EIC Accelerator: three winning companies from Université Paris-Saclay
On 17 February 2025, the European Innovation Council (EIC) announced the 71 cutting-edge companies from 16 countries it has selected for funding, combining grants and equity, following the last 2024 EIC Accelerator cut-off in October. Of the five winning French companies, three are linked to the Université Paris-Saclay community.
- Cofounded by Yann Gaston-Mathé, a graduate from AgroParisTech, Quentin Perron and Nicolas Do-Huu, the company Iktos will receive blended funding for the AIR-3D project: Iktos robotics: integrating AI and robotics for efficient drug design and discovery.
- Cofounded by Maxime Feyeux, who has a PhD from Université Evry Paris-Saclay, Kevin Alessandri and Jean-Luc Treillou, the company Treefrog Therapeutics will receive an equity investment for the project C-Stem XL: ground-breaking path to the XL scale.
- Cofounded by François Perruchot, who has a PhD from Université Paris-Saclay, Maud Vinet and Tristan Meunier, the company Quobly will receive blended funding for the MCQube project: Breaking barriers in scalable quantum computing.
The winning companies were selected from 1,211 submitted proposals, of which 431 were invited to the jury interviews. This has been the most competitive funding round so far since the launch of the Accelerator under Horizon Europe. Selected companies will collectively receive up to €161 million in grants and approximately €226 million in equity.