Luminate Accelerator – Cohort 9 Applications Are Open!
Are you building deep-tech using optics, photonics, or imaging? Luminate Accelerator can help you raise, refine, and scale.
What you get:
• $100K at program start + up to $1M in follow-on funding
• Access to 30+ global investors (Samsung, Sony, Corning, J&J, Launchpad Ventures, etc.)
• Business training, IP support & tools (PitchBook, MATLAB, Zemax OpticStudio)
• Access to New York’s 160+ company photonics cluster
📍 Hybrid program based in Rochester, NY
🗓 Applications close: January 12, 2026
👉 Apply and find more details here: https://luminate.org/apply/
#Luminate #Accelerator #DeepTech
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Are you building deep-tech using optics, photonics, or imaging? Luminate Accelerator can help you raise, refine, and scale.
What you get:
• $100K at program start + up to $1M in follow-on funding
• Access to 30+ global investors (Samsung, Sony, Corning, J&J, Launchpad Ventures, etc.)
• Business training, IP support & tools (PitchBook, MATLAB, Zemax OpticStudio)
• Access to New York’s 160+ company photonics cluster
📍 Hybrid program based in Rochester, NY
🗓 Applications close: January 12, 2026
👉 Apply and find more details here: https://luminate.org/apply/
#Luminate #Accelerator #DeepTech
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Calling Deep Tech Startups for Horizon Europe!
Source: EIF
The Enterprise Incubator Foundation (EIF) is launching a program to help deep-tech startups to apply for Horizon Europe funding opportunities.
The program provides support, including call matching, proposal development, partner identification, mentoring, and application assistance for major Horizon Europe instruments such as the EIC Accelerator and other SME innovation calls.
Application deadline: November 15, 2025
Learn more and apply here: https://www.eif.am/eng/news/acceleration-program-horizon-2025-2026/
A great opportunity for Armenian deep-tech founders to tap into EU R&D funding opportunities!
#EIF #HorizonEurope #DeepTech #Startups #Acceleration
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Source: EIF
The Enterprise Incubator Foundation (EIF) is launching a program to help deep-tech startups to apply for Horizon Europe funding opportunities.
The program provides support, including call matching, proposal development, partner identification, mentoring, and application assistance for major Horizon Europe instruments such as the EIC Accelerator and other SME innovation calls.
Application deadline: November 15, 2025
Learn more and apply here: https://www.eif.am/eng/news/acceleration-program-horizon-2025-2026/
A great opportunity for Armenian deep-tech founders to tap into EU R&D funding opportunities!
#EIF #HorizonEurope #DeepTech #Startups #Acceleration
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Deep-Tech Founders: EIC Pathfinder Deadline Is Approaching!
The European Innovation Council (EIC) is inviting research teams and deep-tech startups to apply for EIC Pathfinder 2025, funding instrument supporting science and breakthrough innovation.
This is a grant funding opportunity of €300K to €500K to support early stage development of future technologies.
The grant will cover 70 % of eligible cost of the project. The remaining 30% should be co-funded by the beneficiary through its own resources.
Applicants must demonstrate:
- high-impact innovation that could create new markets or disrupt existing ones (at least TRL 4);
- ownership of the Intellectual Property Rights to ensure freedom to operate and adequate protection of the idea;
- a clear vision on the intended pathway to market (milestones together with concrete and verifiable KPIs to assess progress towards the market);
- the ambition and commitments to scale up.
Application Deadline: November 18, 2025
Learn more and apply: https://eic.ec.europa.eu/eic-funding-opportunities/eic-pre-accelerator_en
✅ Companies incorporated in Armenia are eligible for this opportunity.
#EIC #Pathfinder #HorizonEurope #DeepTech #Innovation #Armenia
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The European Innovation Council (EIC) is inviting research teams and deep-tech startups to apply for EIC Pathfinder 2025, funding instrument supporting science and breakthrough innovation.
This is a grant funding opportunity of €300K to €500K to support early stage development of future technologies.
The grant will cover 70 % of eligible cost of the project. The remaining 30% should be co-funded by the beneficiary through its own resources.
Applicants must demonstrate:
- high-impact innovation that could create new markets or disrupt existing ones (at least TRL 4);
- ownership of the Intellectual Property Rights to ensure freedom to operate and adequate protection of the idea;
- a clear vision on the intended pathway to market (milestones together with concrete and verifiable KPIs to assess progress towards the market);
- the ambition and commitments to scale up.
Application Deadline: November 18, 2025
Learn more and apply: https://eic.ec.europa.eu/eic-funding-opportunities/eic-pre-accelerator_en
✅ Companies incorporated in Armenia are eligible for this opportunity.
#EIC #Pathfinder #HorizonEurope #DeepTech #Innovation #Armenia
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EU Funding & Tenders Portal
The Funding and Tenders Portal is the single entry point (the Single Electronic Data Interchange Area) for applicants, contractors and experts in funding programmes and procurements managed by the European Commission.
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🚀 Building a deep tech startup in Europe?
Applications are open for the 28DIGITAL Co-Creation Accelerator — a 4-month program helping early-stage startups validate their technology together with industry partners.
Who should apply:
• Deep tech startups at TRL 4–5
• Registered in an EU or Horizon Europe-associated country
• Working prototype or proof of concept
• Looking to validate technology through real industry collaboration
What selected startups get:
• Up to €250K in funding (equity-based, 3.5–7.5%)
• Direct collaboration with corporate partners
• Mentorship, fundraising support, and access to a Europe-wide innovation network
Free information session: July 16, 15:00 CEST
Next application deadline: September 8, 2026
👉 Learn more, register for the info session, and apply: https://28digital.eu/co-creation-accelerator/
#Accelerator #DeepTech #Funding #EIT #28Digital
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Applications are open for the 28DIGITAL Co-Creation Accelerator — a 4-month program helping early-stage startups validate their technology together with industry partners.
Who should apply:
• Deep tech startups at TRL 4–5
• Registered in an EU or Horizon Europe-associated country
• Working prototype or proof of concept
• Looking to validate technology through real industry collaboration
What selected startups get:
• Up to €250K in funding (equity-based, 3.5–7.5%)
• Direct collaboration with corporate partners
• Mentorship, fundraising support, and access to a Europe-wide innovation network
Free information session: July 16, 15:00 CEST
Next application deadline: September 8, 2026
👉 Learn more, register for the info session, and apply: https://28digital.eu/co-creation-accelerator/
#Accelerator #DeepTech #Funding #EIT #28Digital
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