Approximately €630 million will be available in 2026 for those applying to the EIC Accelerator, a Horizon Europe funding program that provides support to startups and SMEs, says Ovidiu Mihăilă, founder of fundingloop, a consulting company for deep-tech businesses interested in accelerating innovation and scaling up. The EIC Accelerator is run by the European Innovation Council (EIC), the European Union’s most important innovation program, with a budget of €10 billion between 2021 and 2027. The