EIT Regional Innovation Scheme: investment in supported start-ups soars by 147% in 2025

News Tank Academic - Brussels - News #460151 - Published on 09/11/26 at 15:29
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A report has indicated that start-ups and scale-ups supported by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology’s (EIT) regional programme, the EIT Regional Innovation Scheme (RIS), attracted €579.29 million in external investment in 2025, representing a 147% increase compared with 2024.

The EIT published on 05/11/2026 the EIT Regional Innovation Scheme Annual Activity Report 2025. This €579.29m in external investment represents the highest annual figure recorded since the launch of the EIT’s current innovation strategy in 2021.

In total, 910 start-ups and scale-ups were established or supported in the countries and territories eligible for the scheme by the nine Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs) that contributed to the report (EIT Water began its first phase of development…

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