INNOVATECH

Their core work

INNOVATECH is a Wallonia-based intermediary organization that operates as part of the Enterprise Europe Network (EEN), delivering innovation management and internationalization support to SMEs in the Walloon region of Belgium. Their core work involves coaching small businesses through EU funding instruments — particularly the SME Instrument (now EIC Accelerator) — helping them prepare applications, manage innovation processes, and access European markets. They function as a bridge between regional SMEs and EU-level opportunities, rather than conducting research or developing technology themselves.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

In the earlier period (2015-2018), INNOVATECH focused equally on innovation management and internationalization support for Walloon SMEs, with a strong emphasis on the SME Instrument. From 2019 onward, internationalization dropped from their keyword profile entirely, while coaching, EIC-specific services, and broader funding instruments (FTI, FET-Open) became more prominent. This suggests a deliberate narrowing toward deep EU funding coaching rather than broad business support.

INNOVATECH is specializing deeper into EU funding instrument coaching (especially EIC), making them increasingly relevant as a partner for projects needing SME engagement and dissemination in Wallonia.

How they like to work

INNOVATECH operates exclusively as a participant — never as a coordinator — across all four projects, indicating they join larger EEN consortia rather than leading them. With only 11 unique partners all within a single country, they maintain a tight, locally-focused network typical of regional EEN nodes. Working with them means engaging a reliable regional delivery partner, not a consortium architect.

INNOVATECH has collaborated with 11 partners, all within Belgium, reflecting their role as a regional EEN node focused on Wallonia. Their network is narrow but consistent, built around recurring EEN consortium membership rather than diverse international partnerships.

What sets them apart

INNOVATECH's value lies in their deep embeddedness in the Walloon SME ecosystem and their continuous EEN mandate spanning six years (2015-2021). For anyone needing to reach innovative SMEs in Wallonia — whether for technology transfer, project dissemination, or recruiting SME partners into a consortium — INNOVATECH is a proven gateway. They are not a technology provider but a connector with institutional knowledge of regional innovation capacity.

Highlights from their portfolio

• KAMWAL 2.4
  Largest funded project (EUR 167,876) and most recent, reflecting the evolution toward EIC coaching services.
• KAMWAL 2.3
  Marked the expansion of advisory scope to include FET-Open and FTI instruments beyond the core SME Instrument coaching.