European Innovation Council

Government · Founded 2021 · City of Brussels, Belgium

Supporting high-risk, high-impact innovations by funding and scaling up breakthrough technologies and startups across the European Union

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5,138 Portfolio companies

15 Unicorns

1 Decacorns

5,367 Investments

Jul 2026 Last investment

01 · Knowledge graph

News MiMARK raises €4.2M seed to replace painful women's health biopsies Aug 26, 2026

News Thirona lands €7.5M to scale its AI lung-imaging platform Aug 22, 2026

News EQT picked to manage EU's €5B Scaleup Europe Fund May 18, 2026

02 · Biggest holdings

European Innovation Council’s biggest current holdings.

The most valuable companies European Innovation Council still holds, ordered by Dealroom’s latest valuation. Companies that have been acquired or gone public are in Exits instead. Dealroom has no parsed shareholder register for European Innovation Council, so the size of each stake isn’t shown.

#CompanyValuation

1 AlphaSenseUnicorn · Fintech · USA $7.5B
2 Relex SolutionsUnicorn · Enterprise Software · Finland $5.5B
3 Sword HealthUnicorn · Health · USA $4.0B
4 Proxima FusionUnicorn · Energy · Germany $2.6B
5 Rimac AutomobiliUnicorn · Transportation · Croatia $2.2B
6 Verbit.aiUnicorn · Enterprise Software · USA $2.0B
7 Nearfield InstrumentsUnicorn · Semiconductors · Netherlands $1.6B
8 Focused EnergyUnicorn · Energy · Germany $1.0B
9 TypeformMarketing · Spain $935M
10 Multiverse ComputingEnterprise Software · Spain $500M
11 Dentsu CreativeMedia · UK —

Unicorns and thoroughbreds European Innovation Council has backed and still holds, at Dealroom’s latest valuation. See the underlying shareholder registers on Dealroom →

03 · Portfolio analysis

Where European Innovation Council’s portfolio is concentrated.

Distribution of portfolio companies by headquarters country, sector, entry stage and current growth stage. Across all 5,138 portfolio companies.

By countryCount

Spain795
Italy582
Germany439
UK401
France365
Netherlands278
Sweden258
Israel223
Denmark189
Finland155
Switzerland144
Ireland122

By sectorCount

Health1,422
Energy1,109
Enterprise Software644
Transportation483
Food452
Semiconductors445
Robotics286
Real Estate226
Security222
Telecom128
Fintech126
Marketing123

By growth stageCount

Early Growth3,761
Breakout Stage821
Mature446
Late Growth108

04 · Portfolio market map

Inside European Innovation Council’s portfolio.

The 60 highest-funded portfolio companies, of 5,138 tracked.

AlphaSense

Fintech · Unicorn

$7.5B

Multiverse Computing

Enterprise Software

$501M

Relex Solutions

Enterprise Software · Unicorn

$5.5B

Rimac Automobili

Transportation · Unicorn

$2.2B

Proxima Fusion

Energy · Unicorn

$2.6B

Nearfield Instruments

Semiconductors · Unicorn

$1.6B

InnovaFeed

Food

$224M

Infarm

Food

Verbit.ai

Enterprise Software · Unicorn

$2.0B

Pragmatic

Semiconductors

$855M

PLD Space

Space

$792M

Sword Health

Health · Unicorn

$4.0B

AURA AERO

Transportation

$294M

DNA Script

Health

$825M

Leyden Labs

Health

$176M

Skeleton Technologies

Energy

$297M

Focused Energy

Energy · Unicorn

$1.0B

Aledia

Semiconductors

$650M

Lightyear

Transportation

$44M

OptiGrid

Energy

$117M

Nel Hydrogen

Energy

$346M

D-

D-Orbit

Space

$550M

UBQ Materials

Food

$850M

Carbon Clean Solutions

Energy

$600M

Monese

Fintech

$140M

Quantware

Semiconductors

$669M

Classiq

Enterprise Software

$550M

Xeltis

Health

$90M

SMART Photonics

Semiconductors

$330M

Orbex Space

Space

Heart Aerospace

Energy

$160M

Lingokids

Gaming

$480M

Dexory

Robotics

$500M

INERATEC

Energy

$519M

Typeform

Marketing

$935M

Ada Health

Health

$120M

Avantium

Chemicals

$304M

EnduroSat

Space

$416M

MeMed Diagnostics

Health

$372M

ALL.SPACE

Telecom

$300M

Marvel Fusion

Energy

$220M

Quobly

Semiconductors

$506M

Agendia

Health

$92M

Beewise Technologies

Food

$400M

RayGen

Energy

$329M

Universal Diagnostics

Health

$282M

Varjo

Health

$160M

EFFECT Photonics

Semiconductors

$207M

Alice & Bob

Semiconductors

$440M

SiPearl

Hosting

$402M

UroMems

Health

$240M

Diabeloop

Health

$400M

TactoTek

Consumer Electronics

$300M

Scytl

Security

ProVerum

Health

$320M

TRiCares

Health

$200M

Ferroelectric Memory Company

Semiconductors

$339M

Neural Concept

Engineering and Manufacturing Equipment

$400M

Minoryx Therapeutics

Health

$102M

Arthex Biotech

Health

$325M

05 · Portfolio founders

Where European Innovation Council’s portfolio founders come from.

191 founders across the 100 highest-funded portfolio companies — by current location, university attended, and the companies they worked at before founding. Sourced from the founder records the API links to each portfolio company.

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