We turn ideas into measurable impact — for cities, universities, NGOs & tech companies.
C-NAPSE is a Lisbon-based innovation consultancy. We help public institutions secure European funding and run complex projects, and we help private companies deploy AI and data-driven growth strategies. Outcomes you can measure — that’s how we spark ideas.
Whatever your sector, we work from evidence to impact
We bring the same discipline to a municipal smart-city programme and to an app-marketplace growth engine: clear objectives, measurable KPIs, and delivery you can trust.
Funding, projects & public innovation
For municipalities, universities, research centres and NGOs navigating Europe’s funding and innovation landscape.
- EU Funding & Proposal Support (Horizon Europe, ESIF, LIFE, Interreg)
- Smart Cities & Urban Innovation
- Sustainability & Green Transition
- Capacity Building & Stakeholder Engagement
- Project & Consortium Management
AI, AdTech & data-driven growth
For scale-ups and technology companies that want to move faster with AI and measure what matters.
- AI Transformation & Agentic Workflow Design (Claude, GPT, Gemini, n8n)
- AdTech & Programmatic Strategy (MMP, RTB, DSP, DMP)
- Tracking & Attribution Frameworks (SKAdNetwork, first-party data)
- Metrics-Driven Strategy (OKRs, KPI design, growth)
- Digital Transformation Roadmaps
Lean by design. Senior by default. Amplified by AI.
The economics of expertise are shifting. A small, senior team equipped with agentic AI now delivers what once required a much larger firm — faster, with less overhead, and with the people who scope the work also doing it. We run C-NAPSE on the very workflows we build for our clients.
We build your AI leverage
Agentic workflows with Claude, GPT and n8n that automate the manual load — so your team’s expertise scales instead of its headcount.
Senior access, lower overhead
No layers, no hand-offs. You work directly with principals — typically at a fraction of a traditional consultancy’s cost and timeline.
Rigour, not hype
AI amplifies our method; it doesn’t replace it. Every recommendation stays grounded in evidence and reviewed by a human expert.
Six ways we create value
Each engagement is scoped around the result you need — not billable hours.
EU Funding & Proposals
End-to-end Horizon Europe, structural funds, partner search, proposal writing and grant management — for organisations that can’t afford a rejected bid.
AI Transformation
We design and deploy agentic workflows with Claude, GPT and n8n that remove manual work and compound over time.
AdTech & Programmatic
MMP implementation, RTB/DSP/DMP strategy and attribution frameworks built to survive a privacy-first world.
Strategic Consulting
Innovation strategy, OKR and KPI design, and organisational transformation grounded in evidence.
Project Management
End-to-end coordination, consortium management, and risk & quality control for multi-partner projects.
Capacity Building
Workshops, co-creation and knowledge transfer that leave your team more capable than we found it.
European funding, from first idea to signed grant agreement
Few Portuguese consultancies offer genuine end-to-end Horizon Europe and structural-fund support. We help you find the right call, build the consortium, write a competitive proposal, and manage the project once it’s funded.
Discuss your next callTrusted by Portuguese technology leaders
A snapshot of what evidence-led consulting looks like in the private sector.
Scaling growth for one of the world’s largest independent Android marketplaces
We partnered with Aptoide (500M+ users) on mobile measurement, programmatic strategy and agentic AI workflows — pairing AdTech depth with automation that frees the team to focus on strategy.
Read the case studyFounded in 2018 to connect technology, innovation and impact
We started C-NAPSE with a simple conviction: good ideas deserve rigorous execution. Based in Lisbon and working across Europe, we bridge the public and private worlds — bringing the discipline of funded research to fast-moving companies, and the energy of tech to institutions.
We stay deliberately small and senior, so the people you meet are the people who do the work. We’re proud of what we do, and honest about what we don’t — every recommendation is one we’d act on ourselves.
Who we work with
Have an idea worth funding — or a metric worth moving?
Tell us what you’re working on. We’ll tell you, honestly, how we can help.