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ELEVATE

A 12-week hybrid accelerator for university-linked entrepreneurial teams and early-stage startups in AI, health, food biotech, and creative sectors, offering mentoring, immersion in Trieste, and prizes.

Kind

Accelerator

Stages

Idea · Pre-seed

Countries

Any country

Key fact

Deadline 30 Jun 2026

Last verified

Verified 7 Nov 2026

Science and Technology Facilities Council

UK accelerator for early-stage quantum tech startups offering up to £50k MVP funding, £10k in R&D vouchers, mentoring, and investor networking.

Kind

Accelerator

Stages

Pre-seed · Seed

Countries

United Kingdom

Key fact

Ticket up to €50K

Last verified

Verified 7 Nov 2026

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

Bio Innovation Institute

Bio Innovation Institute's 12-month accelerator provides early-stage human health, planetary health, and quantum startups with a DKK 4.2 million convertible loan, mentorship, and lab space in Copenhagen.

Kind

Accelerator

Stages

Pre-seed · Seed

Countries

Any country

Key fact

Deadline 10 Sep 2026

Last verified

Verified 7 Nov 2026

SpaceQuest Ventures

SpaceQuest Ventures offers an accelerator programme for space tech startups, providing mentorship, corporate access, and at least €50k in investment (€25k cash plus €25k programme value) plus follow-on opportunities.

Kind

Accelerator

Stages

Pre-seed

Countries

Any country

Key fact

Ticket €50K+

Last verified

Verified 7 Nov 2026

Galician accelerator programme supporting healthcare and caregiving innovation projects, from early ideas to startups, across digital health, medtech, and advanced therapies.

Kind

Accelerator

Stages

Idea

Countries

Any country

Key fact

Deadline 31 Oct 2026

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

Startup Wise Guys

Startup Wise Guys runs an intensive accelerator for early-stage B2B fintech, insurtech, and regtech startups, offering up to €150k in convertible funding with follow-on opportunities.

Kind

Accelerator

Stages

Pre-seed · Seed

Countries

Any country

Key fact

Ticket up to €150K

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

BSC-CNS

A 14-week equity-free hybrid accelerator in Spain for up to 100 AI-native startups, providing mentoring, workspace, investor connections, and access to the MareNostrum 5 supercomputer.

Kind

Accelerator

Countries

Spain

Key fact

Ticket €4.5K–€4.5K

Last verified

Verified 7 Nov 2026

Zubi Capital

Zubi Capital provides flexible, non-dilutive impact venture debt financing to support early-stage European startups tackling environmental and social challenges.

Kind

Venture debt

Stages

Pre-seed · Seed

Countries

Any country

Last verified

Verified 7 Nov 2026

BIO-All

Acceleration program offering business support, mentoring, masterclasses, and demo day pitching for seed and early-stage companies in biohealth and pharmaceuticals.

Kind

Accelerator

Stages

Pre-seed · Seed

Countries

Any country

Last verified

Verified 7 Nov 2026

Startup Wise Guys

A 14-week hybrid accelerator for early-stage B2B startups from Kosovo and North Macedonia run by Startup Wise Guys, offering mentoring and potential initial investment of up to €50,000.

Kind

Accelerator

Stages

Pre-seed · Seed

Countries

MK, XK

Key fact

Deadline 18 May 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

Commerzbank

Commerzbank provides debt financing and structured lending solutions for European defence and security scale-ups and SMEs to support expansion, scaling, and working capital without equity dilution.

Kind

Loan

Stages

Series B · Series C+

Countries

Any country

Last verified

Verified 7 Nov 2026

Redstone

Redstone offers venture debt financing of €1M to €3M for European startups with proven product-market fit, supporting expansion from Seed to Series B across deeptech, software, and health sectors.

Kind

Venture debt

Stages

Seed · Series A · Series B

Countries

Any country

Key fact

Ticket €1M–€3M

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