Boukje.com Consulting

What Boukje.com Consulting does

Boukje.com Consulting BV (BCC) is a privately held Dutch consulting firm headquartered in Simpelveld, The Netherlands, founded in 2007 and incorporated as a BV in 2010. The firm assists organizations with securing research and development funding — primarily from EU framework programmes (FP7, Horizon 2020, Eurostars) — by developing research proposals, building cooperative R&D consortia, and carrying out day-to-day project management, dissemination, exploitation, and replication activities. Services are delivered on a project-by-project basis alongside multinational research and industry consortia.

The company operates with a minimal team led by CEO and founder Boukje Ehlen (M.Sc. Industrial Engineering & Management Science, Eindhoven Technical University) and Co-director Otto Paans (MA cum laude, Utrecht School of Visual Arts and Design, currently pursuing a PhD at TU Berlin). BCC participates in workpackages focused on dissemination, exploitation, IPR management, data management plans, and economic/ecologic/legal assessments across a portfolio spanning photovoltaics, smart grids, recycling, advanced machining, and cancer immunotherapy research. No proprietary technology platform or software products are offered.

The revenue model is professional services-based — project-specific consulting engagements with quote-based pricing. The go-to-market relies on direct relationships and consortium participation rather than traditional sales channels, with visibility generated through its role in EU-funded research consortia. The firm shows no evidence of external investment, fundraising, M&A, or expansion outside the European R&D funding ecosystem, operating as a bootstrapped, founder-led boutique consultancy.

Name

Boukje.com Consulting

Legal name

Boukje.com Consulting BV

Website

https://boukje.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Boukje.com Consulting BV is a Netherlands-based boutique consultancy that helps organizations secure EU research and development funding by developing proposals, building R&D consortia, and managing dissemination, exploitation, and project administration for European consortia.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Simpelveld

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Consulting Services: Professional consulting services for R&D funding assistance, including developing research proposals, building cooperative R&D consortia, and carrying out project management for European projects. Services include exploitation of results, dissemination activities, and legal/economic/ecologic assessments.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Boukje.com Consulting BV (BCC) is a private Dutch consultancy that assists organisations with searching for funding for their research and development activities. The firm's core work involves developing research proposals, building cooperative R&D consortia, and carrying out project management for EU-funded projects, complemented by exploitation of results, dissemination activities, and economic, ecologic, and legal assessments. BCC specialises particularly in the photovoltaic (PV) field and supports project coordinators with day-to-day administration, IPR, data management, and replication work.

Product overview

Boukje.com Consulting BV is a consulting firm, not a product-based company. It provides advisory services including assistance with searching for research and development funding, developing research proposals, building cooperative R&D consortia, and carrying out project management for EU-funded projects. The company specializes in photovoltaic (PV) technology, ecologic and legal assessments, and supports consortia with dissemination, exploitation, and replication strategies. No distinct branded products, software platforms, or modules were identified in the source data.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• EU Research Funding Proposal Development Advisory service helping companies and research institutes develop competitive research proposals for EU funding programmes such as Horizon 2020, FP7, Eurostars, and EIC Pathfinder. Targeted at organisations that lead or join multi-partner European R&D consortia.
• R&D Consortium Building Service supporting organisations in building cooperative R&D consortia across Europe to satisfy multi-partner requirements of EU-funded research programmes. Targeted at companies and research institutes aiming to participate jointly in European projects.
• European Project Management and Coordination Day-to-day project management and administration for coordinators of EU-funded projects, including work-package coordination, reporting support, and overall consortium administration. Targeted at project coordinators within European R&D consortia.
• Dissemination, Exploitation and Replication Services Support services covering dissemination activities, exploitation of results, replication strategies, website and video production, workshop organisation, and value chain integration for EU-funded R&D projects. Targeted at EU project coordinators and consortia requiring impact and outreach work.
• Economic, Ecologic and Legal Assessments Specialist assessments used inside national and EU-funded projects, including economic viability analyses, ecologic evaluations, and legal barrier assessments. Targeted at research institutes and companies integrating these evaluations into EU project deliverables.
• Data Management Plan and IPR Support Support for EU-funded projects in preparing Data Management Plans and addressing intellectual property rights issues, as part of compliance with EU grant requirements. Targeted at coordinators of EU-funded research projects.

