TECH TOUR GLOBAL EOOD

Their core work

Tech Tour Global is an innovation intermediary and investment facilitation company that connects deep-tech SMEs with investors and growth opportunities across Europe. They organize events, provide investment readiness coaching, and run acceleration programs that help research-intensive startups access capital markets and scale up. Their core business is bridging the gap between technology innovators and the financial community, operating as a third-party service provider embedded in large EU support ecosystems like PhotonHub Europe and EIC ScalingUp.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

In 2014–2018, Tech Tour Global focused heavily on investment readiness training — coaching SMEs on pitching, crowdfunding, and accessing finance, particularly in the energy efficiency and built environment sectors. From 2019 onward, their work shifted toward structured innovation support ecosystems: technology rating methodologies, digital innovation hubs, space commercialization, and EIC-backed deep-tech acceleration. The evolution shows a move from generic investor-matchmaking events toward becoming embedded service providers within large pan-European innovation infrastructure programs.

Tech Tour Global is positioning itself as a go-to partner for EU-funded innovation hubs that need investment facilitation and business acceleration services for deep-tech SMEs.

How they like to work

Tech Tour Global overwhelmingly operates as a third-party subcontractor (12 of 18 projects), brought in by larger consortia to deliver specific services — typically investor events, coaching, or business support. They have coordinated only twice, both times for event- or acceleration-focused projects. With 181 unique partners across 28 countries, they function as a highly connected node in the EU innovation support network, but their relationships are broad rather than deep — they plug into many different consortia rather than building repeat partnerships.

Extensive pan-European network spanning 181 partners across 28 countries, reflecting their role as a service provider embedded in large CSA consortia that typically involve 15–30 partners each. Their Sofia base gives them a Central/Eastern European anchor, but their reach is genuinely continent-wide.

What sets them apart

Tech Tour Global occupies a rare niche as a Bulgarian SME with deep connections to the European investor and deep-tech community. Unlike technology developers or research institutes, they bring the business and finance side to consortia — organizing investor events, coaching startups on pitching, and facilitating access to capital. For any EU project that needs to demonstrate market uptake or connect research outputs with investors, they are a practical, experienced partner with a proven track record across multiple sectors.

Highlights from their portfolio

• EIC - ScalingUp
  Their largest project as coordinator (EUR 754K), focused on accelerating investments for EIC deep-tech beneficiaries — the clearest expression of their core mission.
• PhotonHub Europe
  Long-running project (2021–2026) as a formal participant with EUR 388K, signaling a durable commitment to the photonics digital innovation hub ecosystem.
• InnoRate
  Moved beyond event organization into data-driven innovation assessment tools — represents their most technically substantive contribution.