Startups - supercharge your growth at one of these upcoming events and apply to have your event-related expenses reimbursed thanks to the EC Horizon Results Platform Empowering Startups & SMEs initiative.
1. Exclusive financial support for EU-funded beneficiaries when participating in a Go-to-Market Event!
The European Commission Horizon Results Platform (HRP) offers a golden opportunity to propel your go-to-market and scaling-up journey! The Empowering Start-Ups & SMEs initiative offers financial support for EU-funded startups to attend events that can drive their growth.
Empowering Startups & SMEs initiative:
What is covered?
- Event registration fees (if you are accepted to pitch, holding brokered meetings with investors or corporates, or exhibit)
- Travel expenses (necessary transport),
- Accommodation (for up to two nights for two people maximum),
- Maximum amount reimbursed: 4.000 Euros.
How to Qualify?
- You are an EU-funded Research & Innovation project
- You have published your solution on the EC Horizon Results Platform (HRP).
- You have been accepted to pitch, hold an exhibition stand or hold brokered matchmaking meetings by the event organizer.
- It is up to you to register for the targeted event.
Questions?
Check directly on the Horizon Results Platform or contact:
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To publish on Horizon Results Platform:
o See the IT guide on how to upload results on the Horizon Results Platform
2. UPCOMING EVENTS for STARTUPS
Ø Advanced Factories Open Innovation Challenge 2025
Brokered B2B matchmaking meetings if your solution solves a corporate challenge.
Showcase your innovations, connect with industry leaders!
Thematic focus:
o Manufacturing and automation
Date: April 8-10, 2025
Venue: Barcelona, Spain
See the challenges:
Apply here: Link
Deadline: 24 April 2025
Website: Event Website
Contact if questions:
o See the FAQ
Ø Health Revolution Congress - Open Innovation Challenge 2025
Brokered matchmaking meetings with corporates and public entities.
Thematic focus:
o Digital Health
Date: On site - May 14-28, 2025, Online - May 20-28, 2025
Venue: Barcelona, Spain
See the challenges: Link
Apply here: Link
Deadline: May 31, 2025
Website: Event Website
Contact if questions:
o See the FAQ
Ø Positive Home Challenge - 5th Edition
Solar Impulse Foundation & ADEO
Matchmaking program to identify B2C products & services with a better environmental footprint, contributing to responsible consumption. Accelerate your development or commercialization through 1000+ ADEO stores looking to satisfy their 505 million clients.
Thematic focus: CleanTech
o Energy savings & HVAC, Water savings, Building materials & Insulation, Alternative materials and components (for batteries, plastics), Flooring, Energetic renovation, Outdoor space and Gardening
Date: May 20, 2025
Venue: Online pitch
Apply to pitch: Apply here
Deadline: March 31, 2025
Website: Solar Impulse Foundation
Contact if questions: Pauline Michiels, Solar Impulse Foundation
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Ø Matchmaking - (Cyber) Defence & Dual Use
ESIL – Business Angels Europe
Matchmaking with leading investors and industry experts in this vertical focus; connect in an exclusively investment-focused setting for this industry vertical of cyber defence
Thematic focus:
o Vertical cyber, cybersecurity, defence, dual use
Date: May 28-30 May 2025
Venue: Brno, Czechia
Apply to pitch:
o (TRL 5-7) Send pitch deck, business plan to:
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Deadline: Not yet set
Website: Link
Questions on registration: Elena Nikolova, Bulgarian Angels Club
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Ø EBAN - Business Angels Europe Network Congress in Copenhagen!
Promote your solution in a pitch or brokered matchmaking meetings with investors or corporates! Benefit from internationally recognized speakers, panel discussions on current topics, startup presentations, practical workshops, and intensive networking events with leading angel investors, venture capitalists, and entrepreneurs.
Thematic focus for innovators and solutions:
o Space & DefenceTech
o Denmark’s Best Tech Showcase:
o Agrifood, Climate, Design - Beauty – Fashion, Foodtech, Energy, Health & Biotechnologies, Life Sciences, Sustainability, and more
Date: June 3-5, 2025
Venue: Copenhagen, Denmark
Apply to pitch here!
Deadline: April 15th
Website: EBAN Congress
Contact if questions:
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Ø Matchmaking: EU Industry Days 2025
European Commission
A flagship event of the Polish Presidency of the Council of the EU, focusing on key industrial policy discussions, connecting industrial frontrunners, and boosting the knowledge base of European industry/
Organized by Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship & SMEs
Thematic focus:
o Security, Raw Materials, Biotech, Defence, Automotive
Date: June 5-6, 2025
Venue: Rzeszów, Poland
Website: EU Industry Days 2025
Contact if questions: Αυτή η διεύθυνση ηλεκτρονικού ταχυδρομείου προστατεύεται από τους αυτοματισμούς αποστολέων ανεπιθύμητων μηνυμάτων. Χρειάζεται να ενεργοποιήσετε τη JavaScript για να μπορέσετε να τη δείτε.
Ø Events with the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KIC)
Select the KIC that is relevant to you then find opportunities for events or calls!
o Climate KIC | Europe’s leading climate innovation agency and community
o EIT Culture & Creativity – Funded by the European Union
o EIT Food | Accelerating Food Innovation for a Future-Fit Food System - EIT Food
o EIT Health | Promoting innovation in health
o EIT InnoEnergy- Accelerating sustainable energy innovations
o EIT Manufacturing - European manufacturers together
o Home | EIT RawMaterials - Developing raw materials into a major strength for Europe
Also check the:
o EIT Communities: Women Entrepreneurs, New European Bauhaus, and more:
