Innovation

Commercialize Deep Tech in Poland 2025: How to Win a PLN 5,500,000 Grant to Scale Your Hardware, Quantum, Robotics or Biotech Venture

If you build physical, science-driven products — not just another app — and you’re feeding an ambitious prototype through the meat grinder between lab bench and market, this grant deserves your full attention.

Amount: PLN zł5,500,000 per venture Deadline: Sep 19, 2025 Location: Poland

CONACYT Innovation Stimulus: How to Win MXN 20 Million for R&D in Mexico

Grants of up to MXN 20 million for Mexican companies investing in R&D and innovation through the CONACYT Stimulus program.

Amount: MXN 20,000,000 Deadline: Oct 29, 2025 Location: Mexico

Connect with Investors: Upstream Festival Rotterdam 2026 Startup Festival — Tickets From ~€100

Rotterdam in late May has a habit of feeling electric. Ships move in the distance, ideas flow across tables, and somebody somewhere is sketching a business model on a napkin that will become an actual company.

Amount: Ticket prices vary (early bird discounts available) Deadline: May 21, 2025 Location: Europe, Netherlands and Rotterdam

Deploy Ocean Energy in Mauritius Get MUR 420,000,000 (≈ $9.5M) per Demonstrator to Prove Tidal Wave or OTEC Tech

Mauritius imports almost all its power and pays dearly for it. Imagine replacing a chunk of that diesel with electricity pulled from tides, waves, or the temperature difference between surface and deep water.

Amount: MUR ₨420,000,000 per demonstrator Deadline: Sep 1, 2025 Location: Mauritius

Digital Recovery Grants Ukraine 2025: How to Compete for Your Share of $5,000,000 for Digital Health, Education, Municipal Services, and MSME Resilience

If you are a Ukrainian tech company, civic tech NGO, or public agency working on digital solutions that can actually restore services in war-affected regions, this fund is one you should read with a highlighter.

Amount: $5,000,000 Deadline: Aug 31, 2025 Location: Europe and Ukraine

DKK 5 Million in Danish Innovation Grants: Complete Guide to the Innobooster Program

Grants of up to DKK 5 million to accelerate the development and market launch of innovative products and services in Denmark through the Innobooster Program.

Type: Grant Amount: DKK 5,000,000 Deadline: Rolling Location: Denmark

DRIVE35 Scale-Up: £5M to Manufacture the Future of EVs

Secure a share of £5 million to conduct feasibility studies for scaling up manufacturing of zero-emission vehicle technologies in the UK.

Type: Grant Amount: Share of £5 million (typically £50k - £200k per project) Deadline: Dec 17, 2025 Location: United Kingdom

DST Technology Development Fund

Supports Indian startups translating lab innovations into market-ready products.

Type: Grant Amount: ₹10,000,000 matching grant Deadline: Jan 20, 2025 Location: India

EIB InnovFin Energy Demonstration Projects

Provides risk-sharing loans for first-of-a-kind energy projects in the EU.

Amount: EUR €75,000,000 project financing Deadline: Dec 31, 2025 Location: European Union

EIC Accelerator - European Innovation Council - European Commission

EU blended finance program supporting high-risk, high-impact innovation by startups and SMEs.

Type: Grant Amount: Grants up to €2.5M plus equity investments up to €15M Deadline: Oct 1, 2025 Location: Europe and Global