Govtech in Europe

European govtech vertical: 43 companies across 20 countries, plus 67 European software listings serving the sector.

Vertical at a glance

  • 43 companies
  • 67 software listings serving this vertical
  • 20 countries: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Companies

  • CKAN, United Kingdom: An open-source Data Management System for powering data hubs portals. CKAN makes it easy to publish, share and use data. Open tech for digital infrastructure.
  • InvestEU, Belgium: EU investment programme supporting strategic sectors.
  • European Innovation Council, Belgium: The European Innovation Council (EIC) is a public funding body that identifies, develops, and scales up breakthrough technologies. It supports researchers, startups, and SMEs through a combination of grants and equity investments.
  • FFG Austria, Austria: The FFG is the Austrian research promotion agency. It provides funding and advisory services to support industrial research and development across various technology sectors.
  • Digital Europe Programme, Belgium: EU funding for digital capacity building.
  • Horizon Europe, Belgium: EU framework programme for research and innovation.
  • NWO Netherlands, Netherlands: Dutch research council funding science and innovation.
  • Vinnova, Sweden: Swedish innovation agency funding research and startups.
  • EXIST, Germany: German government programme for university startups.
  • Business Finland, Finland: Finnish government org for innovation funding.
  • Portugal 2030, Portugal: Portuguese EU structural fund for innovation.
  • Innovate UK, United Kingdom: UK government innovation funding agency.
  • European Investment Fund, Luxembourg: EU institution providing risk finance to SMEs and mid-caps across Europe through venture capital, guarantees, and microfinance.
  • Civica, United Kingdom: UK-based GovTech company providing cloud software for public services, health, and education organisations.
  • NDRC, Ireland: NDRC is Ireland's national startup accelerator providing investment, mentorship, and support for early-stage tech entrepreneurs. It offers a range of programmes including accelerators, pre-accelerators, and masterclasses to help founders build and scale businesses.
  • GONICUS GmbH, Germany: Linux & open-source service partner. 25 years of expertise in consulting, development, and support as a leading independent service provider
  • La French Tech Central, France: French government startup support hub in Paris.
  • Enterprise Ireland, Ireland: Irish government support for startups and exporters.
  • CDTI Spain, Spain: Spanish government tech innovation funding.
  • Decidim, Spain: Open-source participatory democracy platform.
  • Netcompany, Denmark: IT services and digital government solutions.
  • Citadel, Belgium: Cross-border eID and digital identity infrastructure.
  • Novulo, Netherlands: Low-code platform for government applications.
  • Adesso SE, Germany: IT consulting and services for the public sector.
  • DigitalService, Germany: German federal digital transformation agency.
  • X-Road, Estonia: Open-source data exchange layer for governments.
  • Consul, Spain: Open-source citizen participation platform.
  • Liferay, Spain: Digital experience platform for government portals.
  • SEB Digital Government, Germany: Secure WiFi roaming for government employees.
  • Telia Company GovTech, Sweden: Digital infrastructure and services for governments.
  • Civocracy, Luxembourg: Citizen engagement and digital democracy platform.
  • UTF.ai, Netherlands: UTF.ai ontwikkelt schaalbare AI-oplossingen voor de Nederlandse overheid om ambtenaren te ondersteunen en de publieke dienstverlening te verbeteren.
  • OpenCity, Italy: Italian civic tech platform enabling municipalities to digitise public services and citizen engagement.
  • Sygnity S.A., Poland: Sygnity provides proprietary and partner IT solutions for business and public administration, including software development and system integration.
  • EIT - European Institute of Innovation & Technology, Hungary: EU body fostering innovation by integrating higher education, research, and business through Knowledge and Innovation Communities.
  • KubeOps, Germany: KubeOps provides multi-cloud Kubernetes solutions, secure cluster management, and specialized consulting services without vendor lock-in.
  • Retelit S.p.A., Italy: Retelit is an Italian telecommunications and digital infrastructure provider, offering cloud, connectivity, and digital transformation solutions for businesses and public administrations.
  • PublicSonar, Netherlands: Media monitoring for government communications.
  • ZETTA Critical AI, Romania: Provider of Sovereign, Secure and Adaptable AI solutions for mission-critical applications: audio, video and text analytics.
