VIRTUAL SOLUTIONS KFT

Their core work

Virtual Solutions KFT is a Budapest-based software company that builds enterprise integration and automation tools under the CloudStorm platform brand. Their core product enables businesses to connect disparate enterprise applications and automate workflows through a software robotics approach — essentially an RPA (Robotic Process Automation) platform aimed at replacing manual integration work. They pursued an open-source development model for the platform's core, targeting enterprise software buyers who need to reduce manual data handling and system silos. Their EU-funded trajectory followed a textbook SME instrument path: feasibility in Phase 1, then full commercialization development in Phase 2.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

In their initial Phase 1 project (2016–2017), Virtual Solutions focused on open-source enterprise application development — building a foundation and testing market fit for the CloudStorm concept. By Phase 2 (2018–2021), the language shifted decisively toward automation and software robotics, suggesting the team repositioned CloudStorm as an RPA-adjacent tool rather than a generic development platform. This is a coherent product evolution: from "how to build enterprise apps more openly" to "how to automate enterprise workflows without human intervention."

They appear to be moving deeper into the enterprise automation and RPA space, which puts them in direct competition — and potential collaboration — with companies working on low-code/no-code integration, digital process automation, and AI-assisted workflow tools.

How they like to work

Virtual Solutions KFT operated exclusively through the SME Instrument, which is designed for solo innovators rather than research consortia — they have zero recorded consortium partners across both projects. This means they are product-driven rather than collaboration-driven, and they are unlikely to bring a partner network to a consortium. If approached for a partnership, they would most likely contribute as a technology provider or pilot-use-case partner, not as a co-researcher.

Virtual Solutions KFT has no recorded consortium partnerships in H2020 — both projects were executed as sole beneficiary under the SME Instrument. Their collaboration footprint is effectively zero, with no cross-border or domestic research ties visible in the data.

What sets them apart

Virtual Solutions stands out as one of the few Hungarian software SMEs that successfully progressed through both phases of the H2020 SME Instrument with the same product — a signal that they passed European-level commercial validation twice. Their CloudStorm platform sits at the intersection of open-source tooling and enterprise automation, which is a less common combination in Central European SME software. For a consortium needing an automation technology demonstrator or an enterprise integration use case, they offer a validated, funded product rather than a research prototype.

Highlights from their portfolio

• CloudStorm (Phase 2)
  The largest grant (€1.61M) and longest project (2018–2021) represents the full commercialization push for their automation platform — this is where the core product matured.
• CLOUDSTORM (Phase 1)
  A successful SME Instrument Phase 1 feasibility study that unlocked the Phase 2 grant, demonstrating European-level commercial validation of the integration platform concept.