---
type: Report
title: "How European startups actually get funded: the EU money map"
description: "Grants, equity and guarantees: the EU moves billions into startups through a maze of programmes. Here is the map, decoded for founders who need the money."
resource: "https://jinafin.com/t/p4w8uxx75pep/"
locale: en
published: "2026-06-30T17:07:48.161Z"
timestamp: "2026-07-12T13:46:57.864Z"
tags:
  - "eu-innovation-funding"
  - "eu-startup-funding"
  - "european-union"
  - "funding"
  - "startup"
translations:
  de: "https://jinafin.com/t/dkkq4j3n9zwf/"
entities:
  - "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q458"
  - "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8880"
  - "https://eic.ec.europa.eu"
  - "https://www.eif.org"
  - "https://research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu"
  - "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q219409"
---

# How European startups actually get funded: the EU money map

Grants, equity and guarantees: the EU moves billions into startups through a maze of programmes. Here is the map, decoded for founders who need the money.

**Contents**

- Three kinds of money, not one
- Where to actually start

Full text: https://jinafin.com/t/p4w8uxx75pep/