Web2Learn

What Web2Learn does

Web2Learn is a privately-held Greek research and development company headquartered in Thessaloniki, with a regional subsidiary on Limnos island. Founded in 2014, the firm operates as a small specialist team (~8 employees) focused on citizen science, open education, social innovation, and verifiable digital credentials. Its core portfolio includes the CERISE Digital Wallet for green skills credentialing, the BREVapp verifiable credentials issuance system (Europass/EDCI-compliant), the AirLimnos air quality monitoring initiative for schools, and the AISTER crowdsourcing platform for cultural heritage documentation. Technology is built on sensor integration (Arduino, Smart Citizen kits), Git-based documentation practices, Jupyter notebooks, and open-source repositories.

The company serves a diverse institutional base, including universities and higher education institutions (Hellenic Mediterranean University, University of Patras, NKUA, AUTH), primary and secondary schools in Greece, cultural heritage organizations (Odesa National Fine Arts Museum, Europeana), Deaf community organizations (EKVE), and research institutions (National Observatory of Athens). Web2Learn delivers value through four primary revenue streams: participation in EU-funded project consortia (Erasmus+, Horizon Europe, ECHOES cascading grants), B2B consultancy services on digital transformation and open science, verifiable credentials services for educational organizations, and professional training programmes.

Its go-to-market is sales-led but heavily relationship-driven, leveraging EU consortium partnerships, conference presence (Dresden Nexus Conference, European Week of Regions and Cities), and community-led engagement (citizen science actions, Deaf community outreach). Pricing is not publicly disclosed; engagements are negotiated on a per-project, multi-year basis tied to grant cycles. Web2Learn is recognized as an Early Adopter of the Higher Education Interoperability Framework (HEIF) by the European Commission and is an active member of the European Citizen Science Association (ECSA). The company is founder-led by CEO Katerina Zourou with no disclosed external investment or institutional shareholders.

Name

Web2Learn

Legal name

Web2Learn

Website

https://web2learn.eu

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Web2Learn is a Greek R&D consultancy that designs and delivers EU-funded projects in citizen science, open education, and verifiable digital credentials, serving universities, schools, cultural heritage institutions, and Deaf communities across Europe.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Education Technology Research & Consultancy

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Scientific Research and Development Services (5417), Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (54169)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Digital Learning Content Development (eLearning, Labs, Simulations) (BPAEANAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Digital Development & ICT4D / GovTech Technical Assistance (BPADAEAL), Certification & Credentialed Creator Programs (MPACALAI)

Keywords

• Citizen science platforms
• Verifiable credentials services
• Open education consulting
• EU-funded research projects
• Digital transformation training

Headquarters

HQ city

Thessaloniki

HQ country

Greece

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-Funded Project Participation: Web2Learn participates as consortium partner or coordinator in EU-funded projects (Erasmus+, Horizon Europe, etc.), receiving grants for research and innovation activities in education, citizen science, and digital transformation.
2. B2B Consultancy Services: Professional consultancy services for educational institutions, universities, and organizations on open science, citizen science, digital pedagogies, and technology integration.
3. Verifiable Credentials Services: Business services for strategy, design, and issuance of verifiable credentials to educational organizations (HEAL-Link, Hellenic Mediterranean University, University of Patras).
4. Training Services: Professional training programs for upskilling academic staff and professionals in digital transformation, distance learning, and innovative pedagogies.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Web2Learn is a research and development company that delivers citizen science programs, open education methodologies, and digital transformation services primarily through EU-funded project participation and B2B consultancy. It builds proprietary digital platforms for verifiable credentials (BREVapp) and digital wallets (CERISE), runs citizen science initiatives such as AirLimnos air quality monitoring, and offers professional training, social innovation programs, and open education consulting to universities, schools, cultural heritage institutions, and municipalities across Europe.

Product overview

Web2Learn operates as a research and development company focused on open social learning, applying innovative and inclusive methodologies for digital solutions in education and citizen science. The company offers a portfolio of digital products and services including verifiable credential systems (BREVapp) and digital wallets (CERISE), alongside citizen science initiatives (AirLimnos, Acting4Water). Their offerings span professional training, social innovation, open education, and citizen science, delivered primarily through EU-funded project collaborations rather than a unified commercial product platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Open Social Learning: Tagline describing the company's focus on open and social learning methodologies

Products and services

• BREVapp

Named customers9 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

20 partnerships are on record, tiered core, important and minor.

