Type Private | Industry Information Services Area served Worldwide | |
Key people Max Cartellieri and Andrew Heath, Co-Founders and Managing Directors Services Expert network;Primary research | ||
AlphaSights is an information services company, specialising in connecting clients with experts.
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The company's clients include professionals operating in investment management, private equity, corporates and professional services firms with interests in a range of markets including technology, industrials, consumer goods, telecommunications, utilities, financials, healthcare, consumer services, basic materials, and oil and gas. AlphaSights is headquartered in London and has offices in New York, Dubai, Hong Kong, San Francisco, Shanghai and Seoul.
The company has been mentioned or covered in various media outlets including The Sunday Times, The Telegraph, The Guardian, Business Insider, and The Mirror.
Founders
The company was founded in 2008 and incorporated in 2009 in London by Max Cartellieri and Andrew Heath. They met at Stanford Business School in California, and before founding AlphaSights, each founded businesses of their own. Cartellieri co-founded Ciao AG, a leading European price comparison website, ultimately acquired by Microsoft (MSFT). Heath co-founded GoIndustry, an online marketplace that trades surplus industrial goods all over Europe, now part of GoIndustry DoveBid.
Growth and expansion
AlphaSights opened its second office in New York City and third office in Hong Kong in 2011 before opening further offices in Dubai in 2013, San Francisco in 2015 and Seoul in 2016. In 2013, the company was named the third fastest-growing company headquartered in the UK by The Sunday Times Fast Track 100 and has appeared on the list every year since, placing 11th in 2014 and 21st in 2015.
Knowledge for Good (KfG)
In 2014, AlphaSights launched the ‘Knowledge for Good’ initiative which enables not-for-profit organizations to access the AlphaSights service for free. Organisations such as Acumen, Ashoka, CDC Group and the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) are known to have worked with AlphaSights through this program.