Which investor invests in what?

BioInnovation Institute

A 12-month accelerator program by BioInnovation Institute providing early-stage European life science startups with a €500,000 convertible loan, mentoring, and support in therapeutics and planetary health.

Kind

Accelerator

Stages

Pre-seed · Seed

Countries

AT, BE, BG +28

Key fact

Ticket €500K–€500K

Last verified

Verified 7 Nov 2026

European Investment Bank

EIB Venture Debt provides quasi-equity loans to innovative European tech startups and cleantech scale-ups, typically offering tickets between €15m and €50m on a co-investment basis.

Kind

Venture debt

Stages

Series B · Series C+

Countries

EU-wide

Key fact

Ticket €15M–€50M

Last verified

Verified 7 Nov 2026

European Investment Bank

Venture debt financing offered by the European Investment Bank to eligible growth companies through a multi-step pre-screening and appraisal process.

Kind

Venture debt

Stages

Series B · Series C+

Countries

EU-wide

Key fact

Ticket €10M–€50M

Last verified

Verified 7 Nov 2026

Nighthawk Partners

Nighthawk Partners provides amortising venture debt term loans ranging from £1m to £50m+ for VC-backed tech companies from Series A across the UK, EU, Israel, and the Gulf.

Kind

Venture debt

Stages

Series A · Series B · Series C+

Countries

EU-wide, GB, IL

Key fact

Ticket €1.2M–€60M

Last verified

Verified 7 Nov 2026

European growth-credit provider originating and structuring €1–3M senior-secured debt facilities for late-seed and Series A B2B technology businesses.

Kind

Venture debt

Stages

Seed · Series A

Countries

EU-wide, GB, IS +2

Key fact

Ticket €1M–€3M

Last verified

Verified 7 Nov 2026

UniCap

UniCap provides flexible credit lines and debt financing from 500k to 30M for early-stage and growth businesses in the EU, UK, and US through a network of 200 lenders.

Kind

Venture debt

Stages

Pre-seed · Seed · Series B · Series C+

Countries

EU-wide, GB, US

Key fact

Ticket €500K–€30M

Last verified

Verified 7 Nov 2026

European Commission

HERA Invest provides venture debt financing via the EIB to innovative European SMEs and mid-caps developing medical countermeasures against priority health threats, such as pandemics, CBRN, and AMR.

Kind

Venture debt

Stages

Seed · Series A · Series B · Series C+

Countries

EU-wide

Key fact

Ticket €15M–€40M

Last verified

Verified 7 Nov 2026

Bootstrap Europe provides non-dilutive growth debt funding of up to €5M+ to scale-up businesses across Europe, focusing on sectors including biotech, cleantech, fintech, and SaaS.

Kind

Venture debt

Stages

Series B · Series C+

Countries

AL, AT, BA +36

Key fact

Ticket €0–€5M

Last verified

Verified 7 Nov 2026

European Investment Bank

EIB's venture debt product under InvestEU provides €7.5m–€50m in growth financing (up to 50% co-investment) for cleantech, energy, circular economy, and mobility scale-ups that have raised Series A or B equity.

Kind

Venture debt

Stages

Series A · Series B · Series C+

Countries

EU-wide

Key fact

Ticket €7.5M–€50M

Last verified

Verified 7 Nov 2026

re:cap offers non-dilutive debt financing to European and UK companies with predictable recurring revenues, with both a fast track for up to €300k and tailored tracks for larger amounts.

Kind

Revenue-based financing

Stages

Series A · Series B · Series C+

Countries

EU-wide, GB

Key fact

Ticket €250K–€5M

Last verified

Verified 7 Nov 2026

Dutch early-stage impact investment firm backing Climate, Health, and Edtech startups via an angel collective and a seed fund.

Kind

Venture capital

Stages

Pre-seed · Seed

Countries

EU-wide, NL

Last verified

Verified 7 Nov 2026

EIT Urban Mobility

Competition connecting European startups and SMEs with corporates and public entities to implement AI solutions across mobility and urban challenges.

Kind

Competition

Countries

EU-wide

Key fact

Deadline 15 Sep 2024

Last verified

Verified 7 Nov 2026

Invest-NL

EU programme offering blended finance combining grants up to €2.5M and equity up to €10M for European startups and SMEs developing game-changing deeptech innovations.

Kind

Grant programme

Countries

EU-wide

Key fact

Ticket up to €12.5M

Last verified

Verified 7 Nov 2026

Amazon

Hybrid accelerator by Amazon supporting European startups with scalable technologies that reduce carbon emissions and environmental impact, offering pilot opportunities.

Kind

Accelerator

Stages

Seed

Countries

CH, EU-wide, GB +3

Last verified

Verified 7 Nov 2026

European venture capital firm backing European B2B deep tech startups with seed and Series A capital across healthtech, industry 5.0, cybersecurity, quantum, and AI.

Kind

Venture capital

Stages

Seed · Series A

Countries

EU-wide

Last verified

Verified 7 Nov 2026

Peak is an early-stage European venture capital firm investing initial tickets of €250k to €4m in SaaS, marketplace, and digital platform startups across Europe.

Kind

Venture capital

Stages

Pre-seed · Seed · Series A

Countries

EU-wide

Key fact

Ticket €250K–€4M

Last verified

Verified 7 Nov 2026

Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland

EU funding programme running 2021–2027 that provides co-financed action grants and tenders to strengthen European healthcare systems, crisis preparedness, and disease prevention.

Kind

Grant programme

Countries

EU-wide

Last verified

Verified 7 Nov 2026

Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland

Dutch innovation competition by RVO for businesses developing Immersive Experience (IX) products addressing the future of work across mental resilience, talent, and healthcare robotics.

Kind

Competition

Stages

Idea · Pre-seed

Countries

EU-wide

Key fact

Deadline 30 Nov 2026

Last verified

Verified 7 Nov 2026

European Commission

Kind

Grant call

Countries

EU-wide

Key fact

Deadline 27 Jan 2027

Last verified

Verified 7 Nov 2026

European Commission

Kind

Grant call

Countries

EU-wide

Key fact

Deadline 20 Jan 2027

Last verified

Verified 7 Nov 2026