Iti Consulting & Acquisition Gmbh

What Iti Consulting & Acquisition Gmbh does

ITI Consulting & Acquisition GmbH is a Munich-based German consulting firm specializing in securing government R&D subsidies for companies under the Forschungszulagengesetz (Research Allowance Act). Founded in 2017 by Tamer Tankay and Steven Hemme-Homann, the firm assists any German tax-liable company engaged in research and development — regardless of size, revenue, or founding date — in obtaining non-repayable subsidies of up to €3.5 million annually per company. The service spans eligibility assessment, technical project documentation, and end-to-end application processing, including retrospective applications for R&D work conducted since 2022. ITI also explicitly excludes companies in formation, sole proprietors, and pure service businesses from its addressable market.

The firm operates on a 100% success-based fee model: clients pay a percentage honorarium calculated only on the approved funding amount, and pay nothing if the application is rejected. This aligns incentives tightly but also means firm revenue is entirely contingent on application throughput and approval volume. ITI does not offer a proprietary software platform; the offering is human-delivered professional services, leveraging the regulatory expertise of senior consultants and project managers with engineering backgrounds (M.Eng., M.Sc.).

Customer acquisition runs primarily through a website consultation booking funnel ('Jetzt Potenzial prüfen!'), supplemented by Google reviews, earned media in major German publications (Handelsblatt, WELT, Frankfurter Rundschau, WirtschaftsWoche), and trade show attendance (bauma 2025). The customer base spans diverse verticals — electronics, transportation systems, IT/SAP, beverage/brewing, filtration, telemedicine, and plastics — with a mix of enterprise and mid-market clients including MESSTEC Power Converter, TRANSpofix, neumeier AG, banke GmbH, Schunk, and comTeam. The firm is privately held, bootstrapped, and founder-managed with no disclosed external investors or institutional ownership.

Name

Iti Consulting & Acquisition Gmbh

Legal name

ITI Consulting & Acquisition GmbH

Website

https://iti-consulting.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

ITI Consulting & Acquisition GmbH is a Munich-based German consultancy that helps German R&D-active companies secure non-repayable government subsidies under the Forschungszulagengesetz, working exclusively on a success-based fee model with a team of ~13 specialists.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Munich

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Success-based R&D Subsidy Consulting: The company operates on a 100% success-fee basis. They receive a percentage-based honorarium calculated on the actual approved funding amount. If clients receive no funding approval, ITI receives no payment - only win-win outcomes.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

ITI Consulting advises and represents German companies in applying for non-repayable government R&D subsidies under the Forschungszulagengesetz (Research Allowance Act). They manage the end-to-end process — from eligibility assessment to drafting technical project descriptions and submitting the application to the tax authorities — entirely on a 100% success-based fee model. Clients can claim retrospectively for R&D work conducted since 2020, with annual funding up to EUR 3.5 million per company.

Product overview

ITI Consulting & Acquisition GmbH is a consulting services firm based in Munich, Germany, that helps German companies obtain government subsidies and tax credits for research and development (R&D/F&E) projects under the Forschungszulagengesetz (Research Allowance Act). The company operates on a 100% success-based fee model, offering end-to-end consulting services including eligibility assessment, technical project documentation, and complete application processing for R&D funding. As a service-based business rather than a software product company, ITI does not offer distinct product modules or branded software offerings—their core offering is professional consulting support for securing annual government funding up to 3.5 million EUR for qualifying R&D activities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Forschungszulage R&D Subsidy Application Service

Quantifiable outcome

• Government subsidies up to 3.5 million EUR annually per company
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• PROvendis GmbH: German R&D funding and IP consulting firm based in North Rhine-Westphalia that helps companies apply for and manage public research grants. Closely comparable to ITI's R&D subsidy application service, though operating with a regional/state mandate rather than a purely horizontal commercial model.
• PNO Consultants: Pan-European R&D grant and innovation funding consultancy with a strong German presence. Competes directly with ITI in helping companies identify and secure public R&D subsidies, with a wider service portfolio and international reach.
• ZENIT GmbH: North Rhine-Westphalia-based R&D and innovation consulting firm assisting SMEs with funding applications and innovation management. Direct competitor in the German R&D subsidy consulting market with a similar horizontal SME client profile.
• Bayern Innovativ GmbH: Bavarian state-backed innovation consultancy that advises companies on accessing R&D funding programs. Overlaps with ITI's German R&D subsidy advisory niche, particularly for Bavarian SMEs — a key geographic concentration for ITI.
• VDI/VDE Innovation + Technik GmbH: German project management organization that supports public R&D funding programs and helps companies navigate subsidy landscapes. Highly comparable to ITI's application-management role, with a broader institutional mandate and deeper bench.
• EurA AG: German consulting firm specializing in R&D project funding, innovation consulting, and grant applications for SMEs and research-intensive companies. Near-identical service offering to ITI, with a broader international footprint across European funding programs.

Broad incumbents

• KPMG Germany (R&D Tax Credits practice): Big 4 firm in Germany offering R&D tax credit consulting as part of a broader tax and innovation advisory portfolio. Overlaps with ITI's niche but typically serves larger enterprises and bundles the service into broader mandates.
• PricewaterhouseCoopers Germany: Big 4 firm offering R&D tax credit/innovation advisory services in Germany. Overlaps with ITI's R&D subsidy niche as part of a full-service tax and consulting offering for large enterprises.
• EY Germany (R&D Tax Credits practice): Big 4 firm with a German R&D tax credit and innovation incentives practice. Competes with ITI on R&D subsidy advisory but offers it alongside much broader consulting, tax, and transaction services.

Others

• Projektträger Jülich (PTJ): Official German project management organization that administers federal R&D funding programs. Adjacent rather than directly competitive — ITI helps clients prepare and submit applications that PTJ (and similar Projektträger) ultimately review and decide on.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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