What Eurostack does

EuroStack is a pan-European, non-profit advocacy initiative and industry coalition dedicated to advancing European digital sovereignty. Founded in September 2024 and formally established as the EuroStack Initiative Foundation e.V. (a German eingetragener Verein) in October 2025, the organization coordinates roughly 500 European tech companies, SMEs, startups, and industry signatories who collectively advocate for reduced structural dependence on non-European technology providers across the full digital infrastructure stack, including semiconductors, cloud, software, connectivity, AI, and quantum computing.

EuroStack does not build or sell commercial technology products. Its offerings consist of policy frameworks and advocacy artifacts: the White Paper on European strategic sovereign digital infrastructures, the Buy European Framework for strategic digital procurement, the open letter from European industry (nearly 500 signatories), and the European Catalogue Project (euro-stack.com), a directory of European sovereign digital solutions. The Foundation operates through three pillars: Buy European (procurement-side mandatory measures), Sell European (demand-side coordination), and Fund European (a proposed sovereign infrastructure fund). Its go-to-market is exclusively policy advocacy, executed through direct engagement with the European Commission, the European Parliament, Member State governments, and the recently launched Digital Commons EDIC.

The organization's business model is non-commercial: participation is free for signatories, and the Foundation is funded through its non-profit e.V. structure. Governance is provided by a board comprising prominent European tech figures (Cristina Caffarra as Acting Chair, Wolfgang Oels of Ecosia, Andy Yen of Proton, Frank Karlitschek of Nextcloud, Yann Lechelle of Probabl, Stefane Fermigier of Abilian, and Fred Plais of Upsun). Customers are effectively two-sided: European governments and public administrations (the demand-side policy beneficiaries) and European tech providers (the supply-side coalition members).

Name

Eurostack

Legal name

EuroStack Initiative Foundation e.V.

Website

https://eurostack.eu

Company type

Private

Founded year

2024

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

EuroStack is a pan-European non-profit advocacy initiative and coalition of nearly 500 tech companies that develops policy frameworks and lobbies EU institutions for digital sovereignty, Buy European procurement, and a sovereign infrastructure fund. It serves European governments, public administrations, and European tech providers.

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B2B

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Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations

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Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

EuroStack is a non-profit industry advocacy initiative that coordinates European technology companies, SMEs, and startups around a digital sovereignty agenda. It produces policy frameworks (the White Paper, the Buy European Framework), organizes an open letter signed by nearly 500 European firms, maintains the European Catalogue Project directory of European open-source sovereign digital solutions, and engages with EU institutions to advocate for procurement, investment, and policy reforms.

Product overview

EuroStack is not a product company but rather an advocacy initiative and coalition for European digital sovereignty. It is not a unified product or platform architecture. The organization's 'offerings' consist of policy frameworks, advocacy efforts, and initiatives including: The White Paper (European strategic sovereign digital infrastructures proposal), The Buy European Framework (proposed regulation for strategic digital procurement), an Industry Letter initiative (open letter from European industry for sovereign digital infrastructure with nearly 500 signatories), the European Catalogue Project (euro-stack.com directory), and the EuroStack Initiative Foundation e.V. (a non-profit hub established in October 2025 to coordinate public and private actors). The organization focuses on advocacy around Buy European, Sell European, and Fund European principles rather than producing commercial technology products.

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Products and services

• The White Paper on European Strategic Sovereign Digital Infrastructures A policy paper outlining EuroStack's vision for joining and building logical and physical infrastructures to secure Europe's role in competitive digital value chains, addressing semiconductors, cloud, software, connectivity, AI, and data governance.

Quantifiable outcome

• Nearly 500 European businesses and organizations have signed the EuroStack Industry Initiative open letter calling for European digital sovereignty

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Ideal customer profiles2 records

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Partnerships

19 partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and major.