  • Tietoevry, Finland: A leading technology company specializing in software and digital services, helping businesses modernize operations and create purposeful digital futures. Focus in public and regulated industries. Offices all over Europe - Vienna, Regensburg
  • Wesman Solutions, Netherlands: Wesman Solutions is the organisation building the AI infrastructure for digital sovereign and data privacy. This is an essential layer for Government, Healthcare and Law looking to use AI.
  • PrivaSphere AG, Switzerland: Provides secure email solutions and digital registered mail services for confidential and legally binding communication.
  • DINUM, France: French interministerial digital directorate and tools.

Software serving this vertical

  • MACH GmbH, Germany: MACH unterstützt seit Jahrzehnten mit spezialisierter Software die öffentlichen Verwaltungen Deutschlands bei der digitalen Transformation.
  • SAVOIRR, Switzerland: All-in-one workspace for regulatory, compliance, and public affairs. EU, Swiss etc for monitoring, stakeholder mapping, reporting, policy CRM.
  • Thembi - AI-powered intelligence platform for EU regulation and policy, Italy: Thembi.ai alternative to non-European solutions like FiscalNote, Quorum
  • Fabasoft AG, Austria: European digital governance platform for secure, compliant document, workflow and records management in public institutions.
  • Nect GmbH, Germany: Nect is a German provider of digital trust services, offering AI- and biometrics-based AMLR and eIDAS-compliant identity verification and electronic signatures.
  • GeoCat bv, Netherlands: GeoCat provides innovative web-based solutions for managing, visualizing, and sharing geographic data and spatial information.
  • soev.ai, Netherlands: The European AI platform focused on maximum autonomy and security.
  • Townbase, Finland: Townbase, a home of solutions like TownPortal, LocalGuide, EventGuide, HobbyGuide and VisitGuide PaaS / SaaS products for both private, public and third sectors
  • Matrix42 GmbH, Germany: European ESM provider delivering ITSM, ITAM, SAM and UEM with sovereign cloud, on-prem or private cloud deployment options.
  • Qualigraf, Netherlands: Qualigraf supports formal decision making processes with an integrated solution, including workflow, meeting management and document management.
  • CivAI B.V., Netherlands: CivAI provides sovereign AI solutions like GovGPT, EduGPT and OrgGPT, focusing on data independence, security, and AI literacy.
  • InControl Hub, Netherlands: EU GRC platform that maps your existing processes and controls to frameworks like ISO 27001, NIS2, GDPR and SOC 2.
  • OpenWoo.app and OpenRegister, Netherlands: Conduction makes open-source software. We're Nextcloud experts, building apps and solutions that fit seamlessly into the Nextcloud ecosystem.
  • Accessibility Cloud, Sweden: Digital accessibility testing platform providing automated scanning, auditing, compliance, and monitoring services for governments and enterprises.
  • OTOBO, Germany: Service Management Platform with business services from the maintainer. 100 % open source and free. Modular and very flexible. ITSM, CSM, ESM.
  • Scrydon, Belgium: We make your organisation's processes intelligent Empower your organisation with European-native Agentic AI, Analytics, and Data Spaces, rooted in open-source. It fuels frontier innovation and choice; built for air-gapped, on-premise, and cloud environments. Achieve compliance, sovereignty, and frontier innovation without compromise.
  • Stadtwerke Lübeck Digital GmbH, Germany: Als Partner für die Digitalisierung im öffentlichen Sektor verbindet die Stadtwerke Lübeck Solutions erprobtes Wissen und kommunale Erfahrung.
  • Tolkie, Netherlands: A social enterprise using AI to translate complex information into simple B1 and A2 language levels for low-literate individuals.
  • adesso as a service GmbH, Germany: Operate the Future - Digital sovereign. Stable operations. We are part of adesso Group and operate your mission-critical IT-platforms.
  • XignSys GmbH, Germany: XignSys provides BSI-certified authentication, Identity & Access Management (IAM), and ID-Wallet solutions based on Security Driven Development and Services.
  • Management System Sweden AB / Ledningssystemet Sverige AB, Sweden: A complete management system provided as SaaS. Designed to simplify compliance and accelerate business growth for small as well as multinational enterprises. Functionality which meet the requirements of the most common ISO standards, including ISO 27001, 9001, 14001, 45001 and 22301. Developed by senior information security specialists and ISO auditors. Development and hosting in Sweden, with the possibility to host the system in the organization's own IT-environment.
  • DENCRYPT A/S, Denmark: Dencrypt provides secure communication solutions for voice/video and message protection. The solution is approved for NATO-Restricted communication.
