Financial Support To Startups Open Call 2026
EIT Urban Mobility · EIT · Can apply alone · 45 eligible countries
What this scheme funds
This call gives urban mobility startups up to €2.5 million to support their ongoing pre-seed, seed, or Series A fundraising rounds, with EIT Urban Mobility investing alongside private investors rather than leading the round. The goal is to help promising early-stage mobility ventures grow faster while advancing solutions for congestion, emissions, safety, and accessibility in cities. Applications are accepted through multiple cut-off dates throughout 2026.
mobility-transport · electric-vehicles · smart-cities · data-analytics · sme-scaleup
Do you qualify for this scheme?
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Who it is for
An early-stage startup with a working prototype, pilot, or MVP that is actively raising a pre-seed, seed, or Series A round and building innovative urban mobility solutions.
The scheme in detail
- Agency
- EIT Urban Mobility
- 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
- 16 Nov 2026
- Applicant type
- Not required. You can apply solo.
- Eligible applicants
- startup
- Submission
- Multiple cut-offs (rolling call with several deadlines)
- Also required
- Applicants must be startups in an active pre-seed/seed/Series A fundraising round, targeting the urban mobility market, not currently part of EIT Urban Mobility's equity portfolio, with pre-money valuation not exceeding €50,000,000, founders/executives holding more than 40% equity before the current round, a prototype/pilot/MVP, and cannot apply to three consecutive cut-offs; open to legal entities in EU Member States and Horizon Europe associated third countries.