Welcome to the second D2XCEL newsletter!

Dear programme follower,

Summer is just around the corner and before you go on a well-deserved vacation, we are here to share highlights from the past 3 months. It has been intense for the D2XCEL team and more exciting activities are to come!

Open Call 1 Recap

After an exciting 12-week period, we are thrilled to announce that on 21 June we successfully concluded D2XCEL Open Call 1 with 151 company applications from 26 eligible countries. The total funding raised by these ventures in the past 5 years amounts to €396 million! 

Appreciations to our consortium partners:

• Miles Ahead, managing Logistics
• Tech Tour, managing Sustainable Freight Transportation
• BRYCK, managing Large-scale Stationary Energy Storage
• Aalto University, managing Sustainable and Circular Construction
• Athens Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation | AUEB, managing AI-Powered Digital Services for Sustainable and Smart Cities.

Special thanks to our content experts Pascal Ollivier, maritime street, and Willem Bulthuis, Corporate Ventures Advisory, for helping us explain the market opportunities and guiding us through the process.

D2XCEL Updates

The D2XCEL network keeps growing! 

We are halfway to our ambitious goal of reaching 200+ stakeholders! 

So far we have attracted over 100 investors, lead customers, network partners, and mentors from 23 countries, and 4 continents. They will be engaged in the D2XCEL programme through various activities but most importantly they share our mission to support the 100 top-selected ventures! 

We would like to use the occasion to thank all stakeholders for joining us in our mission to strengthen innovative ventures and enhance Europe’s sustainability and sovereignty. 

If you want to be part of D2XCEL’s exclusive community and get early access to top-performing ventures and other stakeholders, express your interest through the designated form.

What to expect next?

D2XCEL Open call 2 to be launched on 1 October 2024

Watch for updates on our website and social channels.

Featured

Q&A with Maria Koycheva, Tech Tour, on developing Sustainable Freight Transportation here. 

Q&A with Vasiliki Chronaki, AUEB, on empowering Smart Cities through AI here.

Q&A with Kevin Kessler, BRYCK, on enabling Large-Scale Stationary Energy Storage here.

Q&A with Henrik Keinonen, Aalto University, on supporting Sustainable & Circular construction here.

Industry news

D2XCEL is happy to support sister European projects that advocate deep tech and women empowerment. If their causes resonate with yours, please make sure to follow and support them.

SynergistEIC supports GreenTech growth by providing hands-on assistance to European impact-driven GreenTech startups, helping them become more competitive and ready for the EIC Accelerator.  

EmpoWomen aims to address the underrepresentation of women in deep tech by supporting women-led companies through an acceleration program, providing funding, services, and mentorship.  

X2.0 ensures the scaling of EU deep tech startups with a growth program focused on five key impact areas, offering €1.5M in services to 50 startups.  

Ready2Scale supports deep tech startups with growth and scaling services in Europe.  

Enjoy the Summer and stay tuned!

Thank you, 

The D2XCEL team

This project has received funding from the European Union under grant agreement Nº101121100. Views and opinions expressed here are those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA). Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them. 

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