ABBACO INNOVATIONABBACO INNOVATIONABBACO identifies the right funding programme for your innovation — EIC Accelerator, Eurostars, collaborative projects or private capital — and the best way to win it. Like our clients before you: you focus on building, we chart the funding path from first assessment to signed agreement.
Europe offers dozens of funding instruments — the race is more competitive than ever, and applying to the wrong one wastes months. We map the landscape, pick where your project can win, and build the application that does.
We screen your project against the European funding landscape — EIC Accelerator, EIC Pathfinder and Transition, Eurostars, national schemes and private capital — and recommend the programme where your odds are best, with an honest go / no-go and a clear roadmap.
The European Innovation Council's flagship programme for deep-tech SMEs: grants up to €2.5M plus equity investments of €10M and more through the EIC Fund. Highly selective — only the most convincing proposals pass the multinational jury. We build applications that do.
We structure winning European consortia and Eurostars applications. Our experience includes projects with industrial leaders and research institutions such as CEA, Inserm and Gustave Roussy — from partner search to submission.
Tired of the lengthy, inefficient search for investors? Through Greca, our intelligent matching tool, we connect entrepreneurs with a database of 2,500+ European and US investors actively looking for innovative ventures.
We evaluate your project's fit and eligibility for the right instrument — EIC, Eurostars or private capital — and give you a clear go / no-go before you invest time.
Together with Inspiralia, our partner for grant applications across Europe, we craft the proposal, the pitch and the financials to jury standard.
Interview preparation, jury rehearsals and follow-through until the grant agreement is signed — or the investor introduction is made.
Europe is putting unprecedented funding behind its strategic autonomy: defence and dual-use, critical raw materials, AI, space and clean tech. Each market has its own instruments — we match your technology to the one where your odds are best.
| Your market | Best-fit programmes | Typical ticket | 2026 window |
|---|---|---|---|
| Defence & dual-use sensors, space, materials, AI, cyber, naval, air |
European Defence FundEIC (dual-use welcome) | €10–125M per topic, consortium-based — EDF 2026 calls total €530M+ | Deadline 29 September 2026 |
| Strategic scale-ups AI, biotech, clean tech, space, digital |
EIC STEP Scale-up | Equity investments of €10–30M | Open — rolling submissions |
| Deeptech SMEs single company, TRL 5–8 |
EIC Accelerator | Grant up to €2.5M + equity €10M and more | Cut-offs 2 September · 4 November 2026 |
| Collaborative R&D SME-led consortia with research partners |
EurostarsHorizon Europe | €0.5–1M+ per partner | Two cut-offs per year |
ABBACO and Inspiralia's network have worked with these award-winning companies to enable their financing by the European Commission.
Collaborative projects: we have also structured winning European consortia with CEA, Inserm, Gustave Roussy, Canoe, Pôle DREAM, Kemica Coatings, RS2D, Alpha-RLH, Cerame Europ, Silicontile and Weeroc, among others.
ABBACO was founded in 2020 to help innovative startups bring their projects to success — active across Western Europe and the Nordics. Respect, responsiveness and versatility are our values.
Co-Founder · Commercial leader, deeptech & innovation — 20 years turning complex science into signed deals. EIC Accelerator expert (€M+ won), B2B deals €10k–1M, from Boston to Europe and the Nordics.
LinkedIn →The EIC Accelerator is the European Innovation Council's flagship funding programme for deep-tech startups and SMEs. It offers grants of up to €2.5M plus equity investments of €10M or more through the EIC Fund, along with business acceleration services. It is highly selective: proposals are evaluated by multinational juries.
The remaining full-proposal cut-off dates in 2026 are 2 September and 4 November. Short proposals (Step 1) can be submitted at any time and are typically processed within 4–6 weeks.
Very. Only the most convincing proposals are funded after a thorough evaluation and a jury interview. That is why we give every project an honest go / no-go assessment before starting — and why we prepare our clients for the interview as thoroughly as for the written proposal.
We screen your project against the European funding landscape — grant size, equity needs, technology maturity, consortium requirements, deadlines — and recommend the instrument where your odds are best, before any application work starts.
Yes — and 2026 is a historic window. The European Defence Fund's 2026 calls total over €530M across research and development actions (deadline 29 September 2026), covering sensors, space, materials, AI, cyber, naval and air. The EIC also now welcomes dual-use technologies. We help you pick the right topic and build the consortium.
The STEP Scale-up scheme, under the Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform, provides equity investments of €10–30M through the EIC Fund for European scale-ups in strategic technologies — AI, biotech, clean tech, space and digital. Submissions are rolling.
We also structure Eurostars applications and European collaborative consortia, and we connect entrepreneurs with 2,500+ private European and US investors through Greca, our matchmaking tool.
Email contact@abbaco.eu with a short description of your project. We reply within two working days with a first assessment.
Tell us about your project. We reply within two working days with an honest first assessment.
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