EMZA VISUAL SENSE LTD

Their core work

EMZA Visual Sense is an Israeli technology SME that designs ultra-low-power visual sensing hardware and embedded intelligence for autonomous security applications. Their core product is a sensor that can continuously monitor a scene — detecting relevant events — while consuming minimal energy, making it suitable for deployment in locations without reliable power infrastructure. In EU projects, they contributed this sensing technology to both controlled environments (airports) and broader public safety contexts (forensic evidence collection, safe city surveillance). Their value proposition sits at the intersection of hardware efficiency and computer vision: enabling persistent, autonomous monitoring where battery-powered or energy-constrained deployment is required.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

EMZA entered H2020 funding with a focused airport security use case — optimizing passenger throughput and checkpoint monitoring in a controlled, high-stakes environment. By their second project, the application scope broadened significantly: from airports to safe cities, from access control to forensic evidence gathering, and from purely technical work to engagement with ethics and fundamental rights frameworks. This progression suggests a deliberate expansion from a single vertical (aviation security) toward the wider law enforcement and public safety market, with growing awareness that their technology must operate within regulatory and civil liberties constraints.

EMZA is moving from point-solution airport sensors toward a broader platform play in law enforcement and safe city infrastructure, with increasing attention to the ethical compliance layer that European regulators require of surveillance technology.

How they like to work

EMZA consistently joins consortia as a technology contributor rather than a project leader — they have never held a coordinator role across either H2020 project. With 20 unique partners across 10 countries from just two projects, they participate in mid-to-large consortia and bring a specific hardware or sensor capability that other partners integrate into broader systems. This pattern suggests they are well suited to roles where a specialized sensing component is needed, but they are unlikely to take ownership of consortium management or administrative coordination.

EMZA has built connections with 20 distinct consortium partners across 10 countries through only two projects — a relatively broad network for such a small project portfolio. As an Israeli SME participating in EU security research, they occupy a cross-border niche that gives them access to European law enforcement and airport authority networks they would not reach through domestic R&D alone.

What sets them apart

EMZA's differentiation lies in the combination of ultra-low-power hardware design with embedded visual intelligence — a pairing that most security system integrators source from separate vendors. Their track record in EU-funded security projects, including forensics and airport contexts, gives them credibility with European law enforcement and public safety buyers who require documented ethical compliance. As a non-EU (Israeli) SME with H2020 participation, they also represent a validated channel for technology transfer between the Israeli deep-tech ecosystem and European security markets.

Highlights from their portfolio

• FLYSEC
  Their largest single grant (EUR 554,750) and earliest EU engagement, placing EMZA's sensor technology inside a high-visibility airport security optimization project with direct relevance to commercial aviation operators.
• FORENSOR
  Pushed EMZA's technology into the forensics and law enforcement domain, with explicit ethical and fundamental rights dimensions — indicating their sensors were evaluated against EU legal standards for admissible evidence.