  • VERBYND, Netherlands: Provides secure digital collaboration, cloud, email, and workplace solutions within a European environment, ensuring full control over data and infrastructure.
  • HADES Software GmbH, Germany: Web-based cemetery management software offering digital cemetery plans and online civic services for over 4,500 users.
  • UltimaOS, Germany: A private, post-quantum encrypted personal workspace in the browser featuring chat, mail, and file storage protected by ML-DSA and ML-KEM algorithms.
  • Ayunis, Germany: Ayunis provides sovereign, GDPR-compliant AI solutions and Open Source alternatives to ChatGPT tailored for public administration and government sectors.
  • Datap, Netherlands: Datap gives back control over your data. We've build Flux, a fully integrated data platform that delivers data sovereignty and independence from cloud providers
  • Cobrief, Norway: Cobrief is an AI-powered bidding and proposal management software that automates workflows like tender discovery, proposal writing, and resource matching.
  • OpenSky Data Systems Ltd, Ireland: OpenSky provides innovative IT solutions and managed services, specializing in digital transformation, data management, and government technology systems.
  • Regen Studio, Netherlands: Regen Studio is a technology design company that helps organizations from public and private sector to innovate and bring solutions to their most pressing problems. Regen Studio's expertise lies in smart grids, digital identity and digital product passports. Especially the EU eIDAS2.0 directive and EU Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation are guiding regulatory frameworks for us.
  • Cita Ping, Spain: Immigration appointment (cita previa) tracker for Spain.
  • Local-IT e.V., Germany: As association we want to promote digital independence and empower people to use Open Source Software.
  • Nuwa Centre of Excellence and Innovation, Ireland: Nuwa builds institutional sovereign infrastructure to provide European organisations and industries with the capacity to manage crisis, challenge, and change.
  • Secusmart GmbH, Germany: Since 2007, Secusmart has developed highly secure mobile communication solutions for governments, public authorities, and critical infrastructure. Based in Düsseldorf and a wholly owned subsidiary of BlackBerry Limited since 2014, the company is known for the “Chancellor’s phone” and BSI-approved crypto smartphones. Its SecuVOICE and SecuSUITE solutions provide end-to-end encrypted voice, messaging, email, and collaboration, approved up to VS-NfD and NATO Restricted.
  • Softwaredam, Netherlands: Softwaredam provides expertise in Kubernetes, cloud migrations,DevOps, and platform engineering to ensure business continuity and predictable results.
  • Nexus Politics, Germany: Nexus Politics is a Civic/GovTech startup developing an operating system for digital democracy to address political dissatisfaction through integrated participation and governance tools. Citizens can submit issues, track legislation, and participate in civic engagement. Politicians can manage issues, poll & analyze public opinion, and present themselves through a public profile.
  • Vai, Luxembourg: Smarter Connectivity for the Venture Ecosystem. Vai is a Connectivity as a Service (CaaS) platform Vai structures connectivity between ALL players.
  • CrowdInsights, Germany: CrowdInsights is a Germany-based civic tech platform for municipalities that want to implement public participation in a structured and practical way.
  • Disy Informationssysteme GmbH, Germany: Disy is a leading European supplier of data analysis and reporting solutions for authorities. Using state-of-the-art software, we enable fast, data-driven decisions and efficient reporting. A key expertise is the seamless integration of spatial data. Our solutions are based on disy Cadenza – a unique platform combining data analytics, reporting and GIS.
  • iDAKTO, France: iDAKTO provides secure digital identity solutions to enable trust and sovereign interactions between service providers and users.
  • B2B Strategy, Romania: The future of AGI. From Narrow AI to Artificial General Intelligence through cultural entanglement. Cucuteni Yangshao convergence.
  • Nevron, Netherlands: Nevron provides software for mission-critical operations, helping governments, municipalities, and event organisers run safer and more reliable operations.
  • MapGear, Netherlands: MapGear provides GeoApps, a user-friendly GIS and mapping software platform for data visualization, interactive maps, and spatial analysis.
  • PlanPro, Estonia: European strategy execution platform, connecting goals, people, activities, projects, budgets & risks into one system, turning strategy into coordinated action.
  • Solutioneers AG, Switzerland: Solutioneers AG builds AnyGuard, a privacy-first AI productivity platform for public-sector and regulated organizations. It combines secure document creation, speech-to-text, and real-time pseudonymization with auditability to support GDPR and Swiss revDSG compliance.
