Astragy Corporate Backgrounder
History
Astragy is a privately held software company based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The company was founded in 2004 by experts in business consulting and information technology who firmly believe that information management will be the deciding factor in corporate competition in the future. Based on this conviction the Astragy technology and methodology supports customers in winning their competitive battles.
Vision and Mission
Five years from now, managers will make twice as many decisions, in half the time, based on twenty times more information than today. Through Astragy, companies are ready to face this challenge. Astragy enables organizations to save time and money and get ahead of competition.
Astragy's focus is on building and expanding the leading intelligence platform that enables customers to achieve a leading position in their markets. Astragy applications are powerful, reliable and adaptive to user demands. Astragy works in close cooperation with customers and industry experts in the design and implementation of products and services in order to maintain her own lead.
Philosophy
Astragy believes in being open and available to customers and partners. Astragy actively cooperates with them and encourages an atmosphere of open communication and information exchange. The company aims to add value by connecting and introducing partners and customers.
In order to remain leading in the market Astragy heavily invests in research and development in cooperation with customers and leading industry experts. In this way Astragy is able to create new products and methodologies that are beyond the markets current scope and expectations. For this purpose the company regularly assembles 'expert panels'. These teams of customers, experts and employees discuss current and future needs and directly stimulate improvements and new applications of our products.
Technology
Astragy develops and markets the leading platform for strategic and competitive intelligence. The application facilitates the collection, analysis and distribution of competitor information. It features numerous drill-down options that make it a practical tool for analysts, marketers and strategists.
Astragy supports all steps in the intelligence process:
- Help analysts identify needs
- Automatically collect competitor data from internal and external sources
- Structure the data and automatically place it in context
- Prepare data for analysis by experts
- Distribute information on demand to users and user groups
Astragy saves time and money and increases the return on investment in competitive intelligence.
Financial
Astragy has been privately funded and operations have been profitable since its inception. In order to finance the rapid growth and international expansion of the company, Astragy has attracted venture capital funding from Henq Innovatie Fonds 1 in 2007.
Customer base
The advanced user centric technology coupled with best-in-class support and customer interaction, has attracted customers from a wide variety of industries and regions. Organizations in virtually every segment and in multiple countries have placed their confidence in Astragy as leading strategic intelligence platform. Customers include companies such as Grundfos (pump manufacturing), Friesland Foods (dairy products), DSM (chemicals and pharmaceuticals), Kas Bank (corporate finance) and many more.
Address
Astragy B.V.
P.O. Box 94159
1090 GD Amsterdam
The Netherlands
