EUSAFE

The EUSAFE Startup Academy has officially begun!

👥 Want to meet the startups taking part?
Join our EUSAFE LinkedIn group - we’re introducing them there!

🔗 www.linkedin.com/groups/10078...

EUSAFE Glossary: Understand the Jargon 🔍

Knowing this vocabulary helps you stay confident and in control during investor conversations.

📩 Want to follow the EUSAFE progress and receive updates?

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Time to meet the startups! We’ve officially started introducing the EUSAFE innovators in our Community.

🇱🇻 Link Robotics, developing AI-based navigation solutions for robotics, mobility and agriculture sectors.

👉 Join here and follow the journey:
🔗 www.linkedin.com/groups/10078...

Thanks! The biggest impact will come from very practical elements like building a fundraising roadmap, understanding investor fit, turning insights into a strong, confident pitch.

Each session is hands-on, so founders apply this directly to their own case, that’s where the real change happens 🤝

🌱 Meet the startups joining the EUSAFE Startup Academy!

🇨🇿 Inclustera
🇨🇿 JALUD Embedded
🇨🇿 HolistaCare
🇱🇻 Link Robotics
🇩🇪 Anecoica Studio
🇩🇪 V21 GmbH
🇨🇿 OpinioAI
🇨🇿 E4S Tech

Join the EUSAFE LinkedIn group here to know them more closely: www.linkedin.com/groups/10078...

🎓 The EUSAFE Startup Academy is officially kicking off!

We’re excited to share that the Academy schedule is set.

👉 Stay tuned for updates from the Academy and the pilot via our newsletter: eu-safe.eu#newsletter

Common startup fundraising mistakes 👇

1️⃣ Treating a SAFE like equity
2️⃣ Copy-pasting US templates
3️⃣ No clear funding roadmap
4️⃣ Chasing valuation over story

The EUSAFE Startup Academy helps founders avoid these traps!

👉 Stay updated: eu-safe.eu/#newsletter

🎓 The EUSAFE Startup Academy is starting soon - bringing together our newly selected startups.

We’re sharing a quick EUSAFE Glossary - understanding what you sign and what investors mean is key to building a fair deal.

Want to follow the Academy?

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The startups have been selected!

Teams from Germany, Czechia and Latvia will take part in a series of sessions focused on funding strategies, scaling smartly and communicating their vision to investors with confidence.

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Partner Highlight: Techosystem

Kyiv-based NGO Techosystem connects 5,000+ tech companies, including 2,000+ startups and 400+ deep tech ventures via UASEEDS 🇺🇦. They empower Ukrainian innovators and link them to the wider European ecosystem.

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Valuation Cap vs. Discount

➡️ Discount = shares at a lower price than new investors (e.g. 20% off).
➡️ Cap = sets a max valuation for conversion, giving early investors more upside.

Both reward early risk - Europe needs a shared standard.

👉 eu-safe.eu#newsletter

❓ What’s your take on the future of startups in Europe?

What needs to change? Where should it start?

Investors, founders, experts – share your experience and help shape tools and policies that truly make a difference.

📩 Visit www.eu-safe.eu to contribute.

Over a dozen European startups have achieved unicorn status in the first half of 2025!

This impressive cohort is a powerful indicator of Europe's burgeoning innovation ecosystem, spanning critical sectors.

Let's keep building, streamlining and celebrating European excellence!

With the EUSAFE pilot applications in, the next step is about to begin: the EUSAFE Academy 🎓

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We’re processing EUSAFE pilot applications 🔎 - the perfect time to join our LinkedIn group.

Be the first to hear about next steps, the Academy, and how we’re shaping startup funding in Europe.

👉 www.linkedin.com/groups/10078...

🇨🇿 EUSAFE Partner Highlight: JIC

For 20+ years, they’ve supported 1,200+ startups incl. Kiwi, Y Soft & Flowmon.

In #EUSAFE, JIC leads piloting & evaluation of the European SAFE — making sure it works in practice for founders & investors.

👉 Stay updated: eu-safe.eu#newsletter

🙌 Thanks to everyone who applied to the EUSAFE pilot!

We’re excited to see so many startups shaping a simpler, clearer funding environment in Europe.

📩 Stay updated on the pilot, Academy & EUSAFE → eu-safe.eu#newsletter

⏰ Last chance! EUSAFE pilot applications close tomorrow, 9 Sept 5 PM.

Test a faster funding tool, get guidance from investors & help shape European startup funding.

Apply now 👉 eu1.hubs.ly/H0ly9-M0

Read this - it’ll be worth 1 min.

