EU Proposal Writing
I. Funding Pillar
Horizon Europe Proposal Writing
Redesign your technology, enhance its scalability, and bring "Exponential Impact" in the eyes of EU funding program evaluators.
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4D Consulting Kft. · Hungary
We are 4D Consulting Kft.,
We are 4D Consulting Kft.,
a boutique Horizon Europe consultancy for exponential innovations.
Secure your funding through futureproof innovation design. Led by Roland Zonai — former EU funding evaluator and EIC business coach.
Some deeptech startups we coached
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About
Led by Roland Zonai
Enhance the business models around your radical idea.
Roland redesigns your scalability and impact to be appealing to your future investors. He combines experience from all sides of the table — as a former EU funding evaluator, European Innovation Council business coach, innovation ecosystem builder, and entrepreneur — into a sparkling cocktail of insight that delivers futureproof business models and long-term impact.
He helps de-risk your solution by redesigning its delivery to the market — upgrading strategies with winning patterns aggregated from evaluating 22,000 pages of business plans as a Horizon Europe expert evaluator.
- Horizon Europe expert evaluator
- EIC certified business coach
- Deeptech innovation strategist
- Future-foresight practitioner
Track Record
Apply winning business models from 100+ deeptech sub-sectors
Roland helps de-risk your solution by redesigning its delivery to the market. Upgrade your strategy with winning business patterns aggregated from evaluating 22,000 pages of business plans during years as a Horizon Europe expert funding evaluator.
100+
Applications evaluated under Horizon Europe funding programs.
€100M+
Total funding request of projects where Roland decided on EU funding allocation.
20+
Deeptech innovations coached with the official EIC methodology.
4.81/5
Business development impact for coached SMEs through refined business models.
4.97/5
Empowerment of coached SMEs for addressing their own challenges.
* Detailed Horizon Europe coaching performance indicators available on the official European Innovation Council Coach Profile.
Services
360° Innovation Consulting
Three interlocking pillars — funding, technology, business — designed to redesign your delivery to market and increase your fundraising success.
EIC Innovation Coaching
II. Technology Pillar
EIC* Innovation Coaching & Exponential Impact Creation
Redesign the technical aspects of your innovation through coaching that follows the official European Innovation Council methodology.
Coaching →Business Strategy
III. Business Pillar
Business Strategy Design & Future Foresight
Understand current and future markets and develop a complex market-access strategy based on the EIC market-penetration model.
Business Dev →Process
A staged path from idea to early-stage launch
Engagements map to TRL stages — from ideation and prototyping to market launch and early post-launch operations.
TRL 1–3
Ideation & Prototyping
TRL 4–7
Prototype Validation
TRL 8–9
Market Launch
TRL 9
Early Post Launch
Coaching focusInnovation Concept Design
Coaching focusExponential Innovation Design
Coaching focusScalable Platform Architecture Design
Impact
Experience a different kind of impact creation
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via Proposal Writing
- Insider experience Insights from Roland's hands-on experience with winning multi-million euro Horizon Europe applications.
- Design thinking with the eyes of the EU We don't just convert your business plan into the EU format — we redesign your solution to be aligned with EU values and increase your fundraising success.
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via Innovation Coaching
- Certified innovation coaching Redesign the technical aspects of your innovation through a coaching process that follows the official European Innovation Council methodology.
- Exponential technology scoring Evaluate your technology through a proprietary scoring method built from 100+ Horizon Europe applications.
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via Business Development
- Design thinking with winning business models Apply out-of-the-box business models and recombine strategies of successful Horizon EU projects. We identify weaknesses, offer cross-sectoral strategies, and enhance market access.
- Innovation radar for futureproof models Unlike traditional consultants, we don't only analyze market trends — we also create a tailored innovation radar.
My Clients said
Voices from the deeptech field
Roland's approach is like a cheat sheet for proposal writing. Roland has seen hundreds of others responding to similar questions and knows what makes a good answer versus a bad one. This proposal writing saved us 50% of the time.
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Aron RachamimPresident & COO · Senzo, Inc.
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Let's Craft Your DeepBusiness™ Approach
Start your funding journey by forging a path to fuel your radical idea. Schedule a free call to understand how we can customize the DeepBusiness™ approach to your innovation.
Bridging DeepTech with DeepBusiness™.
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