ConsulTech

Name

ConsulTech

Legal name

ConsulTech Technologieberatung GmbH

Website

https://consultech.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

ConsulTech GmbH is a Berlin-based life sciences consulting firm that helps companies and research institutions secure and manage EU and German public funding for R&D projects across pharma, biotech, medical technology, and bioeconomy. It operates a six-module service portfolio and serves as project management partner in major Horizon Europe consortia.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Research Funding Consulting

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Other Management Consulting Services (541618), Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (541690)

SIC

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

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEDAEALAO

Research Administration & Grants Management Support (Pre/Post-Award, Compliance)

Education/Education Facilities & Support Services/Outsourced Operations & Managed Services for Education (BPO/Contracted Support)

SECONDARYEDAIAOAJ

Research Grants, Fellowships & Stipends (International)

Education/International Education & Study Abroad/Scholarships, Funding & Financial Aid for International Study

Keywords

• Research funding consulting
• Grant proposal writing
• R&D project management
• Life sciences advisory
• Horizon Europe consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlin

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Consulting Services: Professional consulting services for identifying suitable funding programs, writing proposals, grant management, project management, dissemination of results, and corporate financing for research and development projects.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

ConsulTech GmbH is a Berlin-based consulting firm advising life sciences companies and research institutions on identifying and securing research and development funding from German (BMBF, BMWK/ZIM, Forschungszulage) and European (Horizon Europe, Horizon 2020, EIC, ERC, EuroStars, MSCA) programs. The firm delivers end-to-end support spanning funding opportunity identification, scientific and administrative proposal writing, grant and contract administration, full project management, dissemination and exploitation of results, and corporate financing including tax-based research subsidies.

Product overview

ConsulTech is a life science consulting company offering a portfolio of six service modules focused on securing and managing funding for research and development projects. The core services include Fördermittel Check (funding opportunity identification), Antragsstellung (proposal writing), Antrags- und Vertragsmanagement (grant coordination), Projektmanagement (project management), Ergebnisse Verbreiten und Verwerten (dissemination and exploitation), and Unternehmensfinanzierung (corporate financing including tax subsidies). The company also offers e-Col, a proprietary cloud-based collaboration platform for research consortia. ConsulTech specializes in pharma, healthcare, biotechnology, bioeconomy, medical technology, food technologies, environmental technology, and digitalization in life sciences.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Fördermittel Check (Funding Check) Identification of suitable German and European funding programs (BMBF, BMWK/ZIM, Horizon Europe, Horizon 2020, EIC, ERC, EuroStars, MSCA, Forschungszulage) for life sciences research and development projects.
• Antragsstellung (Proposal Writing) Scientific, technical, and administrative support for preparing grant applications to research funding programs.
• Antrags- und Vertragsmanagement (Grant Coordination) Management of grant agreements and contracts with funding bodies, including administrative coordination throughout the grant lifecycle.
• Projektmanagement (Project Management) Full-service project management for funded research projects including monitoring, reporting, and multinational consortium coordination.
• Ergebnisse Verbreiten und Verwerten (Dissemination and Exploitation) Dissemination and exploitation activities designed to maximize the impact and commercial potential of research project results.
• Unternehmensfinanzierung (Corporate Financing)

Quantifiable outcome

• 100% success rate on Forschungszulage applications
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability2 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• HYDROHEAL Consortium Partners (13 partners from 8 countries)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 June 2025ConsulTech serves as project management partner in HYDROHEAL, a €6.5M Horizon Europe project developing advanced biomaterials for bone fracture treatment. Partners include Technical University of Valencia (coordinator), Newcastle University, Politecnico di Torino, Royal College of Surgeons Ireland, UPC, University of Warwick, CPI, SITEC Pharmabio, Separeco, Vet Ex Machina, Fluidinova, Asphalion.
• APPEAL Consortium Partners (13 partners from 6 countries)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024ConsulTech is one of 13 partners in APPEAL, a Horizon Europe project for antiviral pandemic preparedness. Consortium includes Universitätsklinikum Jena, Goethe University Frankfurt, Heidelberg University, UK Greifswald, CNRS, ERINHA, Erasmus MC, Institut Pasteur, ECRIN, MatTek, Welab Barcelona, Imperial College London.
• BeeGuards Consortium (27 partners from 16 countries)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2023ConsulTech is consortium member responsible for project management in BeeGuards, a €9M Horizon Europe project on sustainable beekeeping. Coordinated by CREA (Italy) with scientists, beekeepers, and technology firms from 16 countries.
• NetPhasol Network (ZKN0732202)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2020ZIM-funded innovation network connecting ConsulTech with Charité Berlin for the GLIOTHER project on glioma radiotherapy development.
• pro-ACTINA S.A.coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2015Greek specialty chemistry company partnered with ConsulTech in GLIOMARK project (€4.7M Horizon 2020 SME Instrument) for clinical validation of a radiotracer for glioma diagnosis using SPECT.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• inno AG: German consultancy providing R&D funding consulting, innovation management and EU project management services for SMEs and research institutions — comparable to ConsulTech in targeting life-sciences and technology applicants across EU and German programmes.
• accelopment AG: Switzerland-based consultancy that provides proposal writing, project management and consortium coordination for EU-funded research projects — directly overlapping with ConsulTech's core services across Horizon Europe and Horizon 2020 programmes, particularly in life sciences.
• EurA AG: German consulting firm with offices across Europe specializing in R&D funding advisory, Horizon Europe project management and innovation consulting — closest direct German peer to ConsulTech in target client base and service offerings.
• VDI/VDE Innovation + Technik GmbH: German project management and consulting organization that administers EU-funded R&D projects and supports applicants across national and European funding programmes — directly comparable role to ConsulTech as consortium manager for German life-sciences and technology projects.
• Steinbeis 2i GmbH: German consultancy within the Steinbeis network that provides proposal writing, project management and exploitation services for EU and German R&D funding — directly comparable in life-sciences and technology verticals served to ConsulTech.
• ttopstart: Netherlands-based consulting firm offering grant application support, strategic scientific advice, and project management for life sciences and biomedical research — directly comparable to ConsulTech in targeting academic and biotech clients seeking EU and national funding.
• PNO Consultants: Netherlands-headquartered consultancy operating across Europe providing grant writing, project management and innovation funding advisory for Horizon Europe, national programmes and tax incentives — comparable in scale and service breadth to ConsulTech, with a strong life-sciences client base.

Broad incumbents

• Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (EU Office / Project Management): Germany's largest applied research organization, providing extensive EU project management, consortium leadership and proposal support through its EU office — a much larger incumbent that performs the same consortium-management and proposal-writing functions as ConsulTech at scale.
• EU-Büro des BMBF (DLR Projektträger): Large German federal project management agency providing extensive EU and national R&D funding advisory, project management and consortium support — broader scale and scope than ConsulTech but directly competing for similar German life-sciences grant-application engagements.
• RINA Consulting S.p.A. Large international consulting firm with a dedicated R&D funding and EU project management practice serving life-sciences, energy and industrial clients — a broader incumbent offering comparable services to ConsulTech but as part of a much wider portfolio.

Market position

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Consultech_GmbH

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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