European Business and Innovation Centre Network

Mission & Goals

EBN (European Business and Innovation Centre Network) is the non-profit that facilitates this pan-European, global community of people using innovative business as a driver for regional (economic, sustainable, and social) development. EBN grants and manages the EU|BIC certification, and many other innovation solutions for excellent business support actors like the EU|BICs. There are now more than 120 Certified EU|BICs and over 60 Associate members, servicing over 30,000 startups, shaping our global community. The first EU|BICs were born back in the 1980s with the support of the European Commission & private industry actors with the aim of stimulating the creation and growth of new enterprises by providing technical support to innovative startups, spin-offs, SMEs & entrepreneurs. EBN itself was created by the early EU|BICs in 1984, co-financed by the EC as a community-based membership network connecting innovation actors.