---
type: Article
title: "The European Innovation Council, decoded: grants and equity"
description: "The EIC hands single companies a grant and an equity cheque in one programme. Here is how the Accelerator, Pathfinder and Transition actually work."
resource: "https://jinafin.com/t/db3v3hfg66q9/"
locale: en
published: "2026-06-30T17:07:48.684Z"
timestamp: "2026-07-12T13:46:46.828Z"
tags:
  - "eu-innovation-funding"
  - "eu-startup-funding"
  - "european-union"
  - "funding"
  - "startup"
translations:
  de: "https://jinafin.com/t/86qvcby2us8u/"
entities:
  - "https://research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu"
  - "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8880"
  - "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q219409"
  - "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q129238"
---

# The European Innovation Council, decoded: grants and equity

The EIC hands single companies a grant and an equity cheque in one programme. Here is how the Accelerator, Pathfinder and Transition actually work.

**Contents**

- Three doors
- What it costs you

Full text: https://jinafin.com/t/db3v3hfg66q9/