Reactor Newsletter - 5 Good news - Jan, 27th 2024

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Welcome to this week’s Reactor Newsletter, where we bring you the most exciting developments from the worlds of deeptech and climate tech. Here’s your weekly dose of innovation and progress:

1️⃣ EIT Funding Opportunities for Sustainable Innovation
2️⃣ Y Combinator Success Tips: Boost Your Odds
3️⃣ VC Funding Surge: $3B Raised in December
4️⃣ Forbes' Top 25: Tomorrow's AI Unicorns
5️⃣ EIT Food Incubator: Equity-Free Support for Startups

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1️⃣ Funding Opportunities from EIT Urban Mobility

🚀 A wave of funding opportunities is here—don’t miss out on these deadlines:

• Catalyse NEB 2025: Apply by 3 February for €20,000 and business support.
  Details: Catalyse NEB 2025
• EIC Women Leadership Programme: Apply by 9 February for guidance on leadership and entrepreneurial skills for women-led startups.
  Details: Women Leadership Programme
• RAPTOR Open Call: Apply by 12 February for up to €40,000 and a chance to pilot your solution in city mobility challenges.
  Details: RAPTOR Open Call
• Investment Readiness Programme for Impact (IRP4IMPACT): Apply by 28 February to boost fundraising capabilities with resources, coaching, and networking.
  Details: Investment Readiness Programme
• Scaling Startups Programme Open Call: Apply by 28 February to provide VC expertise and help mobility startups scale globally.
  Details: Scaling Startups Programme

For a full overview, visit the EIT Urban Mobility LinkedIn page: EIT Urban Mobility

2️⃣ EIT Food Seedbed Incubator: Equity-Free Funding for Agrifood Innovators

Do you have a novel tech-based innovation that could transform the food system? The EIT Food Seedbed Incubator offers a 6-month program to validate and launch scalable Agrifood Tech ventures.

Why join?

• Up to €10,000 in equity-free funding.
• Access to 100+ industry leaders and agrifood specialists.
• Entrepreneurial training and 1:1 coaching.
• Lifetime membership in the EIT Food community.

Applications close on 21 February.

Details: