What happens when breakthrough science meets real-world market challenges? 🚀 18 EIC-backed teams gathered for the first Business Idea Validation Demo Day. 🎬 Watch the video below for a glimpse into their stories, insights and ambitions: tinyurl.com/ypfanba6 #eicBAS

🎃 Halloween horror nights have arrived at the EIC… 👻 Every innovator has a horror story. A pitch gone wrong? An investor who vanished? A prototype that failed at the worst possible moment? What’s your innovation nightmare? Share your spookiest tale… if you dare. 👇

📢 EIC Accelerator and Transition awardees: join Digital First by OFCORES in Brussels 🇧🇪 on 1 Dec! 🚀 Get 50% off the Business Growth Package and meet the EIC Business Acceleration Services at our stand! Apply by 15 Nov: tinyurl.com/5h6m8m9v #eicBAS

🚀 Want to join the largest pitching event in VentureMatch history? Apply for the EIC VentureMatch Investor Day on Deep Tech, taking place on 9 December 2026 in Munich, Germany. 📅 Apply by 2 November 2026 (end of day): tinyurl.com/mrykp2x3 #eicBAS

The 2027 #iCapitalAwards finalists have been named! 📍 Capital of Innovation finalists: 🇪🇸 Madrid 🇫🇷 Montpellier 🇪🇸 Valencia 🚀 Rising Innovative City finalists: 🇫🇮 Oulu 🇩🇪 Regensburg 🇮🇹 Taranto More on them & the award ceremony happening in Grenoble: link.europa.eu/J68dW8

🚀 Save the date!! 🚀 Discover the EIC’s 2027 funding opportunities at our upcoming online Info Day. Get an overview of the main funding schemes, explore what’s new for 2027 and learn about support available. 📅 19 November 💻 Online Register: link.europa.eu/dV4Dqb

Need fresh expertise to move your innovation forward? Bring new talent on board! 🚀 Through @InnoNext_EU, eligible EIC-supported companies can host talented researchers and innovators for 3–6 months, fully funded. Become an InnoNext host and connect: link.europa.eu/8t8Dfm

📢 EIC awardees & EIC Ecosystem Partners! Join the next EIC ACCESS+ Peer Learning Workshop to help align #eicBAS services in the EIC Service Catalogue with awardees’ needs at each stage of growth. 🗓️ 29 October | 🕒 10:00–12:00 CET | 💻 Online Apply now: tinyurl.com/4647u868

🌱On #WorldFoodDay, meet 3 agri-innovators backed by EIC Pathfinder! 🇮🇱 SafeWax: crop coatings, 🇫🇮 RE-IMAGINE-CROPS: precise fertiliser use, and 🇧🇪 AMFactory: beneficial fungi. 🤝 See them at the AU-EU-Med Innovation Fair 🇮🇹 on 25 Nov. 🔗tinyurl.com/5cemz7kc

Looking to unlock the capital needed to scale your deep-tech company? 🚀 Join the online info session on the Scaleup Europe Fund to learn how it supports European growth-stage companies in strategic technologies 📅 4 November 💻 Online Register by 2/11: link.europa.eu/PtKWkd

What makes a city truly innovative? 2026 #iCapitalAwards winner & host of the 2027 awards ceremony says putting people at the heart of progress. Grenoble believes innovation goes beyond technology and economic growth. 👀 Who will be next? Stay tuned for the the 2027 finalists!

New to the EIC Business Acceleration Services? Here's how to get support: 📩 Request anytime: coaching, investor readiness, procurement or specialist services. 📣 Apply: EIC Corporate Days, trade fairs, missions, trainings and more. Guide: tinyurl.com/5js5twrr #eicBAS

The results are in! 🚀 The EIC Pathfinder Open 2026 call has selected 43 projects, each eligible for up to €4M in grant funding. Bringing together 218 organisations from 30 countries, the selected projects show the power of European research. More: link.europa.eu/rVyPxH

AI is stepping out of the screen. 🤖 But what does that look like? We asked the people making it happen in our new series: EIC Unscripted 🎤 At the EIC Advanced Innovation Challenge Physical AI kick-off meeting, we asked our awardees to explain Physical AI Watch to learn more

Struggling to find the right support for your innovation? 🤔 Join the 4th EIC ACCESS+ Peer Learning Workshop, a session bringing together EIC awardees and EIC Ecosystem Partners to match the support available in the EIC Service Catalogue. More: tinyurl.com/37zr5wfk #eicBAS