The Deadline Desk
Every open call in European tech
One live table: accelerators, grants, competitions, pitch stages and speaker calls, sorted by what closes next. 14 open right now
Closing this week
| In | Program | Cheque / prize |
|---|---|---|
| 3d | Global Industrie – Concours des Startups 2027A free booth at Global Industrie in Lyon plus coaching, for deployable industrial and decarbonisation solutions. | Free exhibition booth at Global Industrie 2027 + coaching |
| 6d | Physical AI Growth Lab 2027An equity-free, hybrid accelerator for physical AI, robotics and industrial AI startups across EMEA, run by UnternehmerTUM with Microsoft, NVIDIA and Infineon. | - |
| 6d | Occitanie EMERGENCE 2026Grants of up to EUR 100,000 covering half of project costs for deep-tech maturation by Occitanie research bodies. | Up to EUR 100,000 (50% of costs) |
Closing this month
| In | Program | Cheque / prize |
|---|---|---|
| 9d | EIT Urban Mobility Financial Support to Startups (2026)Non-dilutive EIT funding for early-stage mobility startups tackling urban transport challenges. | Up to €2.5M |
| 11d | Techstars London 2027Approximately USD 120,000 for 6% equity over thirteen weeks in London, ending in a demo day. | Approximately USD 120,000 (USD 20k for 6% + USD 100k convertible note) |
| 15d | ClimAccelerator Romania 2026-2027 (Impact Hub Bucharest)Online accelerator selecting 15 Romanian/European climate and deep-tech startups for Impact Hub Bucharest's edition of the EIT Climate-KIC ClimAccelerator network. | - |
| 18d | EIC STEP Scale Up 2026Direct equity investment from the European Innovation Council in EU scale-ups working on strategic technologies. | Equity ticket, size varies |
Later
| In | Program | Cheque / prize |
|---|---|---|
| 38d | Prix EDF Pulse 2026A cash prize, EDF visibility and the prospect of a commercial partnership for decarbonisation and energy startups in France. | Cash prize plus EDF visibility and partnership |
| 69d | DMEA – nova Award 2027A free-to-enter award for digital health startups under five years old, worth EUR 10,000 in cash and media to the winner. | The winning startup takes a prize package worth EUR 10,000 in total, made up of EUR 3,000 in cash and a media package worth EUR 7,000. Shortlisted startups pitch live at DMEA on 13 and 14 April 2027, with the final and the award ceremony on 15 April. Entering costs nothing. |
| 85d | South Summit Madrid – Startup Competition 2027South Summit's Madrid competition takes 100 finalists from any sector or country to pitch before a jury of investors and corporates. | 100 finalists get three Startup Passes, a 3-minute pitch before a jury of leading investors and corporates, investor matchmaking, pitching and fundraising training, and a discounted demo booth |
| 105d | ChangeNOW Summit – Call for Solutions 2027Rolling call gathering around a thousand impact ventures to ChangeNOW in Paris, with booths, jury pitches and investor meetings. | Selected solutions can take up to four slots: a three-day exhibition booth, a pitch in front of a high-level jury with 30 minutes of private investor meetings and dealflow lounge access, a 45-minute workshop, and a booth at the Impact Job Fair |
| 116d | Prix Moovjee 2027 (18e edition)A EUR 10,000 Grand Prix and two EUR 5,000 category awards for young entrepreneurs in France, any sector. | Grand Prix EUR 10,000; '100 jours' EUR 5,000; Artiste-Entrepreneur EUR 5,000 |
| 128d | PODIM Conference – Pitching Competition 2027PODIM takes 150 startups to Maribor, five of whom pitch in the main-stage final for a package worth over USD 10,000. | The top 150 applicants secure a startup spot at PODIM, and five finalists pitch on the main stage. The winner receives a package valued at over USD 10,000, made up of a Fundraising Bootcamp training programme, access to a database of more than 4,000 investors and a three-day PODIM London Springboard trip. All participating startups get access to the PODIM Deal Room, which arranges 50+ curated one-to-one meetings over the two conference days. |
| 235d | IAA MOBILITY – IAA Startups 2027Fitted booths in Munich from 4 to 16 sqm for around 100 founder-controlled startups founded in 2016 or later. | An all-inclusive fitted booth in the IAA startup areas — package S 4 sqm with 2 exhibitor passes and a EUR 200 ticket budget, M 9 sqm with 4 passes and EUR 300, or L 16 sqm with 6 passes and EUR 600 — including furniture, signage, lighting, power and branded materials, with a 43-inch monitor on M and L. |
Yellow rows were added this week. Deadlines come from the programme records and event speaker calls · all programmes
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