MARTEL INNOVATE BV

Their core work

Martel Innovate is a small Amsterdam-based innovation consultancy that supports European ICT research projects with communication, dissemination, community building, and experimentation management. Across their H2020 work they appear as a third-party contributor to Coordination & Support Actions and one Research & Innovation Action, helping large consortia run testbed federations, engage stakeholder communities around Next Generation Internet, and translate research outputs into policy and roadmap documents. In practical terms, they are the people a technical coordinator calls when a project needs someone to manage experiment lifecycles, run outreach campaigns, or produce a credible research agenda. They do not appear to build core technology themselves — their value is coordination, dissemination, and policy-facing analysis inside ICT consortia.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

In the earlier part of their H2020 footprint (2017-2019), Martel's work clustered around technical research infrastructure — helping FIRE testbeds federate and managing the lifecycle of networking experiments on fixed and wireless facilities. From 2019 onward their activity shifts clearly toward people-facing ICT topics: Next Generation Internet outreach under NGI4ALL, then digital and inclusive learning, blockchain in education, and policy roadmaps under DEL4ALL. The trajectory is a move away from infrastructure support toward community, education, and policy shaping inside the NGI ecosystem.

They are positioning themselves as a go-to dissemination and policy partner for Next Generation Internet and digital learning initiatives, not as a technology developer.

How they like to work

Martel never coordinates and never appears as a core beneficiary in this dataset — all three engagements are as a third party, typically the role of a subcontracted specialist inside a larger consortium. Despite only three projects, they have touched 30 partners across 13 countries, which suggests they plug into different CSA consortia rather than sticking with one group. Expect them to behave as a flexible support partner rather than a long-term scientific collaborator.

Connected to 30 unique consortium partners across 13 countries through just three ICT projects, with a clear European footprint centred on NGI-adjacent consortia. No single geographic cluster dominates — they move between different ICT communities rather than anchoring one.

What sets them apart

Most Dutch ICT SMEs in H2020 appear as technology developers; Martel Innovate instead shows up exclusively as a third-party support partner in CSA-heavy projects, which is the signature of a dissemination and innovation consultancy rather than an R&D firm. Their repeat presence in the NGI orbit (NGI4ALL, DEL4ALL) means they already know the NGI policy language, community, and Commission-facing expectations. Partner with them when a consortium needs professional outreach, community management, or policy-facing deliverables inside an ICT project — not when you need hardware or algorithms.

Highlights from their portfolio

• Fed4FIREplus
  Largest and longest-running engagement (2017-2022), anchoring their credibility in testbed federation and experiment lifecycle management.
• NGI4ALL
  Flagship CSA promoting global visibility of the human-centric internet — signals their entry into the NGI initiative as a communication partner.
• DEL4ALL
  Combines Next Generation Internet with digital learning, blockchain in education, and policy roadmaps — an unusual cross-topic CSA that shows their shift toward policy and education.