Industry Consulting Founded 2014 | Headquarters Berlin Number of employees 15 | |
Key people Dr. Christoph Hardt and Dr. Jan Schächtele Type Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung | ||
Comatch selfie video the freelancer platform for top management and industry experts
COMATCH is an online marketplace that connects companies of all sizes with independent business consultants and experts registered in their network for project-based work. COMATCH is based in Berlin, Germany, and acts besides the DACH-region in Benelux and Scandinavia.
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Description
Through the combination of an algorithm and a personal check, they "match" the most suitable consultant with the project's requirements. Most of the registered consultants worked for the big top tier consultancies like McKinsey, BCG or Roland Berger. Access to the platform is not available for everyone, but after the registration, an assessment based on the CV and personal interviews takes place. In the end only 50% are passing the quality assessment and will be accepted.
The registration and project request are free for consultants and clients, a cost of 15% of the daily rate only occur after successful matching for the client.
COMATCH's clients ranges from startups and small business to large enterprises including Zalando, Clariant and buw Consulting.
History
COMATCH GmbH was founded in October 2014 by the former McKinsey-consultants Dr. Christoph Hardt and Dr. Jan Schächtele with the support of Venture Capital Company Atlantic Labs (Christophe Maire). The startup launched its website in March 2015. Its services got expanded with a branch in Amsterdam in November 2015. Three months after entering the Dutch market, COMATCH has expanded into the Nordics.
In August 2015 COMATCH raised a six-figure sum in a seed round from Christophe Maires Atlantic Labs, b-to-v, a venture capital firm with hubs in St. Gallen and Berlin, and some Business Angels. The second round of funding was closed in June 2016. The round, estimated to be worth €4 million, was led by Munich-based Acton Capital Partners, and further included existing investors Atlantic Labs and b-to-v Partners.
Awards
In June 2015 COMATCH was introduced as the "startup of the week" in the German newspaper WirtschaftsWoche.