European Innovation Council

Brussels, Belgium
Venture Capital, Government organization, Accelerator/Incubator
Active
Total investments

918

Average round size

4M

Portfolio companies

615

Rounds per year

13.70

Lead investments

146

Follow on index

0.33

Exits

7

Areas of investment
BiotechnologySoftwareInformation TechnologyArtificial IntelligenceHealth CareManufacturingMedical DeviceMedicalPharmaceuticalRenewable Energy

Summary

European Innovation Council appeared to be the Corporate Investor, which was created in 1957.

We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Computer, Information Technology. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline ultimate.ai, ultimate.ai, Desentum Besides, a startup needs to be aged 6-10 years to get the investment from the fund. The fund has no exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 4 of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 1 partaker. Despite the European Innovation Council, startups are often financed by EASME - EU Executive Agency for SMEs, OurCrowd, Maki.vc. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Maki.vc, Horizon 2020, HV Holtzbrinck Ventures.

The common things for fund are deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars. The important activity for fund was in 2019. The real fund results show that this Corporate Investor is 45 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other companies. The fund is constantly included in 7-12 investment rounds annually.

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Investor highlights

Industry generalist
Yes
Industry focus
GeneralistAI/Big DataB2B/EnterpriseCloud/InfrastructureConsumer/Retail Show 6 more
Stage focus
Series ASeries B
Geo focus
AlbaniaBosnia and HerzegovinaCanadaFaroe IslandsGeorgia Show 12 more
Check size
547K — 16M

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
918
Lead investments
146
Exits
7
Rounds per year
13.70
Follow on index
0.33
Investments by industry
  • Health Care (226)
  • Biotechnology (218)
  • Medical Device (157)
  • Medical (131)
  • Manufacturing (113)
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Investments by region
  • France (145)
  • Germany (111)
  • Netherlands (45)
  • Switzerland (60)
  • Spain (61)
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Peak activity year
2022

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
7
Avg. valuation at time of investment
1M
Group Appearance index
0.12
Avg. company exit year
1
Avg. multiplicator
1.57

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Latest deals

Company nameDeal dateIndustryDeal stageDeal sizeLocation
e-peas02 Jul 2020Semiconductor, Electronics, Energy, Sensor, BatteryEarly Stage Venture9MWalloon Brabant, Belgium, Belgium
SiPearl06 Oct 2021Hardware, Semiconductor, Network HardwareEarly Stage Venture17MIle-de-France, Maisons-laffitte, France
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