# European Commission

> European Commission is a VC fund backing Software and Biotechnology. See 292 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Brussels, Belgium
- Total investments: 292
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 68%
- Last fund: Jan 2014
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/european-commission/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/EU_commission
- Website: https://ec.europa.eu/commission/index_en
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EuropeanCommission

European Commission is a VC fund in Brussels focused on Software and Biotechnology. European Regional Development Fund encourages innovation, enhances regeneration, and provides support to businesses in the European Union.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for European Commission. Shizune tracks 28 team members at European Commission. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/european-commission?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $117k–$10M |
| Grant | $117k–$51M |
| Pre-Seed | $55k–$5.4M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 40 | 14% |
| Biotechnology | 31 | 11% |
| Health Care | 30 | 10% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 29 | 10% |
| Manufacturing | 27 | 9% |

217 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Grant | 180 | 62% |
| Seed | 11 | 4% |
| Pre-Seed | 5 | 2% |
| Funding Round | 4 | 1% |
| Debt Financing | 4 | 1% |

9 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| France | 23 | 8% |
| Spain | 22 | 8% |
| Germany | 16 | 5% |
| United States | 14 | 5% |
| United Kingdom | 13 | 4% |

40 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mariya Gabriel | European Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society | 5 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mariya-gabriel |
| Andrus Ansip | Vice-President and Commissioner, Digital Single Market | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrus-ansip |
| Aurélie Pols | Expert group member to the EU Observatory on the Online Platform Economy | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aur-lie-pols |
| Björn-Sören Gigler | Senior Digital Innovation Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bj%C3%B6rn-s%C3%B6ren-gigler |
| Christian Kristin | EU Artificial Intelligence Alliance | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kristian-kristin |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| EU-CONEXUS | EU-CONEXUS is an international University Alliance focused on Smart Urban Coastal Sustainability. It integrates public universities to provide transnational education, joint degrees, and cutting edge research opportunities. | $5.3M | Grant | Jul 15, 2026 |  |
| Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company | Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company manages, operates, and maintains high-voltage electricity grids. It acts purely as a utility infrastructure operator to transmit bulk power from power plants to regional distribution networks. | $104.3M | Grant | Jun 15, 2026 |  |
| Leonardo | Leonardo is a security company that develops multi-domain technology capabilities for AD&S. | $73.8M | Grant | Jun 10, 2026 |  |
| Leonardo Company | Leonardo – Finmeccanica is a global high-tech company specializing in aerospace, security, and defense. The company offers a wide range of defense and security solutions to Governments, Institutions, and citizens that includes every possible intervention scenario: aerial and terrestrial, naval and maritime, space, and cyberspace. Leonardo –Finmeccanica operates globally, with over 45,000 employees at 180 sites worldwide. the company has its strongest industrial presence in four domestic markets: Italy (where the company is headquartered), the UK, the US and Poland, and works with strategic partners around the world. Leonardo was founded in 1948. | $73.8M | Grant | Jun 10, 2026 |  |
| Betolar | Betolar is a materials technology company that develops circular economy solutions for the mining, metals, and construction sectors by transforming industrial sidestreams and waste materials into valuable products. Its technologies support the production of low-carbon, cement-free construction materials and enable the recovery of critical andstrategic metals from industrial waste streams. The company provides material analysis, consulting, and recipe optimization services, utilizing digitalization, data platforms, and artificial intelligence to support research, development, and industrial applications. Betolar's solutions are designed to help reduce carbon emissions, decrease reliance on virgin raw materials, and improve the utilization of industrial byproducts. Its activities span construction materials, metal extraction technologies, and circular material solutions that support more resource-efficient industrial processes. | $2.4M | Grant | Jun 08, 2026 |  |
| USIL Therapeutics | USIL Therapeutics is a biotechnology company focused on radiological preparedness. They develop dual-use medical countermeasures designed to protect populations and mission-critical personnel from ionizing radiation in defense, civilian, and space environments. | $6.1M | Grant | May 05, 2026 |  |
| AFYREN | AFYREN develop innovation in biotechnologies for the valorization of non-food biomass and in respect of the environment. | $3.5M | Grant | Apr 24, 2026 |  |
| Naturbeads | Naturbeads, a company working to manufacture a replacement to the ocean-polluting microbeads that are found in many personal and home care products and paints. Naturbeads proposes a biodegradable alternative to plastic microbeads that could mitigate micro plastic pollution in the oceans and soil. The technology to create the cellulose microbeadswas developed at the University of Bath by Professors Janet Scott and Davide Mattia from the Centre for Sustainable Chemical Technologies in 2017 | $4.8M | Grant | Apr 23, 2026 |  |
| Biovac | Biovac is a manufacturer contributing towards filling the gap that exists in the lack of African vaccine manufacturing capability. | $108.4M | Debt Financing | Apr 16, 2026 |  |
| HVR Energy | HVR Energy is a Spanish company specializing in hydrogen‑fueling infrastructure for road mobility, best known for its ACTIVA project to deploy a network of hydrogen refueling stations across Spain. | $8.9M | Grant | Apr 07, 2026 |  |

10 of 292 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Bpifrance](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bpifrance) — VC Fund, 10 deals together
- [European Innovation Council](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/european-innovation-council) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Government of Ireland](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/government-of-ireland) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Investitionsbank Berlin](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/investitionsbank-berlin) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [DvH Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dvh-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [France 2030](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/france-2030) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does European Commission invest in?

European Commission invests primarily in Software, Biotechnology and Health Care startups, most often at Grant and Seed stage. Most of the 292 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is European Commission's check size?

European Commission typically joins rounds of $117k–$10M at Seed, $117k–$51M at Grant and $55k–$5.4M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds European Commission participates in.

### How do I contact European Commission?

Public channels for European Commission include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at European Commission?

The team at European Commission includes Mariya Gabriel (European Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society), Andrus Ansip (Vice-President and Commissioner, Digital Single Market) and Aurélie Pols (Expert group member to the EU Observatory on the Online Platform Economy), among 28 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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