EU & Greek startup funding: 124+ verified sources

Greek state investment-incentive law (grants, tax relief)

EU funding for the cultural and creative sectors

EU funding for digital tech adoption (AI, cybersecurity, skills)

EU grant + equity for high-risk, high-impact deep-tech startups

EU grant for early-stage, high-risk breakthrough research

EU grant bridging research results toward market (between Pathfinder & Accelerator)

Greek/EU structural-fund programmes for new businesses

EU grants for frontier / breakthrough research (great for research spin-outs)

Funding for R&D-performing SMEs (Eureka network)

EU research & innovation funding across many calls

EU funding for cross-border / interregional cooperation projects

EU funding for environment and climate action projects

EU funding for researcher training & mobility, incl. industry doctorates

EU support for women-led deep-tech startups (grant + mentoring)

Independent EU digital-innovation ecosystem — scale-up support & programmes (rebranded from EIT Digital in 2025)

Austrian public promotional bank (grants)

French public investment bank (grants, loans, equity)

Finnish public funding for innovation

EU initiative backing space & deep-tech startups (funding, accelerator, matchmaking)

Italian public VC fund-of-funds

Greek innovation-cluster initiative supporting deep-tech ventures

EU innovation communities (Digital, Climate, Health, etc.) with funding & support

EIT community: support for climate-tech & sustainability ventures

EIT community: funding & acceleration for agri-food startups

EIT community: funding & acceleration for health & life-sciences startups

National startup registry with funding tools & support

Scale-up support network for high-impact founders

Spanish public participative loans for startups

EU network offering free advice, partner-search and funding guidance to SMEs

Irish public agency (equity & grants)

Fund-of-funds backing Greek VC funds

EU institution that backs VC funds and provides guarantees to SMEs

Support, mentoring and Cloud credits for startups (no equity)

Hungarian public venture investor

EU programme mobilising investment via guarantees & funds

Latvian public investment & development agency

Luxembourg national accelerator with equity-free grants

Maltese public agency — Startup Finance & grants

Azure/OpenAI credits, tools & guidance for early startups (no equity)

EU initiative funding sustainable, beautiful & inclusive design/innovation

Polish public fund-of-funds

Portuguese public VC

Greece 2.0 — national recovery & resilience funding

Cyprus national R&D and innovation funding body

Dutch national startup ecosystem/accelerator

First EIF-backed Cyprus VC (pre-seed/seed)

Greek seed-stage technology VC

Early-stage VC / company builder backing founders from day zero

Greek deep-tech / seed VC

Copenhagen Nordic/Baltic seed VC

Pan-Baltic seed VC (Riga)

Berlin pre-seed/seed VC

Stockholm European VC (backed Spotify)

Prague early-stage VC

Slovak-Czech equity investment platform

Bucharest early-stage VC

European VC headquartered in Berlin

European Innovation Council equity arm — co-invests with the EIC Accelerator

Paris deep-tech/digital VC

Sofia early-stage VC

Pan-European VC, Stockholm

Luxembourg VC, seed to late stage

Lisbon deep-tech/data VC

Croatian seed VC & accelerator

Dublin/London B2B VC

Greek early-stage venture capital

Amsterdam B2B software VC

German public-private seed investor

Munich/Berlin VC (ex-Holtzbrinck)

Lisbon early-stage VC

Warsaw early-stage VC

Tallinn deep-tech VC

Madrid early-stage VC

Xavier Niel prolific seed fund

Sofia SEE early-stage VC

Helsinki early-stage VC (backed Supercell)

Helsinki deep-tech/brand seed VC

Luxembourg VC (backed Skype, Wix)

Greek seed-stage VC

Greek early-stage VC

Luxembourg fintech-focused VC

Barcelona B2B VC

Bratislava deep-tech seed VC

Nordic VC

Milan digital VC

Global VC with Paris HQ

Amsterdam early-stage VC

Berlin early-stage VC (SaaS/marketplaces)

Lithuanian/Baltic seed VC

Berlin operational VC

Madrid/Paris seed VC

Madrid VC

Leading Danish seed-stage VC

Europe's seed fund — pre-seed/seed cheques + strong network

Paris VC

Leading Slovenian founder-run VC & community

Ljubljana SEE tech VC (seed to growth)

Vienna pan-European early-stage VC

Estonian early-stage VC

Greek pre-seed/seed VC focused on tech

Milan tech VC

Greek/EU seed-stage tech VC

Athens-based VC, pre-seed to seed

Benelux internet/software VC

Bratislava early-stage CEE VC

Ljubljana startup accelerator

Athens Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation (AUEB)

Axel Springer & Porsche early-stage accelerator

Eurobank's incubation & acceleration programme

Athens tech & startup hub with programmes

Largest incubator-accelerator in Cyprus (Bank of Cyprus)

Belgian deep-tech accelerator

Rome accelerator & early VC

Thessaloniki-based startup incubator

Global innovation platform & accelerator with EU locations

Amsterdam accelerator (energy/agrifood)

Leading European B2B accelerator (investment + mentoring)

Largest startup campus in Europe, Paris

Global EdTech accelerator based in Malta

Global accelerator with EU programmes — investment + 3-month program

Telefonica startup accelerator

Hellenic Business Angels Network

World's largest green business idea competition

Pre-accelerator turning ideas into fundable businesses