AMIRES

What AMIRES does

AMIRES is a European management consulting firm founded in 2009 and headquartered in Prague, Czech Republic (AMIRES s.r.o.) with a secondary office in Neuchâtel, Switzerland (AMIRES Sàrl). It is structured across multiple legal entities, including AMIRES Investments s.r.o. and AMIRES, The Business Innovation Management Institute, z.ú. The company specializes in supporting research organizations, universities, SMEs, and large corporates in securing and executing EU-funded research, development, and innovation projects under the FP7, Horizon 2020, and Horizon Europe framework programmes.

The firm's core offering is end-to-end EU project consulting: consortium building, proposal preparation, project administration, IP strategy, and dissemination. It operates three programmatic verticals: Energy and Sustainability, Deep Tech, and Health and Biotech. Reinforcing these services are three proprietary IT tools — AMIplexus (a cooperation-visualization engine over historical EU project data), the AMIRES Ecosystem Management Platform (EMP) for community building, and EffiBUILDING (an energy-efficiency benchmarking database). These tools are positioned as internal enablement and selective spin-out platforms rather than standalone SaaS businesses.

AMIRES generates revenue through professional-service fees on EU-funded projects, with a project-based, recurring model in which research organizations repeatedly engage the firm across cycles. Go-to-market is sales-led and relationship-driven, anchored to industry events (Q-Expo, SPIE Photonics West, MEDICA, Formnext), content marketing, and a podcast ("In Her Shoes"). The firm reports having supported 74 projects totaling 784M+ EUR in contracted EU funding across a network of 1,014+ partners, including named references such as TNO, CEA, VTT, Fraunhofer, CSEM, TECNALIA, University of Oxford, Nokia Bell Labs, STMicroelectronics, and SAFRAN.

Name

AMIRES

Legal name

AMIRES s.r.o.

Website

https://amires.eu

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

AMIRES is a Prague- and Neuchâtel-based consulting firm that builds consortia and manages EU-funded research, development, and innovation projects for universities, research organizations, and corporates across Energy & Sustainability, Deep Tech, and Health & Biotech verticals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

R&D Project Management Consulting

NAICS

Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services (5416), Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (54169)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro primary industry

Strategic Partnerships, Alliances & JVs Advisory (BPAHADAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Sustainable/Green Building & LEED Consulting (BPAHAKAG)

Keywords

• Research and innovation consulting
• EU project management
• Consortium building services
• Horizon Europe consulting
• R&D project advisory

Headquarters

HQ city

Neuchâtel

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. EU Project Consulting Services: AMIRES generates revenue through professional service fees for comprehensive support of EU-funded research and innovation projects. Services include proposal preparation, project management, IP strategy services, and consortium building support. Revenue is project-based and recurring as clients engage for multiple project cycles.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

AMIRES is a management consulting company that supports research organizations, universities, SMEs, and large industries in EU-funded research, development, and innovation projects. The company specializes in creating consortia of partners across three programmes (Energy and Sustainability, Deep Tech, and Health and Biotech), providing proposal preparation, project management, IP strategy services, and commercialization pathway support. AMIRES has supported 74 projects with 1,014+ partners and 784M+ EUR in contracted EU funding.

Product overview

AMIRES is a consulting company for research, development, and innovation projects, not a traditional software product company. The company's offerings consist of three proprietary IT tools/platforms—AMIplexus (cooperation visualization engine for EU Framework Programme projects), AMIRES EMP (Ecosystem Management Platform for community building), and EffiBUILDING Database (energy efficiency benchmarking platform)—alongside consulting services for EU project proposal preparation, project management, IP services, and strategic partnering across three main programmes: Energy and Sustainability, Deep Tech, and Health and Biotech. The IT products are visualization and database tools for innovation project management rather than a unified platform architecture.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• AMIplexus: Cooperation visualization engine for Horizon Europe and H2020 innovation project managers, group leaders, technology scouts, advisers, and coaches.
• AMIRES Ecosystem Management Platform (EMP)
• EffiBUILDING Database
• In Her Shoes Podcast

