CORDIS · 101193231 · HORIZON
Open Horizons A programme to open the access to women-led digital & deep tech startups to new opportunities under the umbrella of corporations in Europe
Coordinator: PEDAL CONSULTING SRO (SK)
A recent study indicates that women raise funding receive significantly lessa disparity that averages more than $1 millionthan men. Corporates are different players compared to Venture Capital firms. Even their investment arms, CVCs do have a different approach to the investment policies.Specifically targeting women-led companies to collaborate with corporates under a paid-pilot scheme that can really take women-led startups and corporate collaboration to the next level. Open Horizons proposes a novel approach towards covering the women-led companies funding and corporate network gap, by crea…
About Horizon Europe (2021–2027)
Horizon Europe is the EU's current research and innovation programme, covering 2021 to 2027 with a budget of roughly €95.5 billion. Its three pillars are Excellent Science (frontier research and mobility), Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness (mission-driven collaborative projects in health, climate, digital, security and food) and Innovative Europe (the EIC and EIT). It also funds five EU Missions targeting cancer, climate adaptation, smart cities, oceans and soils.
EU contribution: €2.0M awarded to the consortium. The project runs over approximately 2.2 years from 2025-02-01 to 2027-03-31.
Full record on CORDIS — partners, deliverables, publications, news.
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Frequently asked questions
- Who funds this research project?
- This project is funded by the European Union through the Horizon Europe (2021–2027) programme, under the HORIZON-CSA funding scheme.
- What is the EU contribution?
- The European Commission contributes €2.0M toward a total project budget of €2.0M.
- Which EU programme funds it?
- The project is funded under Horizon Europe (2021–2027), call HORIZON-EIE-2024-CONNECT-01.
- Who coordinates the project?
- The project is coordinated by PEDAL CONSULTING SRO (SK).
- What is the project timeline?
- The project runs from 2025-02-01 to 2027-03-31 — approximately 2.2 years.
- Where can I find the full project record?
- The complete record — partners, deliverables, publications and news — is published on CORDIS under project ID 101193231.