EIT Climate-KIC Accelerator (Berlin)

EIT Climate-KIC — now operating as Climate KIC — is Europe's leading climate innovation agency and accelerator, founded in 2010 as one of the European Institute of Innovation & Technology's first Knowledge and Innovation Communities. Headquartered in Amsterdam and active across 50 countries, it has supported more than 2,300 startups generating €1.1bn in investment, 15,000 jobs and 790 new products over 15 years, transitioning to an independent public-benefit foundation in 2025.

Its flagship ClimAccelerator is a multi-stage, equity-free programme offering up to €95,000 in grant-style support plus coaching and investor matchmaking, spanning cleantech, clean energy, circular economy, sustainable cities and agri-food. In Germany the DACH hub runs from the EUREF-Campus in Berlin-Schöneberg — home to the Green Garage climate incubator — alongside a Munich node. Alumni include Climeworks (Switzerland), tado° and Thermondo (Germany) and Ÿnsect (France).