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The equity investments will be made through the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/eic.ec.europa.eu\/news\/european-innovation-council-fund-set-be-fully-operational-2022-09-29_en\">EIC Fund<\/a>. The selected companies have a geographical spread spanning 17 countries, including three widening countries. Almost 30% percent (15 of the 51 companies) have a female CEO, CTO (Chief Technology Officer) or CSO (Chief Scientific Officer).<\/p>\n<p>The March cut off saw the first \u2018Plug In\u2019 applicant that was put forward by a national innovation programme to be recommended for funding. There was also another successful company from the \u2018Fast Track\u2019 scheme, whereby other EU programmes such as the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) selects relevant companies for the EIC Accelerator.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some examples of the innovative projects and companies that will receive support:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Project SUBRACABLE (company&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/subra.dk\/\">Subra a\/s<\/a>&nbsp;from Denmark) &#8211; making superconducting power grids a feasible solution for Europe)<\/li>\n<li>Project Twinspect (company&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twinsity.com\/\">Twinsity<\/a>&nbsp;from Germany) &#8211; first fast and automated (&lt;5 min) AI-based inspection to increase operational safety of large critical infrastructure, e.g., bridges, dams, and oil &amp; gas platforms and refineries<\/li>\n<li>Project WIDMO cities (<a href=\"https:\/\/widmo.tech\/\">company SGPR.tech<\/a>&nbsp;from Poland) &#8211; providing complete subsurface information of the urban areas<\/li>\n<li>Project Adapte (company&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cephalgo.com\/language\/en\/\">Cephalgo<\/a>&nbsp;from France) &#8211; a novel and accurate emotion recognition system for real-time and continuous patient monitoring in psychiatry<\/li>\n<li>Project PATS (company&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pats-drones.com\/\">Mu-G Knowledge Management BV<\/a>&nbsp;from the Netherlands) \u2013automated insect control platform to eradicate pests<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In most cases, the companies will receive the grant financing within the next two to three months, while the first investment decisions will be made within two months. &nbsp;A further 88 applications that met all the criteria at the remote evaluation stage and that were assessed positively by the EIC jury, but not recommended for funding, will be awarded a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/eic.ec.europa.eu\/eic-funding-opportunities\/eic-accelerator\/seals-excellence_en\">Seal of Excellence<\/a>&nbsp;to help them find alternative sources of funding, including from the Recovery and Resilience Funds and European Regional Development Funds<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"article-title\">Background information<\/h2>\n<p>The EIC Accelerator offers start-ups and SMEs grants of up to \u20ac2.5 million combined with equity investments through the EIC Fund ranging from \u20ac0.5 to \u20ac15 million or more. In addition to financial support, all projects benefit from a range of Business Acceleration Services that provide access to leading expertise, corporates, investors and ecosystem actors.<\/p>\n<p>Companies can submit their ideas to the EIC Accelerator at any time, which are then evaluated within approximately 4 weeks. For ideas meeting the EIC criteria for excellence, impact and risk-level, companies are invited to prepare full applications to submit to one of the regular cut-off dates. The next cut-off for EIC Accelerator full proposals is on 4 October 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 51 selected companies will together receive \u20ac260 million of funding in a combination of grants and equity investments A new set of 51 companies have been selected to receive European Innovation Council (EIC) funding, combining grants and equity, following the second 2023 EIC Accelerator cut-off in March. 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