EIC: the Corporate Partnership Programme Call for companies "looking to scale up"

The European Innovation Council is launching the third edition of its Corporate Partnership Programme, the EIC and the SME Executive Agency announce on 30/05/2024.

The programme, which began in 2017, has become "one of the EIC's most successful business actions, supporting EIC companies looking to scale up by securing new customers and business partners".

The aim of this edition is to organise 31 business acceleration activities between 2024 and 2026, in order to increase the participation rate and overall success rate of business created between EIC-funded companies and large enterprises in Europe.

The EIC says that improvements have been made to the programme: the number of partner companies has been expanded (three: Hello Tomorrow, Dealflow.eu and EU-Startups), specific support has been put in place to facilitate business transactions during, before and after events, and best practice in project, task and data management has been integrated.

Application criteria

• Turnover in excess of €1 Bn;

• More than 1,000 employees worldwide;

• Presence in at least ten EU27 Member…