IN EXTENSO INNOVATION CROISSANCE

Their core work

In Extenso Innovation Croissance is a French innovation consultancy that helps EU research consortia with business development, dissemination, socio-economic analysis, and multi-actor engagement. Based near Sophia Antipolis, they embed within technically diverse projects — from precision livestock farming to autonomous robotics — providing expertise in market analysis, cost-benefit assessment, and translating research outcomes into business value. Their recurring role across vastly different sectors confirms they are not a technology provider but a professional services firm specializing in the innovation management and exploitation layers of EU-funded projects.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

In their early H2020 period (2015-2019), the organization focused on food waste valorisation (REFRESH), ICT energy footprinting, and nuclear decommissioning roadmapping — broad topics with strong policy and socio-economic dimensions. From 2019 onward, a clear cluster emerged around precision agriculture and livestock farming (EuroSheep, SmaRT, R4D), alongside diversification into batteries, automotive, and security applications. The shift suggests a deliberate strategy to build deeper sectoral knowledge in agri-food while maintaining their generalist innovation consulting capability across other domains.

Moving toward deeper agri-food specialization with multi-actor and sustainability assessment methods, while continuing to serve as a flexible innovation partner across green technology projects.

How they like to work

In Extenso Innovation Croissance never coordinates — across 18 projects, they serve exclusively as participant or third party, indicating a deliberate support role rather than project leadership ambitions. With 216 unique consortium partners across 29 countries, they are a high-connectivity node in the EU research network, rarely working with the same partners twice. This makes them easy to integrate into any consortium needing professional innovation management, dissemination, or exploitation planning without competing for technical leadership.

Exceptionally broad network of 216 unique partners across 29 countries, reflecting their role as a recurring consortium service provider rather than a domain-locked specialist. Their base in the Sophia Antipolis technology park in southern France positions them well within French and Mediterranean innovation ecosystems.

What sets them apart

Their value lies in being a proven, sector-agnostic innovation consultancy with a strong track record in EU project dissemination and exploitation — a role many consortia struggle to fill well. Unlike technical partners, they bring professional business analysis, cost-benefit methodology, and multi-actor engagement skills that translate across any domain. For consortium builders, they solve the perennial problem of finding a reliable partner for work packages on communication, exploitation, and socio-economic impact assessment.

Highlights from their portfolio

• BugWright2
  Their highest-funded project (EUR 240K) on autonomous robotic ship inspection — demonstrates ability to contribute business value even in highly specialized robotics domains
• EuroSheep
  Exemplifies their agri-food cluster strength: multi-actor knowledge exchange network connecting sheep farmers across Europe with research-based best practices
• PROMISCES
  Recent high-value project (EUR 209K) on PFAS contamination and circular economy — shows expansion into environmental remediation markets