APOGEE INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Their core work

Apogee Information Systems is a Thessaloniki-based Greek software SME that develops proprietary digital products and platforms. Their work spans two distinct product directions: an AI-driven personalized learning system for public school students (ICARUS), and a proprietary content management system repositioned as an open-source web platform (Cinnamon). Both projects were submitted as SME Instrument Phase 1 feasibility studies, suggesting the company uses EU funding to validate the commercial potential of in-house software products rather than to deliver research services. They appear to be a product-focused software house, not a consultancy or research lab.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

In 2016 Apogee focused on applying AI to the education sector, specifically personalizing learning experiences within public school systems — a specialised ed-tech direction. By 2019 their focus had shifted to web infrastructure: packaging their internal CMS as an open-source, commercially deployable platform. These two projects point in noticeably different directions, which may reflect an opportunistic product portfolio rather than a single deepening specialty. No keyword data exists for either project, so this reading is based solely on project titles and descriptions.

The company appears to be moving from specialised vertical applications (education AI) toward horizontal software infrastructure (open web platforms), but with only two data points three years apart, no strong directional trend can be confirmed.

How they like to work

Apogee has applied exclusively as a solo company under the SME Instrument Phase 1 scheme — both projects show zero consortium partners and zero international collaborations. This is consistent with the SME-1 format, which funds individual companies doing feasibility work on their own products. There is no evidence they have ever operated inside a multi-partner consortium, which means they are an unknown quantity in collaborative EU project environments.

Apogee has no recorded consortium partnerships across their two H2020 projects — both were solo applications. They have no documented collaborations with organisations in other countries, giving them a purely local operational footprint within the H2020 ecosystem.

What sets them apart

Apogee is one of the relatively few Greek private SMEs from Thessaloniki to have successfully obtained SME Instrument funding — twice — which signals some capacity to write competitive commercial applications. Their combination of AI/ed-tech and CMS/web platform work suggests a software generalist that can pivot across application domains. However, their complete absence from consortium-based projects means they bring no established partner network to a joint proposal.

Highlights from their portfolio

• Icarus
  Their first EU-funded project applied AI to personalised learning in public schools — an early (2016) commercial bet on adaptive ed-tech before the field became crowded.
• Cinnamon
  Demonstrates a deliberate product strategy shift: converting a proprietary CMS into an open-source platform, a commercially significant licensing and go-to-market decision funded via SME Instrument Phase 1.