OPEN HORIZONS project

EU funded initiative: We identify industry challenges, fund groundbreaking women-led startups, and facilitate collaboration with corporate partners.

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389 bold ideas. 38 countries. One shared mission.

The response to Open Horizons Open Call #3 reflects that women-led deep-tech and digital startups across Europe and beyond, are building, pushing boundaries, and ready to take the next step.

🔗 More: https://t.co/XG2eNqjWrZ

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Today and tomorrow, come visit us!

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🚀💰If you are an investor, corporate, startup, or ecosystem actor, the @EUeic Summit 2026 is one of the best places to be.

📍Meet us at the Shared “EU Initiatives for Women” booth on June3-4

🔗Learn more and register: https://t.co/UnL70ZQecI

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🚀 From 282 applications… to 7 startups entering Pilot Phase.

👇👇After weeks of preparation, validation, and co-creation during the Inception Phase, these women-led deep-tech startups are now moving to the next stage of the Open Horizons journey:

👏 Congratulations!

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💬How to help industries monitor systems earlier, anticipate risks, and make smarter operational decisions?

These startups entering in the Inception Phase (Cohort 2) are about to show us how.

Follow their journey and learn more: https://t.co/BjfsZGQGYs

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💧 These startups entering in the Inception Phase (Cohort 2) are working to make industrial water systems more resilient, efficient, and sustainable

Check them out👇

Learn more: https://t.co/MdAwI1SEYb

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🚀💰If you are an investor, corporate, startup, or ecosystem actor, the @EUeic Summit 2026 is one of the best places to be.

📍Meet us at the Shared “EU Initiatives for Women” booth on June3-4

🔗Learn more and register: https://t.co/UnL70ZQecI

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𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 #𝟑 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝.

Thank you for every bold idea submitted by women founders.

Evaluation is now underway.

🔗Stay with us: https://t.co/u04FDWLYvZ

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𝐓𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲
#OpenHorizons Open Call #3 offers up to €55,000 equity-free in a structured pilot for #femaleLed #startups.
🔗 Deadline for submission:
Tomorrow 19 May 2026, 17:00 CEST.
Apply now: https://t.co/P1l0XpF46h

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🚀 From AI and predictive systems to water resilience, quantum computing, and food waste reduction: 12 startups, 12 new solutions entering the Open Horizons journey.

👉 Read the full article and discover all selected startups: https://t.co/ygDmNbNJl3

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𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭!

If your application to Open Call 3 is in progress, now is the time to review it carefully.

📩 Still have doubts? Contact us at [email protected].

Don't wait until the last minute!

🔗 Apply by 19 May: https://t.co/P1l0XpF46h

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⚙️⚠️ Wanted: solutions to make existing production environments smarter, with practical, deployable AI that fits into what's already there.

If you're building in Process Mining, Industrial IoT, Predictive Analytics, take a look at Challenge 12

👉https://t.co/P1l0XpF46h

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⚠️ The research from the @empo_women is clear: when women-led deep-tech startups get the right support, they grow. Revenue, team size, market traction, all up.

Potential is there, but access isn't.

This why Open Horizons exists.

🔗Learn more: https://t.co/YRoPIRhA5W

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⛓️ There is no reliable infrastructure protecting intellectual property (IP) while enabling reuse.  Can you help?

If you're working in IP protection, or identity and access control systems, apply to Open Call 3 by selecting Challenge 2.

🔗 Apply: https://t.co/P1l0XpF46h

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5 SECRET TIPS TO MAKE YOUR APPLICATION SUCCESSFUL

Your women-led deeptech startup is strong. Your application might not be.

Across our Open Calls, evaluators have seen the same mistakes again and again.

🔗 Secrets of a successful application: https://t.co/BapyGFWMnO

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OH FAQs!

You’ve checked to be eligible.

You've picked up your challenge.

Now...what does the programme actually look like?

Here's what you need to know. 👇

Read the full list of FAQs here: https://t.co/C2A2KzGKov

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🍒 Tonnes of perfectly edible produce never reach consumers...Just because it doesn't meet cosmetic standards, or couldn't move fast enough through the supply chain.

👇 Challenge 7 is looking for solutions that turn that loss into value.

🔗 Apply: https://t.co/SfK7HRpue8

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💵 Most companies build their tax strategy after making expansion decisions.

👇 Challenge 3 is looking for AI-driven tools that make proactive tax strategy possible.

🔗 Learn more & Apply to our last Open Call before 19 May, 17:00 CEST: https://t.co/SfK7HRpue8

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💸 If you're building RegTech, AI-driven decision support, or cross-border compliance platforms...

👉 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝟒 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝟑

🔗 Apply by 19 May: https://t.co/SfK7HRpue8

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OH FAQs!

Eligibility questions keep coming!

These are among the most important to get right. Read carefully before you apply. 👇

Read the full list of FAQs here: https://t.co/C2A2KzGKov

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👉 Challenge 9 is looking for AI-assisted approaches to: cut formulation screening time up to 50%, and make sustainable barrier coatings development faster

𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝟑 𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞!

📅 19 May,17:00 CEST

🔗 Apply: https://t.co/SfK7HRpue8