SAMPAS HOLDING AS

Their core work

SAMPAS is an Istanbul-based technology SME that contributes ICT and software capabilities to large European innovation consortia, always joining as a third party rather than a prime contractor. Their project footprint points to work at the intersection of smart city platforms, building-sector digital tools, and AI-driven situational awareness systems. In practice, they appear to bring integration, data, and application-layer expertise to initiatives where other partners supply the hardware, buildings, or domain science. For scientists and businesses, the value of working with them is access to a Turkish technology provider that is already trusted inside EU consortia covering urban, energy-retrofit, and security domains.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

Their first H2020 engagement (MAtchUP, starting 2017) was squarely about smart-city upscaling, replication, and integrated urban planning. From 2020 onward the focus broadened into building-scale decarbonisation and seismic retrofit (e-SAFE), and then into AI-driven security and maritime surveillance in the Arctic (AI-ARC). The trajectory moves from urban-scale ICT integration toward more specialised AI, safety, and risk-assessment applications.

They are moving from city-wide ICT integration toward AI-enabled niche applications in security surveillance and energy-renovation, making them a plausible partner for consortia that need a software integrator with experience beyond a single vertical.

How they like to work

SAMPAS consistently joins projects as a third party rather than leading or coordinating, which means they plug into consortia assembled by others rather than building their own. Across three projects they have worked with 68 distinct partners in 18 countries, suggesting they are treated more as a specialist contributor than a repeat member of a fixed alliance. For anyone considering them, this implies they are comfortable slotting into large, diverse teams and delivering a defined technical scope.

Their network spans 68 partners across 18 countries through just three projects, indicating broad European exposure despite modest project volume. The mix of smart-city, renovation, and Arctic-security consortia suggests no single regional focus beyond general pan-European reach.

What sets them apart

Among Turkish H2020 participants, SAMPAS stands out for contributing to three quite different flagship-style projects — smart cities, building renovation, and Arctic AI surveillance — rather than specialising in one vertical. They are a rare example of a Turkish SME accepted as a third-party technology contributor in both P3-ENERGY and P3-SECURITY consortia. Partners looking for a flexible ICT provider with European consortium experience from outside the usual Western-European pool will find them a distinctive option.

Highlights from their portfolio

• MAtchUP
  A flagship Smart Cities and Communities lighthouse project, giving SAMPAS exposure to large-scale urban transformation across multiple European cities.
• AI-ARC
  Unusual topic combination — AI, Arctic maritime surveillance, and EU CISE interoperability — showing their reach into specialised security applications.
• e-SAFE
  Bridges energy decarbonisation with seismic retrofit and financial engineering, a rare multi-disciplinary renovation project.