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6 May – 8 Oct 2026

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Strategic Commercialization, Financial Modeling, and LCA Partner for Eureka Lightweighting Consortia

Assist. Innovation Manager at GND Partners

Kaunas, Lithuania

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GND Partners is a sustainability investment and innovation management firm based in Lithuania, with a European-wide presence. As the 2026 Eureka Lightweighting Call targets the creation of innovative and marketable solutions, we offer our specialized expertise to join consortia as a strategic partner managing horizontal business, financial, and sustainability tasks.

We bring proven experience from international R&D frameworks (such as Horizon Europe and Eurostars) and specialize in the following core areas to guarantee the market deployment of lightweight innovations:

  • Business Exploitation & Market Entry Strategy: Bridging the gap between lightweighting engineering and commercial viability, designing circular business models, and mapping value-chain integration.

  • Financial Engineering & Business Modeling: Creating robust financial forecasting, cost-benefit analyses for advanced materials substitution, and investment readiness plans.

  • Sustainability & Life Cycle Assessment (LCA): Leading LCA and Carbon Accounting to quantify the ecological footprint reduction of lightweight components compared to conventional baselines (steel/aluminium).

  • IPR Management & Innovation Coordination: Ensuring secure intellectual property frameworks and smooth management within multi-partner international consortia.

Our Unique Asset – The GND1 Platform: Through our operational digital ecosystem, the GND1 Platform, we connect over 2,000+ SMEs, 1,000+ experts, and sustainable investors across Europe. This allows us to guarantee rapid market validation, widespread dissemination, and immediate scalability for newly developed lightweight products.

We are highly open to joining pre-built core teams consisting of OEMs, material suppliers, and research centers to finalize a winning Eureka proposal. Let's connect!

Stage

  • Drafting - writing the project proposal

Topic

  • Other

Type

  • Expertise offered

Organisation

GND Partners

Company (SME)

Kaunas, Lithuania

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