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Meet the 23 innovative pilots selected from the OC1 EIC Awardee + Buyer

We are thrilled to officially announce the winners of our very first open call, ‘OC1 EIC Awardee + Buyer’! Our mission has always been to forge powerful partnerships between Europe’s leading innovators and buyers with real-world challenges, and today, we celebrate the projects that will bring this vision to life.

A Look Back at a Successful Call

The response to our call, which ran from 16 January to 17 April 2025, was impressive. It invited joint applications from EIC Awardees and buyers to pilot solutions across a huge range of sectors—from Health and Life Sciences to Digital Transformation and Sustainability.

The level of innovation was outstanding, and we want to thank you to every team that applied!

And the Winners Are…

We received a total of 64 applications, submitted by innovative EIC-backed companies. 37 of the applicants, who submitted in total 42 proposals, were eligible to proceed to the extensive InnoMatch Evaluation & Selection process.
After a careful and comprehensive evaluation by our panel of external experts, we are incredibly proud to present the 23 selected pilots that stood out for their innovation and potential market impact. 

The process concluded with the selection of the most promising solutions.
Meet the EIC Awardee, the committed buyer and the title of their proposal:

  1. Enerpoly AB + Sonnen GmbH: Supply-chain Stable, Safe, and Sustainable Proof-of-concept for Advanced Residential Kilowatt-hour Storage (SSSSPARKS)
  2. iLoF – Intelligent Lab on Fiber + Bluepharma – Indústria Farmacêutica, S.A: MINT | Multiparameter INsight platform for Therapeutic nanoparticles
  3. INDRESMAT SL + INCASOL – CATALAN LAND INSTITUTE: KLIMA-PUR Windows Pilots for Green Public Procurement Engagement for Heritage Buildings
  4. Magment GmbH + Holcim: Testing MagPower™ solid-state transformer at Holcim facility
  5. Nico-lab B.V. + Regione Lombardia: Lombardia Regional Cerebral Stroke project
  6. MYSPHERA + HOSPITAL CLINIC UNIVERITARI DE VALENCIA / INCLIVA: Inno-PATHMAKER: Boosting surgical capacity through process optimisation using PATHMAKER
  7. BioSistemika, raziskave in razvoj d.o.o. + Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Slovenia: DNA-Based Secure Storage for Critical Defence Data (DNAmmo)
  8. Contextflow GmbH + Universitair Ziekenhuis Leuven: Aiding radiological thorax CT assessments in UZ Leuven using the contextflow AI-based algorithms
  9. ROKA FURADADA S.L. + COVEX, S.A.: CIRKLE-LIGN. ENABLING A CIRCULAR MATERIALS SHIFT THROUGH ADVANCED LIGNIN TECHNOLOGY FOR PHARMA AND COSMETICS INDUSTRY
  10. Better Medicine OÜ + Universitätsmedizin der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz: BMVision Kidney AI pilot project
  11. Smart Farm Robotix + Bio Contact Ltd.: GHveggieWeeder
  12. BEIT sp. z o.o. + Molecure SA: Quantum-Accurate Virtual Screening and Docking for Selective Inhibition of Specific Mutant Kinase in Oncology
  13. Microfluidics Innovation Center + Inside Therapeutics: Precision biochemistry via nextgen microflow control
  14. Followhealth SL + Maastricht UMC+ Comprehensive Cancer Center: Enhancing Postoperative Recovery in DIEP Flap Patients Through Wearable Technology
  15. Deeploy + Novo Nordisk A/S: Novo Nordisk – AI Governance
  16. Alternative Energy Innovations SL (AEInnova) + COMPAÑÍA ESPAÑOLA DE LAMINACIÓN SA (CELSA): NETZERO heat-powered and batteryless long-range wireless predictive maintenance IoT.
  17. CHARGE2C-NEWCAP + Patinter: GO-START Battery- NextGen Battery Pilot
  18. Restored Hearing Ltd. trading as Lios + Kingspan Holdings (IRL) Limited: SCOUT – SoundBounce Commercial Output and Use-case Testing
  19. Regeneration BV (resortecs) + Iturri SA: Riturn
  20. DeepEn GmbH + Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology (LIN): NeuroDeploy – Enabling Deep Brain Imaging In-Vivo for Neuroscience Applications
  21. Reblade + Geo-Structural Ltd.: UK & Ireland Up Next
  22. SoundCell B.V. + Reinier Haga Medical Diagnostics Center B.V.: NANO FFAST: Nanotechnology For Fast Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing
  23. Kasi Technologies AB + FAIV – Fordonsanpassning i Väst AB: NESS Pilot vehicle – Commercial Customer Demo vehicle

 

The InnoMatch programme 

The winners will now embark on the InnoMatch Programme, where they will gain access to mentoring, innovation procurement resources, and a well-established network. The programme incorporates a three-stage process:

– Prepare phase (up to 2 months): Sub-Grant Agreement (SGA) and an Action Plan preparation. The Action Plan will be developed together with the Buyer.
-Deploy phase (up to 6 months): Official start of the pilot implementation: pilots will be conducted within the services or premises of the Buyer, and with the support of a dedicated team on the Buyer’s side.
-Assess phase (up to 4 months): Preparation of a Validation Report: evaluation of the success of each pilot, the KPI fulfilment. With the involvement of the Buyer. 

Follow their journey through InnoMatch

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