WIN THE FUNDING THAT GROWS YOUR BUSINESS
Crowdhelix connects innovative SMEs with leading universities, RTOs, and corporates to build winning consortia, secure Horizon Europe funding, and turn R&D ambition into commercial growth.
How We Help Innovative SMEs
Crowdhelix gives SMEs a fast route to Horizon Europe funding, combining Smart Search to find winning consortia, ReviewIQ to validate concepts before you commit, and curated Matchmaking Events that put you in the room with the universities and RTOs actively building bids.
There Are Many Benefits To Joining Crowdhelix For Your Organisation
For SMEs, a competitive Horizon Europe proposal costs €50K–€150K in staff time and consultancy, and most lose. Crowdhelix de-risks your investment at every stage.
Smart Search surfaces coordinators with a track record of winning, not just calls that match your keywords. You join bids that have a real chance, led by partners who've done this before.
ReviewIQ stress-tests your concept against evaluator criteria before you sink three months into writing. If a bid won't score, you find out in week one, not week twelve.
Through Crowdhelix Matchmaking Events, you meet universities and RTOs that are actively building consortia and looking for innovative SME partners to strengthen their impact case.
Find Your Next Consortium Partner at a Crowdhelix Matchmaking Event
Crowdhelix Matchmaking Events give innovative SMEs direct access to the universities, RTOs, and corporates actively building funded research consortia worldwide.
Crowdhelix's matchmaking events have proven to be very meaningful to me as a consortium coordinator. I would not have been able to find the partners I need without their Horizon Europe Cluster 2 session in London this Summer. As a result of this international session, we'll be submitting a proposal for an upcoming CL2 deadline in 2026.
Dr Liana Psarologaki, RIBA, SFHEA, FRSA
Associate Professor | Research and Impact Lead
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Innovative SMEs worldwide are achieving breakthrough results by joining Crowdhelix’s Global Network
Build a Pipeline of Funded Projects
Crowdhelix turns your innovation roadmap into a pipeline of collaborative projects that bring in funding, generate high‑value references, and open new markets, enabling SMEs and innovative companies to grow faster, reduce risk, and demonstrate clear impact.
Fast access to projects and partners
Crowdhelix gives SMEs a fast route into high‑quality academic partnerships and hard‑to‑reach public funding, so you can move from isolated R&D efforts to credible collaborative projects with leading universities and RTOs.
Turn your roadmap into a project pipeline
Our platform helps SMEs turn their innovation roadmaps into a potential pipeline of funded, de‑risked projects that can generate reference customers, IP, and early-stage commercial traction, creating a clear link between strategy and growth.
Extend your innovation team efficiently
For SMEs with limited business‑development capacity, Crowdhelix acts as an extension of your innovation team, opening access to global expertise and facilities without paying expensive consultancy fees.
Visibility with decision‑makers who matter
By joining the Crowdhelix network, SMEs gain targeted matchmaking events and ongoing visibility with corporates, universities, and RTOs that are actively seeking innovative solutions, shortening the path from first conversation to concrete proposals.
Innovative SMEs Securing Funding With Crowdhelix
Crowdhelix provides invaluable communication & stakeholder expertise
"Thanks to Crowdhelix for their expertise in dissemination, communication, and stakeholder analysis. Our collaboration has resulted in the successful funding of the LaserBlood project under the HORIZON-EIC-2023-PATHFINDEROPEN-01-01 call. Their contribution to the project, aimed at advancing pancreatic cancer research innovation, has been invaluable to our proposal."
Crowdhelix plays instrumental role connecting SME to funding
Crowdhelix has been instrumental in forging successful R&D collaborations for my company Digiotouch. Special thanks to Crowdhelix for facilitating the connection between Digiotouch and NTNU who invited us to join a consortium, resulting in the funded BIAS project under the Horizon Europe call HORIZON-CL4-2021-HUMAN-01-24.
SME introductions lead to a successfully funded collaboration
“Thanks to the Crowdhelix platform, it's network and its members, we established a collaboration with a Spanish SME active, like us, in Horizon 2020. They invited us to a research proposal on Solar energy in industrial processes and we reciprocated by onboarding them onto a Bioeconomy-related proposal, both which have been submitted. We are delighted to confirm that both proposals had been funded and we look forward to commencing the projects within the next few months and to continuing this successful cooperation.“