• Digital Commons EDIC (DC-EDIC)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 December 2025Launched by France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Italy in The Hague in December 2025. EuroStack views DC-EDIC as a potential strong institutional ally that can remove structural friction preventing public administrations from buying European solutions. EuroStack is willing to play a consultative role within DC-EDIC governance.
• EuroStack Initiative Foundation e.V.coreOthers · 30 October 2025Eurostack operates through its non-profit foundation established in October 2025. The Foundation serves as a hub for coordinated collaboration between public and private actors to strengthen Europe's digital ecosystem. Initial Board includes Wolfgang Oels (Ecosia), Andy Yen (Proton), Yann Lechelle (Probabl), Frank Karlitschek (Nextcloud), Stefane Fermigier (Abilian), Fred Plais (Upsun).
• NextcloudcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 October 2025One of the founding board members of the EuroStack Initiative Foundation. Nextcloud is a European open-source cloud collaboration platform. CEO Frank Karlitschek stated: 'Digital sovereignty starts where people actually use the technology.'
• ProtoncoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 October 2025One of the founding board members of the EuroStack Initiative Foundation. Proton is a Swiss secure email and productivity service provider. Supported the open letter to the EU Commission calling for digital autonomy.
• EcosiacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 October 2025One of the founding board members of the EuroStack Initiative Foundation. Ecosia is a German search engine. CEO Wolfgang Oels stated the foundation aims to create transparency and certification for truly sovereign solutions.
• AbiliancoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 October 2025One of the founding board members of the EuroStack Initiative Foundation. Stefane Fermigier serves as board member and authored key EuroStack policy papers including the Buy European Framework.
• ProbablcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 October 2025One of the founding board members of the EuroStack Initiative Foundation. Yann Lechelle serves as board member representing the European open-source and AI ecosystem.
• UpsuncoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 October 2025One of the founding board members of the EuroStack Initiative Foundation. Fred Plais serves as board member, representing European cloud infrastructure providers.
• European Commission DG DIGITflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuroStack has engaged extensively with the European Commission's DG DIGIT on cloud sovereignty frameworks. The Commission's Cloud Sovereignty Framework (CSF) operationalizes similar sovereignty concepts. EuroStack advocated for criteria that address sovereignty-washing.
• European ParliamentflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuroStack has engaged with cross-party groups in the European Parliament on digital sovereignty policy. Key interactions include meetings with EVP Commissioner Stéphane Séjourné and presentations at parliamentary events.
• AirbusmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAirbus led the March 2025 open letter to the EU Commission calling for a sovereign infrastructure fund and Buy European policy. Part of the broader coalition of European companies supporting EuroStack's goals.
• OVHcloudmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean cloud provider that received a €180M sovereign cloud contract from the European Commission. OVHcloud is part of the EuroStack ecosystem of European cloud providers advocating for sovereign infrastructure.
• SUSEmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSUSE announced its accession to EuroStack in October 2025. The German open-source software company provides enterprise Linux and cloud infrastructure solutions.
• Sovereign Tech FundmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuroStack advocates for the Sovereign Tech Fund as part of the DC-EDIC's upstream mandate to secure funding for maintenance and security hardening of critical open-source components that form the 'Digital Commons' layer.
• Schwarz Digits / STACKITmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSchwarz Digits (digital arm of Germany's Schwarz Group) developed the European Sovereign Stack Standard (ES³) aligned with EuroStack principles. STACKIT is their cloud platform that received SEAL-3 certification under the EU Cloud Sovereignty Framework.
• Mistral AImajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFrench AI company included in the European Commission's sovereign cloud procurement. EuroStack has advocated for European AI capabilities as part of the sovereign technology stack.
• Clever CloudmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFrench cloud provider awarded SEAL-3 certification in the European Commission's sovereign cloud procurement. Part of the European cloud ecosystem aligned with EuroStack's vision.
• ScalewaymajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFrench cloud provider awarded SEAL-3 certification in the European Commission's sovereign cloud procurement. Part of the European cloud ecosystem aligned with EuroStack's vision.
• ZenDiS (Zentrum für Digitale Souveränität)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGerman center for digital sovereignty developing criteria for assessing public organization sovereignty posture. EuroStack has engaged with ZenDiS criteria, noting the organizational dimension should be integrated into EU-wide thinking.

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Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• European AI Alliance: European Commission-backed multi-stakeholder forum on AI policy, including sovereignty and trustworthy AI dimensions. Comparable as an EU-focused policy coalition mobilising European industry voices on a strategic technology agenda.
• OpenForum Europe: European policy advocacy organisation focused on open-source software, IT procurement standards, and reducing vendor lock-in. Operates in the same Brussels policy-engagement lane as EuroStack and overlaps heavily on sovereign open-source infrastructure advocacy.
• Sovereign Tech Fund (Germany): German public funding vehicle dedicated to securing the maintenance and security hardening of critical open-source digital infrastructure. Closely aligned with EuroStack's 'Fund European' pillar and DC-EDIC upstream funding mandate.
• Gaia-X European Association for Data and Cloud: Pan-European initiative building a federated data and cloud infrastructure framework with explicit sovereignty objectives. Most directly comparable to EuroStack in mission, geography, and advocacy-led approach to reducing European dependence on non-EU hyperscalers.
• European Digital SME Alliance: Alliance of European SMEs in the digital sector that engages EU institutions on digital policy, procurement, and access-to-market issues. Directly comparable as a coalition channeling smaller European tech voices into EU policy outcomes.
• CISPE (Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers in Europe): Industry association of European cloud infrastructure providers actively lobbying the European Commission on sovereignty frameworks and procurement rules. Highly comparable as a coalition turning policy engagement into market-shaping outcomes for European cloud vendors.

Regional players

• EuroHPC Joint Undertaking: EU legal entity pooling public investment in supercomputing infrastructure across Europe. Comparable as a public-backed European infrastructure initiative, but more operational and procurement-focused than EuroStack's pure advocacy role.

Broad incumbents

• DigitalEurope: Large, established trade association representing the wider European digital technology industry in Brussels. Comparable as a digital-industry advocacy body, but broader in scope (not sovereignty-specific) and represents non-European members as well, making it a wider-incumbent peer.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/euro-stack

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Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

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