WILDTRIUMPHS LDA

Their core work

Operating under the brand Beta-i, this Lisbon-based company runs innovation programs, startup accelerators, and open innovation challenges that connect corporates with startups and research teams. Their core business is designing and managing collaborative innovation ecosystems — helping established organizations find, test, and adopt solutions from startups and technology providers. In H2020, they have contributed expertise in digital platform design, entrepreneurship network building, and data-to-market acceleration, and more recently expanded into sustainable aviation and green transport innovation.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

Beta-i's early H2020 work (2015-2017) was firmly rooted in what they do best: building startup ecosystems, entrepreneurship networks, and digital platforms to accelerate innovation. Their recent participation in TULIPS (2022-2026) marks a significant pivot — applying their innovation facilitation skills to the green aviation and sustainable transport sector, working with keywords like green hydrogen, sustainable aviation fuel, and circular economy. This suggests they are packaging their ecosystem-building expertise for the sustainability transition, moving from generic startup support toward sector-specific decarbonization challenges.

Beta-i is transitioning from horizontal innovation facilitation toward vertical expertise in green transport and sustainability, making them increasingly relevant for consortia that need innovation management in decarbonization projects.

How they like to work

Beta-i exclusively participates as a partner rather than leading consortia, which is consistent with their role as an innovation facilitator embedded within larger project teams. With 62 unique partners across just 4 projects, they operate in large consortia (averaging ~16 partners per project), indicating comfort in complex multi-stakeholder environments. Their value proposition in a consortium is typically running the open innovation, dissemination, or startup engagement work package rather than delivering core technical research.

Despite only 4 projects, Beta-i has built connections with 62 unique partners across 18 countries, reflecting their participation in large European consortia. Their network spans broadly across Western and Southern Europe, anchored from Lisbon.

What sets them apart

Beta-i brings a rare combination: they are a professional innovation facilitation company, not a research institute or tech startup, meaning they know how to design and run open innovation programs, hackathons, and accelerator tracks within EU project structures. Their shift into sustainable aviation (TULIPS) shows they can apply this methodology to hard-tech sectors, not just digital. For consortium builders, they are the partner you bring in to manage innovation challenges, engage startups, or run dissemination and business model work packages.

Highlights from their portfolio

• TULIPS
  Their largest project (EUR 370,300) and a major strategic pivot — demonstrating sustainable airport solutions across Europe with green hydrogen, SAF, and circular economy components.
• Data Pitch
  Focused on accelerating data to market through startup-corporate matchmaking, directly reflecting Beta-i's core business model of connecting innovators with industry.
• DIGISTART
  Their earliest H2020 project, building support ecosystems for digital startups — the clearest expression of their founding mission as an innovation accelerator.