Financial Support to Startups Open Call 2026
EIT Urban Mobility provides financial support of up to €2.5 million per company to pre-seed, seed and Series A startups developing urban mobility solutions. Support is given as co-investment alongside private investors, to startups already in an active fundraising round. Applications are assessed at several cut-offs during 2026, the last being 16 November 2026.
The official documents, and the quotes and descriptions below, are in Greek.
Sources last checked: 8 November 2026 at 15:15.
Key facts
- Status
- Open
- Type of support
- Equity[5]
- Amount per business
- Up to €2,500,000[9]
- Aid intensity
- Pending in the call
- Total budget
- Pending in the call
- Applications open
- 23 December 2025 at 11:00[10]
- Applications close
- 16 November 2026 at 18:00[11]
- Funding body
- EIT Urban Mobility (European Institute of Innovation and Technology)[4]
- Programme
- Pending in the call
Who it is for
Νεοφυείς επιχειρήσεις στην Ευρώπη με πρωτότυπο, πιλοτικό ή MVP στην αγορά αστικής κινητικότητας, που βρίσκονται σε ενεργό γύρο gένα χρηματοδότησης (pre-seed/seed ή Series A).
What it covers
Pending in the callPending in the call
- Eligible activity codes (ΚΑΔ)
- Excluded activity codes (ΚΑΔ)
- Eligible expenses
- Total budget
- Aid intensity
- Aid intensity
- Minimum amount
- Minimum years trading
- operationalProgramme
Sources
Every fact on this page comes from the places in the official documents listed below. If anything differs, the document prevails.
- [1]
«Financial Support To Startups Open Call 2026»
Supports: title. Open document - [2]
«EIT Urban Mobility will provide financial support of up to €2.5 million per company, for startups developing breakthrough mobility solutions.»
Supports: summary. Open document - [3]
«You are a startup currently engaged in an active fundraising round (pre-seed/seed or series A round).»
Supports: Who it is for. Open document - [4]
«EIT Urban Mobility designed this call to strengthen Europe’s capacity to innovate and tackle pressing urban mobility challenges.»
Supports: fundingBody. Open document - [5]
«EIT Urban Mobility aims to participate in such rounds alongside venture capital or other private investors, fostering co-investment opportunities»
Supports: Type of support. Open document - [6]
«This Call for Applications is open to startups that are already engaged in an ongoing funding round.»
Supports: Who can apply. Open document - [7]
«open to all legal entities established in the Member States of the European Union, and/or in Third countries associated with Horizon Europe.»
Supports: Regions. Open document - [8]
«Urban logistics Shared mobility and public transport Mobility data management Electrification of transport and alternative fuels Health and mobility.»
Supports: Sectors. Open document - [9]
«financial support of up to €2.5 million per company»
Supports: Maximum amount. Open document - [10]
«23/12/2025 10.00 - CET»
Supports: Applications open. Open document - [11]
«16/11/2026 17.00 - CET»
Supports: Applications close. Open document - [12]
«open application process with multiple cut offs throughout 2026»
Supports: rolling. Open document
Frequently asked questions
Πόση χρηματοδότηση μπορώ να πάρω;
Έως €2,5 εκατ. ανά εταιρεία.
Ποιες είναι οι ημερομηνίες αποκοπής το 2026;
23 Φεβρουαρίου, 18 Μαΐου, 31 Αυγούστου και 16 Νοεμβρίου 2026. Για το 2027 και 2028 γίνεται παραπομπή στο εγχειρίδιο της πρόσκλησης (call manual).
Ποιες εταιρείες είναι επιλέξιμες;
Startups σε ενεργό γύρο χρηματοδότησης (pre-seed/seed ή Series A), με καινοτομία στην αγορά αστικής κινητικότητας, πρωτότυπο, πιλοτικό ή MVP, αποτίμηση πριν τη νέα επένδυση έως €50 εκατ. και ιδρυτές/στελέχη που κατέχουν από κοινού πάνω από 40% του μετοχικού κεφαλαίου πριν τον τρέχοντα γύρο.
Μπορώ να κάνω αίτηση σε συνεχόμενες περιόδους αποκοπής;
Όχι σε τρεις συνεχόμενες. Μετά από αιτήσεις σε δύο συνεχόμενες περιόδους, πρέπει να παραλείψετε τουλάχιστον την επόμενη.
Θα ηγηθεί το EIT Urban Mobility του γύρου χρηματοδότησης;
Όχι, εκτός εξαιρετικών περιστάσεων· συμμετέχει μαζί με venture capital ή άλλους ιδιώτες επενδυτές.
Από ποιες χώρες μπορούν να είναι οι αιτούντες;
Νομικά πρόσωπα εγκατεστημένα σε κράτη μέλη της ΕΕ ή σε τρίτες χώρες συνδεδεμένες με το Horizon Europe.
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