CHOCOLATE CLOUD APS

Their core work

Chocolate Cloud is a Danish technology SME specializing in secure cloud infrastructure and distributed computing. Their work centers on making cloud environments trustworthy for sensitive data — specifically solving the problem of processing data in clouds you don't fully control, whether those are third-party public clouds or resource-constrained edge nodes. In EU research projects they contribute as a technology partner, likely providing cloud platform components, security tooling, or distributed systems expertise. Their participation in both a 2016 security-focused cloud project and a 2021 edge-cloud continuum project suggests they build or operate cloud infrastructure products rather than doing pure research.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

In their first H2020 project (2016-2018), Chocolate Cloud focused on the foundational security problem: how to process sensitive big data in clouds you cannot fully trust — a relatively narrow, security-first framing. By their second project (2021-2023), the scope had expanded significantly to encompass edge acceleration, cognitive resource orchestration, and the full cloud-edge continuum, indicating a shift from pure security toward intelligent, high-performance distributed infrastructure. The trajectory suggests the company has matured from a security niche into a broader cloud platform capability, integrating performance and automation alongside their core security DNA.

They are moving from point-solution cloud security toward full-stack intelligent infrastructure that spans edge and cloud — a direction aligned with where enterprise IT and telecoms are investing heavily in 2024-2027.

How they like to work

Chocolate Cloud has participated exclusively as a consortium partner across both projects, never taking a coordinator role — consistent with a product or technology company that contributes specific components rather than leading research agendas. With 16 unique partners across 10 countries from just 2 projects, they work in mid-to-large consortia (averaging 8+ partners per project). This breadth suggests they are comfortable operating as a specialist contributor within diverse international teams rather than anchoring tight bilateral relationships.

Despite only two projects, Chocolate Cloud has built connections with 16 distinct partners spanning 10 countries, pointing to diverse European consortia rather than repeated collaboration with the same partners. Their network is likely concentrated in northern and western Europe given their Danish base and ICT pillar focus.

What sets them apart

Chocolate Cloud sits at a specific and commercially valuable intersection: cloud security for environments where you cannot trust the infrastructure operator — a real and growing problem for enterprises using multi-cloud or sovereign cloud setups. Unlike academic research groups working on the same topic, they are a private company, which typically means they have production-grade software or services behind their research participation. For consortium builders, they bring industrial credibility to cloud security challenges without the overhead of a large corporate partner.

Highlights from their portfolio

• SERRANO
  Their largest project (EUR 360,000) and the most technically ambitious, combining edge acceleration, cognitive resource orchestration, and cloud security — representing the full scope of their current capabilities.
• SecureCloud
  Their first H2020 engagement, establishing their core identity in secure processing on untrusted cloud infrastructure — the foundational thread running through all subsequent work.