German digital consultancy SME with EU project experience in air quality information services and autonomous vehicle simulation.
HEICH CONSULT GMBH is a small German ICT consultancy based in Hürth (near Cologne) that develops and deploys digital information services for real-world application domains. They demonstrated independent product thinking by coordinating AQUISS — an EU-funded feasibility project for citizen-facing air quality information services — and later joined the Dreams4Cars consortium, which researched dream-like simulation capabilities to train and validate automated vehicle systems. Their work sits at the applied end of the ICT spectrum: turning research-grade technology into usable digital services. As an SME, they are small enough to be agile but credentialed enough to operate within competitive EU research consortia.
HEICH CONSULT led AQUISS as coordinator (an SME Instrument Phase 1 feasibility study for an air quality information platform) and contributed to the digital simulation architecture of Dreams4Cars.
AQUISS (2016–2017) was an EU-funded project specifically focused on Air Quality Information Services, which HEICH CONSULT coordinated independently.
Dreams4Cars (2017–2019) researched dream-like simulation abilities for automated cars, with HEICH CONSULT participating as a funded consortium member (EUR 403,250 received).
HEICH CONSULT's H2020 activity spans only 2016–2019, making a long-term evolution difficult to establish with confidence. Their entry point was environmental digital services — they coordinated a small but independently conceived air quality information project (AQUISS) under the SME Instrument, signalling product ambition in the environmental data space. Their next project (Dreams4Cars) shifted domain entirely toward automated vehicle simulation, where they joined as a funded participant rather than leading. This suggests a pivot from environmental data services toward mobility and AI-driven systems, possibly following market opportunities in the growing autonomous vehicle sector.
HEICH CONSULT appears to be moving from environmental information services toward mobility and AI simulation research, broadening their technical scope while transitioning from coordinator to consortium partner roles.
HEICH CONSULT has operated in both leadership and partner roles within a short timeframe: they coordinated a small solo-style feasibility project (AQUISS, SME Instrument Phase 1) and later joined a larger research consortium (Dreams4Cars, RIA). Their total network is modest — 6 unique partners across 4 countries — suggesting they work in small, focused teams rather than sprawling multi-actor alliances. For a potential collaborator, this profile indicates a nimble partner who can either drive small initiatives or slot into a defined role in larger projects, but who has not yet built a wide recurring partner network.
HEICH CONSULT has collaborated with 6 unique partners across 4 countries, reflecting a compact but internationally connected footprint typical of an early-stage EU research SME. Their partnerships are spread across a small number of projects, so no dominant repeat-partner relationships are visible from the available data.
HEICH CONSULT occupies an unusual niche for a two-person-scale German consultancy: they have both originated a product concept (AQUISS air quality service) and participated in serious R&D (Dreams4Cars autonomous vehicle simulation), spanning from citizen-facing applications to deep-tech research. This dual experience — SME Instrument coordinator plus RIA participant — means they understand both the commercial validation and the research execution sides of EU-funded innovation. For consortium builders seeking a versatile digital services SME with cross-domain experience and German market presence, they offer a credible if small profile.
