#265 What is the EU Innovation Fund and Who Can Apply for Funding | Joel Armin-Hoiland (Climate Finance Solutions)

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Hey everyone, welcome back to CleanTechies!

Today, we’re diving into one of the biggest non-dilutive funding opportunities out there: the EU Innovation Fund.

We’re talking about €40 billion euros being deployed between now and 2030 to scale up the world’s most promising low-carbon technologies…

and the crazy part?

Only a fraction of it has been spent.

To break it all down, I’m joined by Joel Armin-Hoiland, Founder and CEO of Climate Finance Solutions, and the go-to expert on non-dilutive funding.

You might remember Joel from Episode 258, where we unpacked critical minerals funding from the DOE, and now he’s back to take us global.

In this episode, Joel explains how the EU Innovation Fund is fueling deployment-ready tech (think steel, cement, hydrogen, CCUS, renewables, and energy storage) and how founders can actually win a slice of that €40 billion.

We talked about several things such as the €5.5 billion call expected to drop this December and why the EU is favoring commercial-scale over early R&D. Plus Joel’s insider advice on how to phrase your applications because yes, reviewers are literally searching for keywords

Since 2020,CCUSJoel and his team have already helped raise over $1.6 billion with a 90% success rate, so if you’re serious about securing non-dilutive capital, this is a must-listen.

Tune in today because this funding window is opening fast, and the founders who prepare well are the ones who’ll win big later.

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