How to Secure EU Funding: Grants, Investments, and Acceleration Programs

Are you looking for ways to grow your company in the EU but are unsure where the funding comes from? We invite you to join the fourth workshop of the ITBridge Go-To-Market Bootcamp.

This session focuses on European funding programs, investment instruments, and acceleration opportunities. You will learn how to properly position your business to gain real access to these resources.

Date and Time: May 8 | 14:00–17:00 (EEST Bucharest time)
Format: Online | Free of charge 

Register here

(If you have already registered for previous workshops, there is no need to register again)

ITBridge Go-To-Market Bootcamp Workshop #4 Agenda:

  • EU Funding Overview: Key opportunities from Digital Europe, EIC, and Horizon Europe.
  • Investor Expectations: What European accelerators and investors look for in Ukrainian IT companies.
  • Investment Readiness: Structuring your financials, metrics, and developing a winning investment pitch.
  • Grant Writing 101: Fundamentals of preparing EU grant applications and common mistakes to avoid.

Workshop #4 Speakers:

Maurits Butter — Senior Innovation Strategist and business development expert at TNO (Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research). Maurits specializes in scaling Digital Innovation Hubs and building strategic international cooperation. He has extensive experience working with EU policy, funding mechanisms, and strategic partnerships.

Geraud Guilloud — EU Manager Strategy & Policy, with 20+ years of experience in European programmes and policies, including contributions to the AI Act, Data Act, DMA and Digital Europe Programme.

The Go-To-Market Bootcamp is a series of 8 free workshops within the ITBridge initiative, designed for IT companies planning to enter or strengthen their presence in the EU market.

Certification: Participants who attend at least 5 out of 8 workshops (60% of the program) will receive a certificate confirming their systematic preparation for scaling in the European market.

Organised by Kharkiv IT Cluster, Transilvania IT Cluster, Cluster Digital de Catalunya, IТ Dnipro Community and Odesa IT-family as part of the #ITBridge project, an initiative strengthening collaboration between the EU and Ukrainian digital ecosystems.