Which investor invests in what?

European Innovation Council

The EIC Accelerator provides European deep-tech start-ups and SMEs with blended finance, offering grants of up to €2.5M combined with direct equity investments of up to €10M for breakthrough technologies at TRL 6 or higher.

Kind

Accelerator

Countries

EU-wide

Key fact

Deadline 4 Nov 2026

Last verified

Verified 7 Nov 2026

Alpha Bank

Four-month fintech acceleration program by Alpha Bank and Endeavor Greece offering mentoring, pilot opportunities, and a €10k–€15k cash grant to early-stage EU fintech startups.

Kind

Accelerator

Stages

Pre-seed · Seed · Series A

Countries

EU-wide

Key fact

Ticket €10K–€15K

Last verified

Verified 7 Nov 2026

AquaSphere Project

An 8-week virtual accelerator funded by EIT HEI for European blue economy startups and scale-ups, providing mentoring, technical validation, and investor readiness support.

Kind

Accelerator

Stages

Pre-seed · Seed · Series A

Countries

EU-wide

Key fact

Deadline 7 Apr 2026

Last verified

Verified 7 Nov 2026

European Commission

Six-month space tech accelerator by the EC and EUSPA offering business and investment coaching, events, and non-dilutive funding to European startups and scale-ups using space technologies or data.

Kind

Accelerator

Stages

Seed

Countries

EU-wide, IS, NO

Key fact

Deadline 2 Oct 2026

Last verified

Verified 7 Nov 2026

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

E2D

Curiosity Venture Capital is an Amsterdam-based VC firm investing $270k to $1.1m in pre-seed to Series A European startups building B2B AI software across the Benelux, Nordics, and Baltics.

Kind

Venture capital

Stages

Pre-seed · Seed · Series A

Countries

BE, DK, EE +7

Key fact

Ticket €240.6K–€980K

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

Healthcare impact investor backing (pre-)seed startups that contribute to healthy living and disease management across Benelux, Nordics, DACH, and the UK.

Kind

Venture capital

Stages

Pre-seed · Seed · Series A

Countries

AT, BE, CH +9

Last verified

Verified 7 Nov 2026