VILABS (CY) LTD

Their core work

VILABS is a Cyprus-based technology SME that builds digital platforms, AI-driven tools, and participatory engagement solutions for EU research projects spanning health, urban governance, and cybersecurity. Their recurring role across diverse consortia is to develop and integrate software components — from citizen-facing apps and living lab platforms to AI analytics and policy-support dashboards. They act as a versatile digital solutions provider, applying software engineering and data science capabilities to whatever societal challenge the project addresses. Their work consistently sits at the intersection of technology development and citizen/user engagement.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

In their early H2020 period (2018-2019), VILABS spread across diverse domains — smart cities, EU-China cooperation, social innovation, and healthcare cybersecurity — acting as a general-purpose digital solutions provider. From 2020 onward, their focus narrowed significantly toward health and wellbeing, with projects centered on urban health observatories, tinnitus treatment platforms, and AI-powered public policy tools. This shift suggests a deliberate move from broad digital innovation toward health-tech and civic-AI specialization.

VILABS is converging toward AI-powered health and urban wellbeing platforms, making them a strong fit for future Horizon Europe missions on health and climate-resilient cities.

How they like to work

VILABS operates exclusively as a consortium participant — they have never coordinated an H2020 project, which is typical for a technology SME that provides specialized digital components rather than driving research agendas. With 90 unique partners across 24 countries from just 6 projects, they work in large, multinational consortia and rarely repeat partners, suggesting they are adaptable and easy to integrate into new teams. Their consistent ability to win roles in diverse consortia indicates they are a reliable, low-friction technology partner.

Despite being a small Cypriot SME, VILABS has built a remarkably wide network of 90 partners across 24 countries through just 6 projects, spanning Western Europe, Eastern Europe, and China (via SiEUGreen). Their reach is genuinely pan-European with global elements.

What sets them apart

VILABS occupies a niche as a small, agile technology company that can plug into virtually any domain — from food security to cybersecurity to tinnitus research — and deliver working digital platforms. Unlike domain-specific research labs, they bring software engineering and AI integration skills that are domain-agnostic, which makes them unusually versatile consortium partners. For coordinators building proposals, they offer a rare combination: SME status (good for proposal scoring), proven H2020 track record, and the ability to handle the platform/tool development work package in almost any thematic area.

Highlights from their portfolio

• SPHINX
  Uniquely combined AI, blockchain, and homomorphic encryption for healthcare cybersecurity — their most technically distinctive project.
• URBANOME
  Ambitious urban health observatory integrating exposome science, living labs, and citizen science — represents their clearest strategic direction.
• SiEUGreen
  Their largest single grant (EUR 317K) and their only project with an EU-China international cooperation dimension.