Products and services

• AMIplexus

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 50% success rate in EU project proposals

Named customers26 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• TNOcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTNO (Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research) is a key research partner in multiple AMIRES-supported EU projects including PI-SCALE where TNO/Holst Centre serves as coordinator.
• CEAcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives (France) is a major research partner in Energy and Sustainability projects including ComBioTES, WASCOP, SOLWARIS, and FRIENDSHIP.
• VTTcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerVTT Technical Research Centre of Finland is a key research partner across multiple projects including MedPhab (technical coordinator), PI-SCALE, ULTRAPLACAD, and SMARTEES.
• CSEMcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCentre Suisse d'Electronique et de Microtechnique (Switzerland) partners in SABINA, MANUELA, LASSIE-FP7, and Phabulous projects.
• TECNALIAcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTECNALIA (Spain) is a major research and technology partner, serving as coordinator for the OASIS project.
• FraunhofercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFraunhofer-Gesellschaft (Germany) partners in PI-SCALE, LASSIE-FP7, SMARTEES, OASIS, and Switch2Save projects.
• NTUAcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational Technical University of Athens (Greece) is a research partner in AMBASSADOR, SABINA, and Switch2Save projects.
• Eindhoven University of TechnologycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTUE (Netherlands) serves as coordinator for the InPulse project for photonic integrated circuits.
• Chalmers University of TechnologycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerChalmers (Sweden) serves as coordinator for the MANUELA additive manufacturing pilot line project.
• University of OxfordmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversity of Oxford is listed as a client reference and testimonial provider for AMIRES services.
• University of BolognamajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversity of Bologna is a project partner in iONE-FP7 project for implantable organic nano-electronics.
• Nokia Bell LabsmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNokia Bell Labs is listed as a client reference for AMIRES services in research and innovation projects.
• Tensor VenturesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTensor Ventures and AMIRES joined forces to support innovation projects with combined expertise in technology and business development.
• TBDCminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNew cooperation established between AMIRES and TBDC for enhanced innovation support services.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• EurA AG: German innovation and EU R&D funding consultancy offering proposal preparation, project coordination, and innovation management comparable to AMIRES' core services, with similar specialization in Horizon Europe multi-partner consortia.
• European Dynamics: Greek-headquartered ICT and EU programme management consultancy supporting European Commission-funded projects with similar consortium coordination and innovation services. Direct comparable peer in EU-funded R&D programme management.
• PNO Innovation: PNO Innovation is a Netherlands-based consultancy providing EU grant funding advisory, consortium building, and innovation project management. Closest direct competitor with virtually identical service model and target customer base as AMIRES.
• IDEA Consult: Belgian management and EU R&D policy consultancy providing research strategy, project evaluation, and innovation advisory for European Commission-funded programmes. Directly comparable in offering EU project consultancy to research-intensive clients.
• accelopment AG: Swiss-headquartered EU-funded project management and proposal writing firm with similar boutique scale, headquartered in the same broader region as AMIRES' Neuchâtel office. Both firms serve research organizations and industry in Horizon Europe/H2020 project lifecycles.
• Zabala Innovation Consulting: Spanish innovation consultancy specializing in European R&D funding, consortium building, and project management services, with offices throughout Europe. Directly comparable peer offering identical Horizon Europe advisory services as AMIRES.

Broad incumbents

• Steinbeis: Large established German innovation and R&D services group with a network of Steinbeis Enterprises providing technology transfer, EU project management, and applied research support. Comparable in service offerings but significantly broader and more diversified than AMIRES.
• RINA Consulting: Global large engineering and consulting firm providing R&D project management, innovation advisory, and EU funding support among a much broader portfolio of certification and engineering services. Overlap on EU R&D services but much larger scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeopen.spotify.com/show/5aOxF8xC9yAQTRuUiKig1Y
• Instagraminstagram.com/amires_quantum
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/amires-s-rl
• Xx.com/AMIRES_EU

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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