look at exclusivity clauses, intellectual property clauses and success-fee-only payment. Check whether the consultant follows the Code of Conduct published by the EIC in November 2023. Check us too.
For the EIC Accelerator, technology at readiness level TRL 6–8: the prototype already works and has been tested in close to real conditions. The grant covers bringing it to market over 24 months, not research from scratch. Besides the technology, evaluators look at the team, scalability and fit with the priorities of the specific call.
No. The decision is made by the EIC jury, and neither consulting nor the quality of the text can influence it. Our job is to assess the chances honestly before starting work and to prepare the application so that it is not rejected for avoidable reasons.
The grant component is up to €2.5 million for bringing the technology to market over 24 months. The investment component is €1–10 million through the EIC Fund. Most recipients take both: in the results announced on 17 February 2026, 85% chose blended finance.
The applicant is a startup or SME from an EU country or a country associated with Horizon Europe. Companies from third countries can re-register before submitting the full Step 2 application. Small mid-caps with up to 499 employees are also eligible for the investment component.
Evaluation of the short application takes 4–6 weeks, the full application 8–9 weeks, and the result of the jury interview another 2–3 weeks. Including signing the agreement, and for the investment component a due diligence of 2–6 months, the path from the first submission to the money takes about a year.
Yes, and the EIC Board says so directly: success in EIC calls is achievable without consultants. Free help is available from National Contact Points, technology transfer offices at universities and, after the first stage, the EIC's own business coaching. If you have someone who can write applications and knows the evaluation criteria, you do not need a consultant. We are needed where there is no such person but there is a deadline.
This advice is not ours but the EIC Board's: be careful with exclusivity clauses, intellectual property clauses and success-fee-only payment. And check whether the consultant follows the Code of Conduct published by the EIC in November 2023. This applies to us as well, so ask.
Yes, but we tell you honestly where to go. An idea without a prototype is not for the Accelerator: early stages have the EIC Pathfinder and national programmes. Applying to the Accelerator with technology at TRL 3–4 means spending months and being rejected on formal grounds.
Yes. We advise on the terms of the agreement, reporting and obligations, so that mistakes in reports do not turn into having to return the funds.
With European programmes for startups, SMEs and R&D projects, above all the EIC Accelerator, as well as national programmes of EU countries.
Spanish programmes (ENISA, CDTI, regional subsidies) work differently and run on their own timelines: calls open and close as the budget is spent, sometimes within a couple of weeks. What is open in 2026, what has already closed and where to find current calls is covered in the article Business grants in Spain. Our service Grantomat can watch the register for you: it checks BDNS five times a day and sends a notification when a suitable programme appears. EU programmes do not need such a watcher, since their cut-off dates are known a year ahead.
Grants in Spain are a separate story. ENISA, CDTI and regional subsidies follow their own rules, and the difference from the EU is not only in the amounts. EIC cut-off dates are known a year ahead, so you can plan calmly. Spanish calls open and close as the budget is spent, sometimes within a couple of weeks, and you can only learn about them from the register.
That is why for Spain we run Grantomat: it checks BDNS, the national subsidies database, five times a day and sends a notification when a programme matching the company's profile opens. EU programmes do not need such a service, since their calendar is known in advance.
Tell us about the technology, its stage and the team. We will tell you whether it makes sense to apply, to which call and for which cut-off date. If it does not, we will say so.
In Spain there are more than 30 migration programs for foreigners, so it is very difficult to understand all the options and choose a program on your own.
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