• University of Luxembourg (Luxembourg Centre for Digital History - C2DH)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoordinator of the AISTER project (AI-enabled Citizen Participation in University-driven Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Safeguarding). Partnership focuses on human-centred AI and citizen science for cultural heritage preservation in emergency settings. Project duration: February 2025 - May 2027.
• University of LatviacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerConsortium partner in AISTER project focusing on AI-enabled citizen participation for Ukrainian cultural heritage safeguarding.
• Taras Shevchenko National University of KyivcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUkrainian university partner in AISTER project contributing to cultural heritage preservation efforts in conflict contexts.
• EuropeanacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean digital platform for cultural heritage partner in AISTER consortium, contributing datasets and use cases to the Cultural Heritage Cloud.
• National Observatory of Athens (NOA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerScientific collaboration for AirLimnos project providing air quality sensors and scientific oversight. Joint educational workshops on air quality monitoring with sensors for PM2.5 measurement.
• University of the Aegean - Department of Food Science and NutritioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration in Acting4Water project for citizen science actions on water scarcity. Students visit Laboratory of Advanced Functional Materials and Nanotechnology for experiential learning on atmospheric water harvesting.
• National & Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA)importantStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration in BOLD project social actions where university students work with migrant and refugee students through comics making. Faculty of Turkish and Modern Asian Studies involvement.
• Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH)importantStrategic or Co-development PartnerFaculty of English Literature collaboration in BOLD project for accessibility in health services with Deaf youth advocates.
• Association of the Deaf of Northern Greece (EKVE)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHost partner for SIGNS project training activities on citizen social science for Deaf youth. Ongoing collaboration for accessibility initiatives.
• HEAL-LinkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAffiliate partner to OpenAIRE in PATTERN project. Web2Learn provides strategy, design, and issuance of verifiable credentials for HEAL-Link workshops. Technical support and training on verifiable credentials provided.
• Hellenic Mediterranean University (HMU)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on verifiable credentials issuance for large transnational course participants starting October 2025. Builds on BREVapp implementation.
• Odesa National Fine Arts Museum (ONFAM)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in SPARRK-UA project contributing collections to AI-ready semantic data provenance documentation for Ukrainian cultural heritage preservation, including conflict-affected Odesa region.
• Nederlands Instituut voor Beeld en GeluidimportantStrategic or Co-development PartnerECHOES consortium partner providing cascading grants for SPARRK-UA project in Cultural Heritage Cloud ecosystem development.
• Nautical Club of LimnosimportantStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration for CROssING project beach cleaning and marine litter data collection as part of WWF Greece's 'Adopt a beach' campaign. Also partner in Sporean project for cigarette butt recycling.
• ECHOES EUimportantStrategic or Co-development PartnerECHOES EU Cascading Grants Programme funder of SPARRK-UA project under Horizon Europe framework. Contributes to Cultural Heritage Cloud ecosystem.
• SYSTEM & G Finland RYimportantStrategic or Co-development PartnerConsortium partner in CrediblY Erasmus+ project on youth digital readiness and credentialisation of non-formal learning.
• Association for European Cooperation Development and CommunicationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerConsortium partner in CrediblY project for digital credentials infrastructure.
• Archipelagos Institute of Marine ConservationimportantStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch partner in Lemnos Marine Conservation initiative for seagrass protection and marine biodiversity research.
• Lemnos Marine Conservation (LMC)importantStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration for marine conservation expedition and crowdfunding campaign support. Web2Learn contributed website, social media, and communication materials.
• European Citizen Science Association (ECSA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerActive member of ECSA and member of its Working Group on Agri-food, contributing to citizen science community development across Europe.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Digitalme: UK-based organization focused on verifiable digital credentials, open badges, and learner empowerment. Comparable for its institutional verifiable credentials expertise and engagement with EU/European standards bodies — overlapping significantly with Web2Learn's BREVapp product.
• Yellow Research: Brussels-based consultancy supporting EU research project development, evaluation, and dissemination. Comparable as a competing EU project consultancy serving similar research and education clients through Horizon Europe and Erasmus+ funding.
• ttopstart: European life sciences and innovation consultancy providing EU project management, proposal writing, and program coordination. Comparable as a competing EU research and innovation consultancy with similar consortium-based GTM model.
• Zabala Innovation Consulting: European consultancy specializing in EU funding acquisition, project coordination, and innovation management. Comparable as a competing EU project consultancy with similar GTM targeting universities and research institutions across multiple funding programs.
• European Citizen Science Association (ECSA): Pan-European association advancing citizen science methodology, policy, and community. Directly comparable as Web2Learn is an active member, contributes to working groups (agri-food), and shares the same citizen science methodology and EU policy engagement focus.
• European Schoolnet (EUN Partnership): Network of European education ministries focused on digital education transformation and teacher training. Comparable for its European education technology services, professional training offerings, and EU-funded project participation in similar verticals as Web2Learn.

Emerging players

• SPARC Europe: European advocacy organization for open scholarship, open science policy, and researcher support. Comparable for its focus on EU open science policy engagement and institutional advocacy — overlapping with Web2Learn's open education and citizen science activities.

Broad incumbents

• Europeana: EU-funded digital platform for European cultural heritage, providing datasets and infrastructure for cultural institutions. Comparable as an existing Web2Learn consortium partner in AISTER, sharing EU cultural heritage preservation focus and standards ecosystem.
• OpenAIRE: European open science infrastructure provider managing EU-funded services for open access, research data, and scholarly communication. Directly comparable as an EU-funded research infrastructure organization with overlapping focus on digital scholarly infrastructure and is an existing Web2Learn consortium partner in PATTERN.
• Trust over IP Foundation: Global standards body for digital trust infrastructure including verifiable credentials. Comparable as an ecosystem enabler for the digital credentials space in which Web2Learn operates through BREVapp and CERISE.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• GitHubgithub.com/Web2LearnEU
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCrR8dMSMemvghlDAQhRcvdg
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/web2learn
• Instagraminstagram.com/web2learn_eu

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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