AlphaSights
Private | |
Industry | Information Services |
Headquarters | London, United Kingdom |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Max Cartellieri and Andrew Heath, co-founders and managing directors |
Services |
Expert network; Primary research |
Number of employees | 300+ |
Website |
www |
AlphaSights is an information services company, specialising in connecting clients with experts.[1][2]
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.[3] AlphaSights is headquartered in London and has offices in New York,[4] Dubai, Hong Kong, San Francisco, and Seoul.
The company has been mentioned or covered in various media outlets including The Sunday Times, The Telegraph,[5] 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).[6] Heath co-founded GoIndustry,[7] 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.[8]
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,[9] Ashoka, CDC Group and the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) are known to have worked with AlphaSights through this program.
Recognition
- Named among the fastest-growing companies headquartered in the UK by The Sunday Times - 2013, 2014, 2015[10]
- Ranked #11 on Glassdoor.com's "Best Companies to Work For" (Small/Medium category) - 2014[11]
- Ranked #13 on Crain's New York Businesses' "Fastest Growing Companies in New York" list - 2014[12]
- Named a Silver winner in the Company of the Year (Medium) category for the Best in Biz Awards - 2014[13]
- Listed on Crain's New York Businesses' "Best Places to Work in New York City" - 2014[14]
- Named one of the "Best Companies to Work for in New York State" by The New York State Society for Human Resource Management (NYS-SHRM) - 2014[15]
References
- ↑ "Wall Street's secretive 'expert networks'" The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
- ↑ "List of Expert Networks" Business Insider. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
- ↑ "CBRE Brings on Jeff Fischer as a First Vice President in Manhattan Office" Commercial Observer. Retrieved 2016-02-29.
- ↑ "Latest tech lease a sign of the Times" Real Estate Weekly. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
- ↑ "Study abroad: the career benefits" The Telegraph. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
- ↑ "Microsoft accelerates pursuit of Google with $486m Ciao buyout" The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
- ↑ "Going, going gone! Online auctions take off" Computer Weekly. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
- ↑ "These are Britain's fastest-growing private companies" London Loves Business. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
- ↑ "ACUMEN PARTNERS WITH ALPHASIGHTS TO BETTER ACCESS GLOBAL EXPERTISE" Acumen. Retrieved 2016-02-29.
- ↑ "Sunday Times Virgin Fast Track 100" The Sunday Times. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
- ↑ "50 best companies to work for, according to employees" MarketWatch. Retrieved 2016-02-29.
- ↑ "2014 Fast 50" Crain's New York Business. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
- ↑ "2014 winners: Company categories" Best in Biz Awards. Retrieved 2016-02-29.
- ↑ "Crain's names 2014 Best Places to Work" Crain's New York Business. Retrieved 2016-02-29.
- ↑ "Winners of 2014 Best Companies to Work for in New York State Announced" NYS-SHRM. Retrieved 2016-02-29.
External links
- AlphaSights Official site