The countdown is on! The Ambition Forum in Riga is just around the corner – check out the top speakers, VC funds in attendance, and EIC Scaling Club members joining the event.
More in this issue:
Get to know our members – Constellr, Aurora Propulsion Technologies, LOQR, Sherpa.ai, and Salv,
Latest milestones and funding rounds by our members,
Join the Online Comms Academy by EIC Scaling Club on 1 October 2025,
And more!
Happy reading,
The EIC Scaling Club team
Ambition Forum: Riga, 3 September 2025
Hosted in the heart of Riga, theAmbition Forum will bring together founders, investors, corporates, mentors, and innovation leaders for a full day of inspiring sessions and valuable networking.
Here are the top 3 panel discussions and workshops not to miss:
#1: Panel: "The Big Rounds in European Deep Tech"
Speakers:
Patrik Sobocki, Senior Investment Director & Head of Deeptech Investment Practice at Industrifonden
Stephen Nundy, Partner & COO at Lakestar
Stéphane Ouaki, Acting Director of the European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency
Susanne K. Schorsch, Partner at Amadeus Capital Partners
Hugo Hubert, Principal at Omnes Capital
#2: Workshop: "Market Traction & Growth"
Speakers:
Benno Tieke, Physicist & Innovations Leader at Philips, EIC Scaling Club Cardiovascular Therapies Group President
Ingeborg Gasser-Kriss, Senior Innovation Advisor at 21st Century Innovation
Merve Akgün, GP at Diffusion Capital Partners
#3: Panel: "Leveraging EU R&D & EIC Funding"
Speakers:
Francois Gaudet, Head of Unit, Cleantech Equity & Growth Capital at European Investment Bank
Sara Jud, EIC Business Acceleration Services at EISMEA
Marie Wall, Seconded National Expert at DG RTD, European Commission & EIC STEP Representative
Kristine Rudzite-Stejskala, EUDIS Team Leader at European Defence Fund
Constellr: Building a digital twin of the Earth’s temperature…from space
Constellr is an EIC Scaling Club member in the New Space segment, headquartered in Germany, but with a globally distributed team. And it makes sense. After all, they’re building the future thermal atlas and digital twin of the world.
Aurora Propulsion Technologies: Propelling Europe into orbit
Aurora Propulsion Technologies is a Finnish company that develops thrusters and de-orbiting modules for small satellites. Aurora is a member of the EIC Scaling Club’s New Space Group.
LOQR: Transforming digital banking solutions with a journey-as-a-service platform
LOQR is a Portuguese deep tech company providing end-to-end digital transformation journeys for banks and financial institutions. The company is a member of the Digital Security & Trust group.
Sherpa.ai: Privacy-preserving AI with global ambition
The Spanish deep tech scale-up Sherpa.ai has developed a SaaS platform for privacy-preserving AI model training through federated learning. The company is a member of the Digital Security & Trust market group.
Salv: On a mission to tackle financial crime through radical transparency
Based in Estonia, Salv enables fintechs and financial institutions to share data about questionable transactions in real-time. This, in turn, makes it possible to detect and act on financial crime faster, increasing the chances of recovering stolen assets. Salv is part of the Digital Security & Trust group.
OQ Technology makes history: First image transmitted via 5G NTN IoT on a LEO satellite
OQ Technology (Luxembourg) has made a major breakthrough by transmitting its first image from the ground via a low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite using the 5G NTN IoT standard protocol and S-band spectrum, a world-first for visual data transfer over 5G satellite IoT.
CorPower Ocean secures €40 million for 10MW VianaWave project
CorPower Ocean (Portugal) has secured a €40 million grant from the EU Innovation Fund to support the development of VianaWave, a pre-commercial 10MW wave energy farm to be deployed off the coast of northern Portugal.
Join us for Tech Tour Space 2025 – the leading event for space sector pioneers and disruptors!
When? 11-12September 2025
Where? Bodø, Norway
This dynamic two-day event covers commercial, dual-use, environmental, observation, and exploration technologies across three main domains: Marine, Ground and Air, and Space.
Join a global conference uniting the world’s leading deep tech startups, investors, and collaboration-minded universities, research institutions, and corporations, along with startup support organisations, to explore innovative solutions to world-scale challenges.
Join the online event to hear PR tips from tech journalists covering startups for FastCompany, Bloomberg, TechCrunch, Tech.eu and other media outlets! Improve your brand awareness and gain visibility through media publications – and more!
This is a unique opportunity for EIC Scaling Club companies to connect with some of the most influential investors and corporates in the HealthTech space.
Open call: Scale up your cleantech innovation in the US with the EIC Immersive Programme | Application deadline:15 September 2025
Open call: Get business acceleration support to shape the future of health with Opella| Application deadline: 12 September 2025
Open call: Showcase your technology to world-class investors at the EIC ePitching on Semiconductors, Quantum and Photonics| Application deadline: 14 September 2025
Open call: Scale up your cleantech innovation in the US with the EIC Immersive Programme |Application deadline: 15 September 2025
Open callfor applications to the EIC Innovation Procurement Academy | Application deadline: 10 October 2025
That’s it for this month!
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