Expression of Interest for Venture Studio Founders
EIT Food · EIT · Can apply alone · 45 eligible countries
What this scheme funds
This is an Expression of Interest for entrepreneurs who want to build a new venture studio focused on agrifood tech in Europe's underserved regions. Selected founders join a three month unpaid Development phase working alongside an established venture builder to build local partnerships and secure commitments from investors, universities and others. Those who make sufficient progress can later apply for a 30,000 euro grant to establish their studio, and established studios can apply for up to 300,000 euros in co funding over two years. No funding is attached to this call itself, it is a selection step before future funding calls.
agriculture-agritech · food-systems · bioeconomy · sme-scaleup
Do you qualify for this scheme?
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Who it is for
An experienced entrepreneur based in a Regional Innovation Scheme country who wants to create a new agrifood tech venture studio and is willing to invest three unpaid months building local ecosystem relationships.
The scheme in detail
- Agency
- EIT Food
- Eligible countries (45)
- Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Israel, Türkiye, Ukraine, Serbia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Georgia, Armenia, Moldova, Tunisia, New Zealand
- Funding
- Not published
- Deadline
- 7 Dec 2026
- Applicant type
- Not required. You can apply solo.
- Eligible applicants
- startup
- Submission
- Single-stage submission (full proposal at once)
- Also required
- No funding is attached to this Expression of Interest itself; the Development phase is unpaid, and future grants of 30,000 euros then up to 300,000 euros require completing prior selection steps.