Timeline: Next Up
Selection Day
Next Up120+ senior experts and VCs / CVCs evaluate and pick the 10 most promising European startups for our next cohort.
Kickoff Week
First in-person meeting of our new cohort with their mentors and experts.
Mid-Term Week
A key checkpoint for the cohort to review progress, refine strategy, and align priorities with mentors for the program's second half.
Grand Finale
The end of the beginning: Wrapping up the cohort and celebrating the achievements at our Graduation Party.
Start of Summer Cohort Deal Flow
Due Diligences for our Summer 2027 cohort start.
Worth Sharing: Updates
Press releases, media coverage, and updates from Ignite Next and our portfolio companies.
Meet the 10 Startups Selected for Ignite Next Batch #1
Selected from nearly 400 applications across 25+ countries, these ten companies represent the cutting edge of European deep tech.
Proxima Fusion Secures €400M from Bavaria for Fusion Test Facility
€2B plan to build a next-gen stellarator near Munich, aiming to demonstrate net energy gain by the early 2030s.
Light Conversion Joins Ignite Next to Power Europe's Deep Tech
Ignite Next expands its deep tech partner network with Light Conversion, a pioneer in ultrafast laser technologies.
Ignite Next Welcomes Synopsys to its Scale-up Program for Deep Tech Innovation
Synopsys, the global leader in engineering solutions from silicon to systems, joins Ignite Next as a focus technology collaborator.
Corintis Secures $25M Series A1 Led by Applied Digital for Data Center Scaling
Follow-up to Sep round; total funding reaches $58M to integrate microfluidic cooling into AI factories.
EXIT: Quantum Systems Acquires FERNRIDE to Create Global Autonomous Logistics Giant
Strategic acquisition combines autonomous driving expertise with drone technology.
QuantumDiamonds to Build €152M Quantum Chip Inspection Facility in Munich
Building Europe's largest quantum-based semiconductor testing fab.
Codesphere Secures $2M Seed Extension to Revolutionize Developer Infrastructure
Funding led by Begin Capital to scale cloud development platform.
Quantum Dice Awarded €2M EIC Grant to Advance Probabilistic Computing Standards
European Innovation Council backs quantum random number generation technology.
Zerve Debuts Industry-First AI Notebook Agents for Automated Data Science Workflows
Launching AI-powered automation for data science notebooks.
Ignite Next Launches Europe's Scale-Up Program for Deep Tech Startups
Ignite Next announces its launch as Europe's new scaleup program for deep tech innovation, designed to bridge the gap between early-stage founders and industrial-scale success.