Open innovation platforms and challengesprimary
3 projects
Core to all three projects — FRANCIS (open innovation), EiA (multi-sided platform), and GreenSCENT (citizen engagement at scale).
Organization
AGORIZE SAS
Paris-based open innovation platform company specializing in challenge-based citizen engagement, startup acceleration, and EU-Africa innovation bridging.
Innovation consultancysocietyFRThin data (2/5)
H2020 projects
3
As coordinator
0
Total EC funding
€928K
Unique partners
39
What they do
Their core work
Agorize is a Paris-based open innovation platform company that connects organizations with innovators through challenges, hackathons, and accelerator programs. In H2020 projects, they contribute expertise in designing and running innovation competitions, citizen engagement campaigns, and startup acceleration frameworks. Their work spans EU-Africa innovation bridging, frugal innovation for citizens, and environmental education — always in the role of enabling and scaling participation through digital platforms.
Core expertise
What they specialise in
1 project
EiA project focuses on accelerator, incubator, and soft-landing services for EU-Africa innovation cooperation.
Citizen engagement and behavioural sciencesecondary
2 projects
FRANCIS applies behavioural science to frugal innovation; GreenSCENT engages citizens in environmental competences.
EU-Africa innovation bridgingemerging
1 project
EiA project specifically targets Sub-Saharan Africa market development and cross-continental business creation.
Evolution & trajectory
How they've shifted over time
Early focus
International innovation acceleration
Recent focus
Citizen-driven green innovation
Agorize entered H2020 in 2021, so their timeline is compressed. Their earliest projects (EiA, 2021) focused on international innovation infrastructure — accelerators, incubators, and market development connecting Europe with Sub-Saharan Africa. By 2022, their focus shifted toward citizen-facing innovation and environmental education, with GreenSCENT introducing climate competence frameworks and FRANCIS exploring frugal innovation tied to Sustainable Development Goals.
Agorize is moving from pure business innovation platforms toward socially-driven and environmentally-focused citizen engagement — a direction likely to continue as EU funding priorities emphasize the Green Deal and citizen participation.
Collaboration profile
How they like to work
Role: specialist_contributorReach: Global24 countries collaborated
Agorize operates exclusively as a participant, never leading consortia — consistent with a platform-provider role where they supply innovation challenge infrastructure to project partnerships. Despite only 3 projects, they have worked with 39 partners across 24 countries, indicating they join large, geographically diverse consortia. This suggests they are a reliable plug-in partner for projects needing open innovation or citizen engagement tooling.
With 39 partners across 24 countries from just 3 projects, Agorize operates in unusually large consortia with broad geographic spread. Their network spans Europe and extends into Africa, reflecting their cross-continental innovation bridging work.
Why partner with them
What sets them apart
Agorize brings a rare combination: a commercial open innovation platform with experience in both corporate challenge design and citizen-scale engagement within EU-funded research. Few partners can offer a ready-made digital infrastructure for running innovation competitions, hackathons, and accelerator programs as part of a consortium. Their EU-Africa bridging experience adds a distinctive international dimension uncommon among European innovation service providers.
Notable projects
Highlights from their portfolio
- GreenSCENTLargest funding (EUR 414,654) and an ambitious goal of creating a European 'driving license' for climate and environmental competences, tested with 100+ experts.
- EiADistinctive EU-Africa scope with a multi-sided platform business model for cross-continental innovation cooperation and startup soft-landing.
Cross-sector capabilities
Environment and climate educationInternational development and Africa partnershipsDigital platform servicesStartup ecosystem and entrepreneurship support
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