Meet the ACCEND companies
ACCEND has accelerated 80 deeptech scale-ups from across Europe and beyond, all building solutions for smarter, greener and more liveable cities. Across two cohorts in 2026, each company worked with a dedicated Guide from our consortium to access finance, pilot their technology in new markets, reach public buyers and plan their global growth.
Scale-ups from 19 countries
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Company headquarters as given at onboarding.
Building a more balanced innovation ecosystem
ACCEND set out to reach founders who are under-represented in European deeptech. Each square below is one ACCEND company.
are based in emerging or moderate innovation regions
- Emerging or moderate innovator (38)
- Strong innovator or innovation leader (42)
Region type from the European Commission's Regional Innovation Scoreboard 2023, applied at country level.
companies is female-founded
- Female-founded (23)
- Not disclosed (11)
- Not female-founded (46)
Self-declared by companies, using the Women TechEU definition. Companies that preferred not to say or did not answer are shown as not disclosed.
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