With a budget of over EUR 10 billion, the European Innovation Council provides a one-stop-shop for breakthrough researchers & innovators at all stages of development, ensuring a pipeline of ideas and companies that are either ripe for investment now or will be in the future. The EIC aims to accelerate the transition from research and development to real-world market implementation, thereby driving economic growth, creating jobs, and addressing societal challenges through innovation. It achieves that with its three funding schemes, namely the EIC Pathfinder, Transition and Accelerator. The EIC support goes far beyond funding, and it aims at supporting the emergence, acceleration and growth of EIC innovations and deep tech companies. In order to further leverage the EIC investments, all EIC Awardees will be provided with access to a range of externally contracted, bespoke EIC Business Acceleration Services (BAS) at any stage of development of their activities.