Europe-first track
Non-dilutive funding, in the right order. Partners and a pilot first. Then the EIC.
Horizon Europe Pillar II and Eurostars fund pilots with European partners, through the EU or your national agency. Once you have that traction, the EIC Accelerator funds the scale-up.
Stage 1
Horizon Europe Pillar II and Eurostars.
Win your European partners first, and get the pilot funded through the EU or your national agency.
Who it's for
- Technology validated beyond the lab
- Funded, seed to Series A, with room for a European pilot
- No European customers, pilots or partners yet, or not enough for the EIC
- A founder ready to put time into Europe
Map · Free
Where your European customers, partners and funding are, scored on fit and effort. One page, no cost.
Partner
We find and qualify European partners, and negotiate the letter of intent for a pilot. Progress you see monthly.
Fund
We build the Horizon Europe or Eurostars proposal that funds the pilot: your share shaped to be worth having, your part written.
Sell
Use the project to open European customer conversations, with the Trade Commissioners and embassies behind you.
Canadian companies join Horizon Europe Pillar II consortia on equal footing, with no EU entity required.
Stage 2
EIC Accelerator.
Once you have European partners and a pilot, go for Europe's largest deep-tech fund: up to €2.5M grant and €10M equity.
Who it's for
- Technology at TRL 6 to 8
- European partners, pilots or LOIs in hand
- Ready to set up an EU entity
- A plan to raise alongside EIC equity
Test the case
Before the application starts
Submit the short proposal
Results normally arrive in 4 to 6 weeks
Build the full proposal
Remote-stage results in about 8 to 9 weeks
Prepare for the jury
Results within 2 to 3 weeks of interview week
Move into funding
Equity decisions normally take 2 to 6 months
Not sure which stage fits?
Score your EIC readiness in a few minutes. If Stage 1 is the better start, it will tell you.
Pricing.
The first map is free.
Stage 1 Horizon Europe Pillar II and Eurostars.
Three-month minimum.
Plus 3% of your Horizon grant share. Three-month minimum.
No success fee applies to Canadian federal funding.
A program on retainer is not also charged the EIC success fee.
Stage 2 EIC Accelerator.
of the grant portion of any EIC Accelerator or national award we secure.
- Award pays out
- On first disbursement
- Not funded
- Nothing
Recoverable advances are charged at half rate.
Example: a €2.5M EIC grant means a €125,000 fee, paid at first disbursement.
Short proposal
Establish the breakthrough, European opportunity, and funding case.
- European market opportunity assessment
- Short proposal
- Three-minute video pitch script
- EIC-ready pitch deck
Full application
Build the evidence, implementation plan, and commercial position for the full decision.
- European go-to-market strategy and positioning
- Long-term European eligibility planning
- Full EIC application
- European subsidiary setup coordinated at cost when required
One senior partner throughout.
The person who maps your programs is the person in your weekly sessions. Brock de Wolde works inside the European funding ecosystem every day: EIC program, national agencies and the investors around them.