Budget
A €22,000 grant for growth, travel, and dissemination
Key dates and deadline
Call opens 27 October 2025 Info session 26 November 2025 Application deadline 19 January 2026 Evaluations Jan - April 2026 Programme starts 25 May 2026
Details
Catalyse NEB identifies and empowers businesses that embed social innovation into their products, services, and operations. By integrating the core values of the New European Bauhaus – sustainability, inclusion, and beauty – these ventures drive systems change and propose new ways of living and working together. The Call is a start-up accelerator programme under the EIT Community New European Bauhaus (NEB), focusing on ventures that align with NEB values across Europe. The programme seeks 20 start-ups that integrate NEB's core dimensions in their operations, products, and services, with a focus on social innovation and systems change. Selected startups receive support to strengthen their business models, refine their purpose-driven strategies, and scale their impact across Europe and beyond. Through Catalyse NEB, NEB-minded innovators are equipped to become international game-changers in fields that matter.
Eligibility
Start-ups that are: Incorporating the New European Bauhaus values of sustainability, inclusivity and beauty Registered in the EU or Horizon Europeeligible countries Incorporated after 1 January 2020 With less than €1M raised At pre-seed, seed, or early Series A stage With at least one founder committed to active participation Ready to sign a SAFE agreement Additionally, applicants must meet one of the following: - ≥ €5,000 in 2024 revenue, or - ≥ €10,000 investment received, or - Graduate of the Grow NEB programme
Additional information
Each selected start-up receives: A €22,000 grant for growth, travel, and dissemination Tailored mentorship and workshops on business, NEB values and communication Access to EIT-wide events, visibility opportunities, and investor matchmaking.
How to apply?
https://neb.eitcommunity.eu/catalyse-neb-2026/