BERENSCHOT GROEP BV

Their core work

Berenschot Groep BV is a Dutch management and strategy consultancy, one of the largest independent consulting firms in the Netherlands. In the H2020 context, they participated in photonics research consortia almost certainly in a non-technical capacity — contributing business modeling, market analysis, commercialization strategy, or dissemination planning rather than conducting photonics R&D. Their presence in WIPE and PICs4All reflects a broader pattern of management consultancies joining deep-tech consortia to help research teams understand market pathways and business cases. Any technical photonics expertise should not be assumed; their value in these projects lies in translating science into business language.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

Both H2020 projects fall in the same narrow window (2016–2019), so there is no meaningful temporal evolution to analyze — this is a snapshot, not a trajectory. No keyword data is available for either project, making it impossible to detect any thematic shift. Given Berenschot is primarily a consulting firm, their H2020 participation may represent a single strategic episode rather than an ongoing research engagement.

With only two projects in a single time window, there is no clear directional signal — prospective collaborators should contact Berenschot directly to understand whether they still actively pursue EU research partnerships.

How they like to work

Berenschot has only ever appeared as a participant, never as a project coordinator, which is consistent with a consulting firm joining consortia to provide specific advisory services rather than leading research programs. Their average consortium exposure (16 partners across 11 countries across just 2 projects) suggests they work in large, internationally diverse teams. This profile fits an organization that is brought in for targeted expertise rather than acting as a long-term research anchor.

Berenschot engaged with 16 unique partners across 11 countries through only 2 projects, indicating they joined large, multi-partner consortia rather than tight bilateral collaborations. Their network is European in scope, concentrated in the ICT and photonics ecosystem.

What sets them apart

Berenschot is one of the Netherlands' oldest and most established independent management consultancies, which distinguishes them sharply from the research institutes and technology companies that typically populate H2020 consortia. Their value proposition in a research consortium is not technical depth but market intelligence, organizational strategy, and the ability to communicate complex innovation to industry audiences. For a consortium that needs a credible business partner to handle exploitation planning or SME engagement, Berenschot offers institutional credibility that most academic partners cannot.

Highlights from their portfolio

• PICs4All
  The project's mission — making photonic integrated circuits accessible to everyone — maps directly to market development and ecosytem-building work that a consultancy is well-placed to lead, suggesting Berenschot had a substantive strategic role.
• WIPE
  The larger of the two grants (€73,500) and a Research and Innovation Action, indicating Berenschot contributed to a technically ambitious project on wafer-scale photonics-electronics integration.