Startup funding in Ukraine

RENEW-BOOSTER Consortium

BattleVerse OC1 provides lump-sum grants of up to €60,000 per beneficiary for six-month experiments integrating LLM decision support, multi-physics simulation, or distributed AI for unmanned swarms into the European Defence Fund simulation ecosystem.

Kind

Grant programme

Countries

EU-wide, NO, UA

Key fact

Deadline 16 Nov 2026

Last verified

Verified 7 Nov 2026

Gungnir Capital is an early-stage European venture capital fund investing in defence and dual-use technology companies across Europe, the Nordics, and Ukraine.

Kind

Venture capital

Stages

Pre-seed · Seed · Series A

Countries

EU-wide, UA

Key fact

Ticket €200K–€1M

Last verified

Verified 7 Nov 2026

Bootstrap Europe provides non-dilutive growth debt funding of up to €5M+ to scale-up businesses across Europe, focusing on sectors including biotech, cleantech, fintech, and SaaS.

Kind

Venture debt

Stages

Series B · Series C+

Countries

AL, AT, BA +36

Key fact

Ticket €0–€5M

Last verified

Verified 7 Nov 2026

RENEW-BOOSTER Consortium

Cascade grant call for SMEs developing clean-energy supply-chain solutions across offshore wind, photovoltaics, and energy grids. Offers grants up to €60,000 across two strands with mandatory cash co-financing.

Kind

Grant programme

Countries

AL, AT, BA +36

Key fact

Deadline 30 Nov 2026

Last verified

Verified 7 Nov 2026

Open Horizons

Open Call #3 by Open Horizons offers up to €55k equity-free grant funding and corporate collaboration for early-stage, women-led European digital and deep-tech SMEs.

Kind

Grant programme

Stages

Pre-seed · Seed

Countries

AL, AM, BA +16

Key fact

Deadline 19 May 2026

Last verified

Verified 7 Nov 2026

Open Horizons

Cascade funding call offering up to €55,000 in equity-free grants and corporate piloting for European women-led digital and deep tech startups.

Kind

Grant programme

Countries

AL, AM, BA +15

Key fact

Deadline 19 May 2026

Last verified

Verified 7 Nov 2026

Excel4Pro

Excel4Pro Open Call offers grants of up to €40,000 for startups and SMEs in Greece, Türkiye, and Ukraine working on alternative plant-based protein innovations and sustainable manufacturing processes.

Kind

Grant programme

Countries

GR, TR, UA

Key fact

Deadline 27 Apr 2026

Last verified

Verified 7 Nov 2026

European Innovation Council

The EIC provides up to €30 million in direct equity co-investment for EU, EEA-associated, and Ukrainian companies scaling up industrial capabilities in defence technologies, participating in funding rounds of €50 million or more.

Kind

Public investor

Stages

Series A · Series B · Series C+

Countries

EU-wide, IS, LI +2

Key fact

Ticket up to €30M

Last verified

Verified 7 Nov 2026

Lviv Polytechnic National University

Horizon Europe project offering lump-sum grants and 12-month support to SMEs and startups in Poland, Latvia, and Ukraine developing circular bioeconomy solutions for agriculture.

Kind

Grant programme

Countries

LV, PL, UA

Key fact

Deadline 31 Jul 2026

Last verified

Verified 6 Nov 2026

European Innovation Council

EIC Transition funds the maturation and validation of novel technologies from lab to commercial environments (TRL 3 to 5+), supporting SMEs, startups, and spin-off teams building on prior EU project results.

Kind

Grant call

Countries

AL, AM, BA +27

Key fact

Deadline 14 Sep 2027

Last verified

Verified 6 Nov 2026

Hasta is a European investment syndicate leading pre-seed and seed rounds in AI, robotics, industrial capability, critical infrastructure, and dual-use tech across Europe and Ukraine.

Kind

Angel network

Stages

Pre-seed · Seed

Countries

EU-wide, GB, IS +3

Last verified

Verified 6 Nov 2026

Investment fund backing pre-seed and seed defence and European resilience tech startups across the New Nordic countries and Ukraine.

Kind

Venture capital

Stages

Pre-seed · Seed

Countries

DK, EE, FI +6

Key fact

Ticket €100K–€500K

Last verified

Verified 6 Nov 2026

European Commission

Eight-month EU defence accelerator offering coaching, bootcamps, and networking for 20 European startups and scale-ups developing innovative defence solutions.

Kind

Accelerator

Stages

Pre-seed · Seed · Series A · Series B · Series C+

Countries

EU-wide, UA

Key fact

Ticket €120K–€120K

Last verified

Verified 6 Nov 2026

EU-funded initiative supporting women leading deep tech startups across European Union member states and Horizon Europe associated countries.

Kind

Grant programme

Stages

Pre-seed · Seed

Countries

AL, AM, BA +17

Key fact

Deadline 15 Jun 2027

Last verified

Verified 6 Nov 2026

E2D

Amsterdam-based venture capital firm investing in early-stage European tech startups across AI, B2B software, and deep tech.

Kind

Venture capital

Stages

Seed · Series A

Countries

BE, CH, CZ +14

Key fact

Ticket €472.2K–€2.9M

Last verified

Verified 6 Nov 2026