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Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• THERMACH ConsortiumminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 February 2015THERMACH addresses challenges manufacturing industries face when producing components from advanced metal matrix composite (MMC) materials. Boukje.com supports the consortium focused on Laser Assisted Machining (LAM) and Induction Assisted Machining (IAM) processes for aeronautic, automotive and capital goods industries.
• INCITE ConsortiumminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerINCITE (Immune Niches for Cancer ImmunoTherapy Enhancement) is a Horizon 2020 FET Open project aimed at establishing new approaches for T cell therapies of cancers. The project received 4 million EUR from the EU Horizon 2020 Future & Emerging Technologies Open funding platform.
• ToolSense ConsortiumminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerToolSense develops Smart Cutting Tools capable of on-line measurement and monitoring of forces, vibrations and temperatures in machining processes for aerospace and hydraulic components industries. Boukje.com supports the coordinator with Dissemination, Exploitation and Project management.
• FLINTSTONE2020 ConsortiumminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFLINTSTONE2020 is an EU-funded project running from February 2015 to January 2020 focused on next generation of superhard non-CRM materials and solutions in tooling. BCC supports with Data Management Plan, IPR-issues, exploitation, dissemination and day-to-day project management.
• EcoSolar ConsortiumminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEcoSolar envisions an integrated value chain to manufacture and implement solar panels ecologically, taking into account reuse of materials while manufacturing and repurposing solar panel components at end of life. Boukje.com participated in this EU-funded project supporting exploitation and dissemination.
• Eco-Solar ConsortiumminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEco-Solar Factory project (H2020 GA-nr. 679692) achieving 40% plus eco-efficiency gains in the photovoltaic value chain with minimised resource and energy consumption by closed loop systems. BCC supports with exploitation of results and dissemination.
• CoSSMic ConsortiumminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoSSMic (FP-7 GA-nr. 608806): Collaborating Smart Solar-powered Micro-grids. BCC supports with implementation of replication activities, dissemination to local politicians in test-regions, and legal barrier assessment for smart grid solutions.
• REEcover ConsortiumminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerREEcover (FP7 GA-nr. 603564): Recovery of Rare Earth Elements from magnetic waste in WEEE recycling industry and tailings from iron ore industry. BCC supports replication activities, exploitation of results, dissemination, value chain integration, and day-to-day project management.
• ModerN-type ConsortiumminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerModerN-type (Eurostars E! 7232): Advanced Modules with high Efficient Rear contact N-Type solar cells. BCC gathers cost information from workpackages for economic viability assessment, benchmark analysis, and provides project manager for everyday project management.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Steinbeis 2i GmbH: German subsidiary of the Steinbeis network offering EU R&D project management, exploitation, and technology-transfer consulting across Horizon programs.
• PNO Consultants: Netherlands-based consultancy specializing in EU R&D funding applications, consortium building, and innovation project management — the closest Dutch geographic and functional analog to Boukje.com Consulting's niche.
• accelopment Schweiz AG: Swiss firm providing EU project management, dissemination, exploitation, and proposal-support services for Horizon-funded consortia — directly comparable in service mix and target clients.
• IDEC S.A. French consultancy providing EU project management, dissemination, and evaluation services, often as a work-package partner in Horizon consortia.
• Europa Media Training Centre: Hungarian firm dedicated to EU project management training and proposal support, with strong overlap on dissemination and exploitation work-package delivery.
• RTDS Group: Austrian innovation and R&D management consultancy that supports European research consortia with project management, dissemination, and exploitation work packages.
• Yellow Research: Brussels-based consultancy specialized in EU R&D funding and innovation strategy, offering proposal support and project management services to European research clients.

Broad incumbents

• PwC: Global professional-services firm operating a dedicated EU funding and R&D incentives practice; competes for coordinator roles but as part of a much broader advisory portfolio rather than a pure-play EU-grant boutique.
• KPMG: Big-4 advisory firm with an EU grants advisory and R&D tax-credit practice that overlaps with Boukje.com's funding-support work for enterprise clients.
• Deloitte: Global consulting firm with an active EU R&D and innovation funding advisory that occasionally takes consortium-support and exploitation roles alongside its broader services.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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