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European funding rounds in hardware and deep tech, new funds and public programmes, open calls, and the EU rules that change how founders raise capital — each with a short note on why it matters and a link to the source.
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Germany's SPRIND and the Netherlands' NADI launched a joint €40 million AI-Native Chip Design Challenge to fund radical innovations in pan-European chip design, their first joint funding initiative. This gives European chip and hardware startups a new non-dilutive funding channel to accelerate development.
The EIC Board issued a statement on the ongoing Horizon Europe 2028-2034 negotiations, cautiously welcoming the Council's Partial General Approach while pushing for a significantly increased EIC budget and preserved fund independence. This matters for deep-tech founders because it signals potential future scale of EIC grant and equity funding available for hardware and deep-tech ventures.
The European Innovation Council selected 20 projects to enter the first stage of its new Advanced Innovation Challenges pilot programme. This opens a new EIC funding pathway that deep-tech founders can track for future application rounds.
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