dynumerics.ai / Deep Tech Radar / 29 September 2026
An archived issue. Some deadlines below may have passed. Weekly signals we're watching: EU funding calls, research, European rounds and the Czech ecosystem.
The EDF 2026 work programme (€1.006B across 31 topics in 10 calls) closed 27 of its topics on 29 September 2026. The 2027 work programme is next.
The Accelerator now runs six cut-offs a year. Since July 2026, dual-use applications are eligible, with equity of up to €30M, plus a new €100M EIC STEP Defence Scale Up call.
ESA BIC Prague and Brno offer up to 2 years of incubation with €50k non-equity funding and technical mentoring. Applications are always open, and the next evaluation deadline is this autumn.
IEEE/RSJ IROS, the flagship intelligent robots conference, is running this week, with humanoid whole-body control among the most watched topics.
The Conference on Robot Learning has announced acceptances. Camera-ready papers are due 12 October, and the conference runs 9–11 November with workshops on 12 November.
The Portuguese-British AI drone maker closed the first tranche, led by UC Investments and Baillie Gifford, after winning the UK's CORVUS programme (up to £400M).
The Oxford-based satellite company's round was led by Lightrock. It will expand manufacturing in the UK, Spain, Portugal and Greece for its EO and secure-comms constellations.
The NATO-aligned fund, targeting €500M, backs Series B+ companies in AI, autonomy, cyber, secure comms and space, with €10–30M tickets. Investors include Deutsche Telekom and Porsche SE.
Hanover's INLEAP raised a €20M seed led by UVC Partners. Ground A, founded only in January 2026, raised a €9.1M pre-seed led by Vsquared with Quantum Systems for its GA 1000 system.
The Scottish materials company raised an £11.7M Series B led by the Scottish National Investment Bank, plus £11M from Scottish Enterprise, to move its Gii material into production.
The EIF commits ~€27M from the National Recovery Plan to a pre-seed/seed fund that commercialises university IP in AI, robotics, autonomy, semiconductors and more.
The 4th THÉTA 2 call (energy R&D, CZK 1.17B) runs until 21 October 2026. The 13th TREND call is postponed, and TREND subprogramme 2 won't open in 2026.
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