Innovation Fund: grants for new climate technology
Grants to demonstrate how new technology can cut climate emissions in practice.
Auf EnglischFinanzierung für Klima-Startups und wachsende Unternehmen
Beteiligungen und Projektzuschüsse für Unternehmen, die Klimalösungen entwickeln. Ein Projektzuschuss fördert bestimmte Arbeiten, etwa die Entwicklung einer innovativen Umweltlösung. Ein Investor stellt dem Unternehmen Geld zur Verfügung und erhält dafür Anteile.
Finanzierungsmöglichkeiten (19)
Zuschüsse und Steuervergünstigungen
Business Fellowship
A full-time paid fellowship for experienced climate-business professionals to help early-stage climate-technology teams reach market, with an industry-competitive living stipend.
Auf EnglischStartup investment and growth support
Up to €2.5 million for startups raising early investment to develop and grow urban mobility solutions, including cleaner transport, smart charging and lower-emission logistics.
Auf EnglischEIC Accelerator
Grants and investment for companies taking breakthrough technologies from validated prototypes towards commercial deployment and growth, including clean energy and climate adaptation.
Auf EnglischSME Market Expansion for urban mobility
A €60,000 grant for SMEs to test new or substantially improved urban-mobility solutions with a committed end-client. Mandatory commercial fees apply; the 2026 round is closed.
Auf EnglischRAPTOR city mobility pilots
€60,000 grants for single SMEs to develop and demonstrate a solution to a participating city’s mobility challenge. A mandatory commercial agreement applies; the 2026 round is closed.
Auf EnglischKredite und weitere Finanzierungsformen
Venture debt for innovative growing companies
Long-term loans for innovative companies expanding clean technologies in the EU after raising private investment, covering up to half of their investment plan.
Auf EnglischBeteiligungskapital für das Unternehmen
Investment in industrial climate technology
Investment of €1–5 million for European companies bringing physical, science-based climate technology from early commercialisation towards industrial scale.
Auf EnglischInvestment in energy, industry and health technology
Equity investment for early-stage and growth companies using technology to tackle climate-relevant energy or industry problems; Norrsken VC also invests in healthcare.
Auf EnglischInvestment in digital energy technology
SET usually invests €2–5 million initially in European digital-energy companies and receives an ownership stake rather than repayment of a loan.
Auf EnglischInvestment in green technology
An initial €500,000–€4 million investment for mainly European green-technology startups raising an early venture round, formally from pre-seed through Series A.
Auf EnglischInvestment in climate technology
Venture-capital investment of typically €1–15 million for climate-tech companies raising seed, Series A or Series B funding, with Europe as the main target market.
Auf EnglischCleantech Co-Investment Facility
Equity or equity-like co-investment for EIF-backed fund managers proposing funding rounds for growing cleantech companies in the EU or EFTA.
Auf EnglischInvestment for early-stage climate technology
Equity investment for founders at the earliest stages developing commercially driven technology to cut greenhouse-gas emissions, remove atmospheric carbon or buy time by cooling the planet.
Auf EnglischEarly-stage investment and founder programme
€250,000–€500,000 in equity and an in-person programme for founders building young technology companies, including climate solutions.
Auf EnglischInvestment to commercialise scientific innovations
Investment and hands-on support for young research-based companies turning scientific breakthroughs into businesses, including clean energy and industrial climate solutions.
Auf EnglischGrowth investment for food and agriculture companies
Equity investment for growing food and agriculture companies with proven business models, including solutions that store carbon in soil and use resources more efficiently.
Auf EnglischGrowth investment for established agrifood companies
Equity investment of €15–80 million for profitable agrifood companies with €10–200 million in revenue, including businesses scaling solutions that reduce emissions across food and agriculture.
Auf EnglischInvestment in resource-efficient companies
Equity investment and growth support for established, profitable technology companies that help industry use resources more efficiently.
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