Imagine January:
✔️ Your pitch tested with investors
✔️ Investor roadmap ready
✔️ VCs & angels lined up

Join the EUSAFE pilot:
✅ Training with Accelerace
✅ Investor matchmaking
✅ Test the EU SAFE tool
✅ Zero cost

Deadline: 9 Sept 🇩🇪🇱🇻🇨🇿 → eu1.hubs.ly/H0ly9-M0

🗝️ Ready to raise your seed round?

Join the DeepSAFE Startup Academy with EUSAFE!

✔️ Practical training & feedback from Accelerace (Templafy, Kin AI, Coinify)
✔️ Investor matchmaking & pitch support
✔️ Test the EUSAFE

For startups in 🇩🇪, 🇱🇻, 🇨🇿.
🗓 Apply by 9 Sept 2025 👉 eu1.hubs.ly/H0ly9-M0

🍂 September: the moment to prep for growth & line up investors.

EUSAFE pilot → building a simpler SAFE for Europe, together.

Startups in 🇩🇪 🇱🇻 🇨🇿 get:
✅ DeepSAFE Academy trainings
✅ VC feedback
✅ Investor matchmaking
✅ Zero cost

Apply by 9 Sept 👉 eu1.hubs.ly/H0ly9-M0

Building your startup? We know the questions: right investor? strong pitch? how to prep for seed?

EUSAFE pilot + DeepSAFE Academy gives you:
✅ Training & VC feedback
✅ Investor connections
✅ At zero cost (no fees, no equity)

Apply by Sept 9 👉 eu1.hubs.ly/H0ly9-M0

Vai startup finansējums Eiropā šķiet pārāk sarežģīts?

MĒS veidojam EUSAFE – vienkāršāku rīku, lai darījumus slēgtu ātrāk.

Startupiem pilotā:
✔️ SAFE līgums Eiropai
✔️ apmācības
✔️ investoru tikšanās

🗓 Piesakies līdz 9.09.2025 👉 eu1.hubs.ly/H0ly9-M0

As a founder…) “Funding is slow and confusing.”
(As an investor…) “Backing EU startups is tricky.”

EUSAFE: a simpler SAFE for Europe’s early-stage funding.

Startups & investors 🇩🇪🇱🇻🇨🇿 – join the pilot.
🗓 Apply by 9 Sept 👉 eu1.hubs.ly/H0ly9-M0

🇨🇿 Zakladatelé startupů v Česku!
Fundraising je často složitý a zdlouhavý. Proto vzniká EUSAFE – nový evropský rámec inspirovaný SAFE dohodami. Jednodušší, rychlejší, férovější.

Hledáme startupy z Česka, Německa a Lotyšska, které se zapojí do pilotu. Přihlášky do 9. 9. 2025!

👉 eu1.hubs.ly/H0ly9-M0

Funding-Runden dauern ewig, Verhandlungen sind kompliziert.

Mit EUSAFE wollen wir das ändern – ein europäisches SAFE, einfach & founder-friendly.

👉 Wir suchen Deeptech/Digital-Startups aus 🇩🇪 (+🇨🇿 +🇱🇻), die mit uns testen.
Apply bis 9. Sept 2025: eu1.hubs.ly/H0ly9-M0

⏳Just weeks left to join the EUSAFE pilot!

Deeptech & digital startups in 🇩🇪🇱🇻🇨🇿 - help shape a simpler way to fund early-stage companies in Europe.

✔️ Early access to resources
✔️ Investor connections
✔️ Test a tool built for startups
🗓 9 Sept 2025
👉 eu1.hubs.ly/H0ly9-M0

Lost in startup funding jargon? 🤯 Our 30-sec #EUSAFE Glossary is here: Equity, Cap Table, Dilution, Lead Investor.
We’re making early-stage deals clearer & faster in 🇩🇪🇱🇻🇨🇿.

Apply by Sept 9 👉 eu1.hubs.ly/H0ly9-M0
@ec.europa.eu @startupinvest.bsky.social @deeptechgermany.bsky.social

Why do so many EU startups head to the US? ✈️ Flexibility.

In the US, SAFEs make early funding simple. In Europe, complex rules slow founders down.

EUSAFE wants to change that.

🇩🇪 🇱🇻 🇨🇿 startups — join the pilot! Apply by 9 Sept 👉 eu1.hubs.ly/H0ly9-M0 @eib.org @euractiv.com @ec.europa.eu

“What does applying to the EUSAFE pilot mean?”

👉 Try a SAFE built for EU startups
👉 Get training & meet peers
👉 Help shape the final version
Deeptech/digital startups in 🇩🇪 🇱🇻 🇨🇿 - apply by 9 Sept 👉 eu1.hubs.ly/H0ly9-M0
@eib.org @ec.europa.eu @politico.eu