  • Verwaltungscloud.SH GmbH, Germany: Verwaltungscloud.SH develops cloud-based specialized systems and online services for a modern and citizen-friendly public administration.
  • Eudonet, France: The only CRM for organisations serving the greater good, dedicated to public sector players, professional associations, foundations, NGOs and higher education.
  • 54 Grad Software GmbH - Der Smarte Gemeinschaftskalender, Germany: Open-source community event calendar for municipalities & associations. Self-hostable, GDPR-compliant, federated via ActivityPub. Made in Germany.
  • Proxy Services, Netherlands: Proxy Services is a European technology company headquartered in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. We help organisations take control of their digital infrastructure — without compromising on security, compliance, or flexibility. Our team supports companies across industries — from development teams and scale-ups to enterprises with strict compliance requirements — in running modern cloud infrastructure that is fast, reliable, and fully their own.
  • dembrane, Netherlands: dembrane provides tools to analyze and make sense of large-scale conversations. ChatGPT meets transcription software, but multiplayer and built for democracy.
  • FLOW by VOMATEC, Germany: VOMATEC provides FLOW, a web-based management software for fire departments of any size with a streamlined UI, domain driven design and numerous integrations.
  • QuorumInsight, United Kingdom: Aggregate and analyse transcripts from Local Authorities. Know what councils are planning before they procure — and build the relationships that win contracts.
  • Office Automate, Netherlands: An intuitive no-code multilingual template generator for (local)government organisations. We emphasize a privacy-first architecture and data sovereignty. We provide deep integrations with government focused task systems providing seamless document generation from your existing workflows.
  • Brubru, Belgium: AI-powered strategic advocacy assistant for EU policy professionals to analyze legislation, draft amendments, and navigate institutional processes.
  • Newmips, France: Specialist in custom software development and creator of open source business solutions to support the digital transformation of companies. Most popular solutions are the following: ANITO - Software for registering individuals, social support and integration ARIANE - Wastewater management for local authorities PROCURAGENTS - Call tender management powered by AI
  • digitale-verwaltung.org, Switzerland: Digitale-Verwaltung.org is a free knowledge and working platform for German-speaking public administrations in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, offering a curated library of practical AI prompts plus a wiki on responsible AI use, data protection, and administrative context. Anyone can register to create, share, and reuse prompts with the community.
  • Sparkpark AS, Norway: Sparkpark builds neutral parking infrastructure for micromobility, enabling precise trip-end verification for cities and operators.
  • Thoughtful Oasis, Netherlands: Thoughtful Oasis develops specialized search engines focusing on ontological vector databases for interpretable and auditable Retrieval Augmented Generation.
  • ONTOMANTICS, France: Since 2006, Ontomantics publishes a sovereign development platform integrating generative AI, enabling the creation of innovative and customized solutions
  • Pedale, Romania: Digital platform designed to accelerate adoption of cycling by connecting cyclists, public authorities, businesses, and civil society through a single ecosystem
  • Clappform, Netherlands: Clappform provides an AI-driven data platform that integrates data and governance to help organizations make data-driven decisions for a sustainable world.
  • Connecting Software KG, Austria: Software for Cybersecurity and Comliance. BCP, Data Soverignty, Data integrity. Middle ware and applications in the ecosystems of Microsoft, Google and Salesforce. Can guarantee that data was not manipulated in SaaS hosted environments.
  • headwAI, Austria: headwAI provides enterprise-grade AI solutions deployed on-premises or via secure European hosting, ensuring full control and infrastructure alignment for businesses.
  • IVICOS, Germany: IVICOS provides CAMPUS, a secure, GDPR-compliant virtual office software designed for hybrid teams to collaborate effectively in a human-centric digital workspace.
  • Sitevision AB, Sweden: Sitevision provides a user-friendly Content Management System (CMS) for websites and intranets, focusing on seamless digital communication.
  • Identum AS, Norway: Identum provides a cloud-based Identity and Access Management (IAM) platform designed to automate user lifecycle management and integrate IT systems.
  • TYPO3 GmbH, Germany: TYPO3 is an open source enterprise content management system, built with open web standards. It delivers high-performance digital solutions through a robust feature set renowned for its scalable architecture, multisite and multilingual capabilities, and connectivity. TYPO3 has been certified as a digital public good by the Digital Public Goods Alliance.