EIC STEP Scale Up Defence: equity investment

European Innovation Council (EIC) · Equity investment of €10M to €30M per company (no grant)

Who can apply

Defence or dual-use deep-tech scale-up raising a large round with private co-investors.

The EU portal shows Open with a deadline on 28 October 2026. For growth funding rounds only.

DeepTechBusinessLab idea files for which this call is a real funding lead.

Quantum navigation against GPS jamming in the Baltic Sea
Mobility, Defense & security, Logistics · DeepTechBusinessLab
Subsea cable monitoring through the optical fibre
Defense & security, Telecom, Energy · DeepTechBusinessLab

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