I 2 S-INFORMATICA SISTEMAS E SERVICOS SA

Their core work

I2S is a Portuguese software company specialising in IT solutions for the insurance industry, with particular expertise in modernising legacy systems through model-driven engineering. Their core product proposition is helping insurers achieve digital transformation without scrapping existing IT infrastructure — a persistent and costly problem across European insurance companies. They build software configurators and model-driven platforms that allow insurers to change products, rules, and processes without rewriting underlying code. Their EU-funded work demonstrates a clear commercial focus: both projects were self-led feasibility and implementation efforts to bring a proprietary technology to market.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

I2S followed a textbook SME Instrument progression: they started in 2016 with a Phase 1 feasibility study (€50K) to validate the market need for an insurance configurator, then secured Phase 2 implementation funding (€1.4M) in 2018 to build and commercialise the full platform. The keyword evolution reflects this maturation — the early project had no defined technical vocabulary, while the later project introduced precise terms: legacy systems, model-driven engineering, IT modernisation. This suggests the company crystallised its technical approach and competitive positioning during the feasibility phase and then executed confidently on that vision.

I2S is on a commercialisation trajectory — having completed both SME Instrument phases, their next logical move is scaling the InsurAgility platform across European insurance markets, making them a potential partner for projects needing proven InsurTech tools rather than research-stage prototypes.

How they like to work

I2S operates exclusively as a project coordinator and has not appeared as a consortium partner in any H2020 project, which is typical for SME Instrument grants — these are self-funded innovation efforts rather than collaborative research projects. They work in effectively solo configurations (SME Instrument does not require consortium partners), meaning they are accustomed to driving their own product roadmap rather than integrating into someone else's research agenda. A future partner should expect I2S to bring a mature proprietary technology to the table and to want a clear commercial application context, not open-ended research.

I2S has no recorded consortium partners across their two H2020 projects, which reflects the nature of SME Instrument funding rather than geographic isolation. Their operational footprint is domestic (Porto, Portugal), though their InsurAgility platform targets European insurers broadly.

What sets them apart

I2S occupies a narrow but commercially relevant niche: they are one of the few SMEs with EU-validated, grant-funded technology specifically addressing legacy IT modernisation in insurance — a sector where the gap between old core systems and digital expectations is enormous and well-documented. Unlike generic digital transformation consultancies, their model-driven engineering approach is a technical differentiator that allows insurers to adapt products and rules without IT department bottlenecks. For consortium builders, they bring a deployable InsurTech product rather than research capacity, which is useful when a project needs an industry exploitation partner with working software.

Highlights from their portfolio

• InsurAgility
  The flagship project — a €1.4M SME Phase 2 implementation grant targeting the €1.1 trillion European insurance industry's legacy IT problem, representing a rare case of EU-funded B2B software commercialisation with a clearly defined paying customer segment.
• i2S-IC
  The Phase 1 feasibility study that seeded the InsurAgility concept, demonstrating I2S's ability to successfully navigate the full SME Instrument pipeline from idea validation to implementation funding.