Open Call for Deep Tech Startups

Transfiere 2026 launches the VI Open Call for Deep Tech Startups coordinated by the EEN. In it, European startups with Deep Tech projects have the opportunity to increase their visibility among national and international investors who are experts in the sector.

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2025 Finalists and winner

The finalist startups have presented their projects on Thursday 13 March, from 18:10 to 19:00h, in the Ágora space.

Winner

hanok

Tirecat Health

Finalists

2gf solutions

COLFEED4Print

find nido

MacroCarbon

skytrade

Miramoon Pharma

the residential club

Molefy Pharma SL

The winning startup is a beneficiary of…

Prize money of 1.000€

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Subject to current withholding taxes

Promotional actions pack

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Visibility and Branding

-Visibility in RRSS as the winning startup of Transfiere 2026
-Mention in press release
-Inclusion of your logo on the official website of the event

Participation in Transfiere 2027

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-Presence in the exhibition area with an information point.
-6 passes for professional visitors with access to the exhibition area and the forums.
-A 10-minute presentation in the content programme to share the experience and continuity of the project.
-Access to the networking agenda: a tool that allows you to request more than 30 B2B meetings with other visitors, potential partners and investors during the event.

MORE BENEFITS FOR PARTICIPATING STARTUPS

  • Registred Startups: All startups registered in the call and that meet the requirements benefit from an access pass.
  • Selected Startups:
    • Two access passes to the Transfiere 2026
      • Includes attendance at the Meet&Greet – Networking Investor Ecosystem event, which will take place in a cocktail format on 25 February 2026 from 14:30 to 16:00
    • Access to the networking agenda: a tool that allows you to request more than 30 B2B meetings with other visitors, potential partners and investors during the
    • 6 minutes presentation in front of investors, experts and municipal technicians (3 minutes pitch

KEY DATES

  • Submission of applications: until 13 December 2025 at 11:59 p.m.
  • Evaluation: from 16 December 2025 to 12 January 2026
  • Online submission to the selection committee: 21st January 2026
  • Notification of selected proposals: from 23 January 2026
  • Deadline to confirm participation in the event: before 3 February 2026
  • Presentations, final voting and award ceremony will take place as part of the events planned for the event.

PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS

Each of the following requirements must be met:

  1. Be in search of investment
  2. Have been incorporated company for no more than 7 years (as of January 1st, 2026)
  3. Correct completion of the registration
  4. No having benefited from this award in the
  5. Be a startup with its registered office in one of the following countries:

SELECTION CRITERIA

The selection committee will use the following criteria for the pre-selection of candidates:

  • Degree in subject Deep Tech

  • Market Viability

  • Scalability

  • Environmental and social impact

  • Team suitability

  • Proven knowledge transfer or collaboration with research centres or universities.

Deep Tech

Deep Tech refers to technologies with high entry barriers that require a high level of scientific knowledge to be developed and a high investment to become products or services that can reach the global markets, with a large impact on society. The big challenges facing the Deep Tech startups are to cross the bridge between science and innovation and to decrease uncertainty about future returns on investments. The term Deep Tech encompasses both Deep Science and Digital Techs as main subgroups.

Startup

Independent organisation, new or of young age, with a high growth potential, aiming to create, improve and expand a scalable, innovative, technology-based product, with a high and fast growth.

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