Deadline:
June 08, 2025
Location(s)
Online
The entire program is delivered fully online, enabling broad accessibility while ensuring high-quality mentorship, training, and peer learning.
Overview
Details
What is the EIT Digital Venture Incubation Program?
The Venture Incubation Program is a two-stage initiative by EIT Digital, combining entrepreneurial education and venture-building support. It starts with the SpeedLauncher program, a 12-week incubation phase focused on essential entrepreneurial skills. Teams that successfully complete the first phase can move into the Pre-Acceleration phase, which includes a €5,000 Growth Package Prize and tailored mentoring to develop and validate their MVP. Selected ventures will commit to providing EIT Digital with 3% equity at nominal value.
From Entrepreneurial Exploration to Venture Creation
The EIT Digital Venture Incubation Program is a two-stage competition designed to support the development of deep tech ventures from the earliest stages—helping entrepreneurial teams move from concept to MVP, validation, and investment readiness within a structured timeline.
The program begins with a 12-week Incubation Phase, delivered through the SpeedLauncher program, where participants acquire essential entrepreneurial skills and validate their ideas in a safe, supportive environment. Teams that successfully complete this phase may advance to the 12-week Pre-Acceleration Phase, receiving a €5,000 Growth Package Prize, tailored mentoring, and support in finalizing their MVP and preparing for seed investment.
Opportunity is About
Eligibility
Candidates should be from:
Description of Ideal Candidate
Requirements
- Teams must not have legally established their company before 1 January 2024.
- Only one application per team is allowed.
- Multidisciplinary teams with both technology and business skills are encouraged to apply.
Participation from Regional Innovation Scheme (RIS) countries and gender-balanced teams is strongly encouraged and will be positively evaluated.
Dates
Deadline: June 08, 2025
Cost/funding for participants
INTERNATIONAL GROWTH SUPPORT FOREUROPEAN ENTREPRENEURS
- Develop your entrepreneurial skills through structured education and hands-on mentoring
- Validate your product idea and build a robust MVP.
- Get access to a €5,000 Growth Package Prize and expert support during the Pre-Acceleration Phase.
- Establish your deep tech venture
- Pitch your solution at Demo Day and prepare for seed-stage investment.
- Get business development help from top international experts
- Find a first investor
- Join Europe's leading innovation ecosystem
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