EIC Accelerator Coaching
European Innovation Council · EIC ServicesThe EIC Accelerator backs Europe’s boldest deep-tech ventures. The jury interview tests whether you know your market as well as your technology.
Business coaching for teams applying to the EIC Accelerator or already funded by it: business model, market, customers, pitch and communication. Behind it lies the experience of more than ten years as an innovation coach on behalf of the European Commission.
Your benefit
- A business section that holds its own next to your technology
- Target markets and customer segments you can back up
- A pitch that holds up in the jury interview
- Communication that reaches investors and industry partners
The starting situation
Your technology is excellent. Your business model is one paragraph in the application.
The problem
The evaluation looks at the technology and just as closely at market, team and scaling. Stay vague there, and you give away ground that even the best technology cannot win back.
The new perspective
In deep tech, the common belief is that the technology speaks for itself. In front of the jury, the market has to speak too.
Three steps we take together:
- 01
Analysis
Maturity, business model, market, team and the feedback from previous evaluations.
- 02
Coaching
Business plan, go-to-market, financial logic and pitch training.
- 03
Activation
Preparation for the jury interview, communication and conversations with first customers.
The result
A venture whose business side is as well thought through as its technology – for the application and for the market that follows.
How many of these statements apply to you today?
Tick what already applies today. You see immediately where you stand and can have your result sent to you with a personal assessment.
Nothing ticked yet. Simply start with the first statement.
Why IMBEO
Hardly anyone can show ten years of innovation coaching experience on behalf of the European Commission. IMBEO combines that experience with industrial understanding, an international network and modern communication – so your innovation is not only funded but also found, understood and bought.
EIC business readiness check
Take this page as your starting point. In an initial conversation we go through your situation in concrete terms: free of charge, without obligation and at eye level.
Photo motto
Innovation meets impact: an idea leaves the lab towards the market.
Collaboration
Available as Premium (self-implementation) or Individual (with Ilkay at your side).
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