What Seed EM does

Seed EM is a Colombian digital agency and managed services provider specializing in Drupal-based web platforms, founded in 2007 and headquartered in Bogotá with a regional office in Coconut Creek, Florida. The company delivers custom Drupal design, development, and migration services for enterprise, government, education, and international organization clients, complemented by a proprietary AWS-based hosting platform called SeedCloud Hosting, a managed Drupal-as-a-Service (DaaS) offering with integrated AI tools, and a subscription-based Website-as-a-Service (WaaS) targeting small and medium businesses. Notable customers include Grupo Éxito, UNESCO, Tigo Colombia, Totto, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana de Cali, and Politécnico Grancolombiano, served primarily across Colombia, LATAM, and the United States.

Seed EM's technology stack is built around headless/API-first Drupal architecture using PHP, Python, and Symfony, with frontend-agnostic delivery across React, Next.js, Vue.js, Angular, and Svelte, supported by GraphQL and REST APIs. The company holds the only Drupal Diamond Certified Partner credential in Latin America, is a Drupal AI Gold Sponsor, and is certified to implement across five infrastructure platforms: pure Drupal, Acquia, Pantheon, Amazee.io, and its own SeedCloud. In 2026 it launched Answer Engine Optimization (AEO), a service that optimizes brand presence for citation by AI answer engines (ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude, Copilot), and operates a Preferred Partner LATAM relationship with Querri for agentic AI data analytics.

Revenue is generated through a mix of project-based professional services (custom Drupal development, AEO engagements), recurring subscription contracts (SeedCloud hosting, DaaS, WaaS, and SLA retainers), and channel-driven referrals from infrastructure and technology partners including AWS, Acquia, Pantheon, Amazee.io, and Ibexa. The go-to-market combines consultative enterprise field sales for large organizations with website-driven inbound and an inside-sales layer for SMB WaaS subscriptions.

Name

Seed EM

Legal name

Seed EM SAS

Website

https://seedem.co

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Seed EM is a Colombian Drupal-focused digital agency delivering custom web platforms, proprietary SeedCloud hosting, and subscription products (DaaS, WaaS, AEO) to enterprise, government, and SMB clients across LATAM and the US. As the only Drupal Diamond Certified Partner in Latin America, it pairs headless architecture with emerging AI services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Bogotá

HQ country

Colombia

HQ region

Latin America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Drupal Development & Professional Services: Custom Drupal design, development, and implementation engagements for enterprise clients. Projects include portal redesigns, migrations, headless implementations, and complex integrations. Revenue is project-based, typically large enterprise contracts.
2. SeedCloud Specialized Drupal Hosting: Proprietary managed hosting service exclusively for Drupal, built on AWS. Offers 99.9% uptime SLA, 24/7 Spanish support, SSL, managed security, and auto-scaling. Generates recurring revenue from hosting subscriptions.
3. Drupal as a Service (DaaS): Managed Drupal platform bundled with AI capabilities, multi-cloud management, and continuous updates. Subscription-based model with transparent pricing.
4. Website as a Service (WaaS): Monthly subscription model bundling professional web design, hosting, maintenance, content production, SEO, AEO, and an expert digital consultant (external CTO) for SMBs. Fixed monthly price with no surprise charges. Targets MiPyMEs needing a complete digital department without hiring in-house.
5. Support, Maintenance & SLA Contracts: Ongoing technical support, security updates, automated backups, 24/7 monitoring, and SLA-guaranteed maintenance for Drupal platforms. Recurring revenue from retainer-style contracts.
6. AEO — Answer Engine Optimization Services: Specialized AI visibility optimization service including presence audits, structured content creation for LLMs, authority-building campaigns, and monthly Share of Answer measurement reporting. Revenue from service/project engagements.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Seed EM is a Colombian digital agency providing end-to-end Drupal-based web design, development, and digital transformation services. It delivers custom Drupal implementations, headless/API-first architectures, proprietary SeedCloud managed hosting on AWS, Drupal as a Service (DaaS), Website as a Service (WaaS) subscriptions for SMBs, ongoing support and maintenance, and Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) services for visibility in AI-powered search engines.

Product overview

Seed EM operates as a Drupal-focused digital agency and managed services provider offering a portfolio of distinct products and services built on and around the Drupal open-source CMS. The core offering spans three layers: (1) Drupal development and customization — the primary service, with Seed EM holding the only Drupal Diamond Partner certification in Latin America; (2) SeedCloud Hosting — the company's proprietary hosting infrastructure built on AWS, offering 99.9% SLA, 24/7 Spanish-language support, and managed Drupal environments, which competes with commercial platforms like Acquia and Pantheon; and (3) Drupal as a Service (DaaS) — a managed Drupal platform bundled with integrated AI tools, multi-cloud management, transparent pricing, and always-updated core. Additional named products include Website as a Service (WaaS) — a subscription-based complete digital department for SMBs combining web design, hosting, maintenance, content, SEO, AEO, and an external CTO consultant; and Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) — a 2026 service optimizing brands for citation by AI chatbots (ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude, Copilot). Seed EM also resells and implements Ibexa DXP as an official LATAM partner. The company's technology stack uses headless/API-first architecture with frontend-agnostic delivery (React, Next.js, Angular, Vue, Nuxt, Svelte, Node.js, GraphQL, TypeScript, Vite, Tailwind CSS, REST), and integrates AI via Querri (Preferred Partner) for agentic data analysis. The ecosystem includes partnerships with Acquia, Pantheon, and Amazee.io for infrastructure options.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SeedCloud: Specialized Drupal hosting service with 99.9% uptime, free SSL, and 24/7 Spanish technical support, built on AWS infrastructure
• Website as a Service (WaaS)
• Drupal as a Service (DaaS)
• AEO (Answer Engine Optimization)
• Querri

Products and services

• SeedCloud Hosting Seed EM's proprietary specialized hosting infrastructure for Drupal, built on AWS with 99.9% uptime SLA, free SSL, 24/7 technical support in Spanish, managed security, and auto-scaling. Positioned as the regional alternative to Acquia for organizations in Colombia and LATAM seeking enterprise infrastructure without additional license costs.
• Drupal as a Service (DaaS) Managed Drupal platform with integrated AI tools, multi-cloud management, transparent pricing, and continuous core updates. Targets organizations wanting a fully managed Drupal environment with embedded AI capabilities for automation, personalization, and content generation.
• Website as a Service (WaaS) Monthly subscription offering for SMBs that bundles professional Drupal web design, high-speed hosting, automatic maintenance and security, content production, SEO strategy, AEO positioning for AI engines, and an expert digital consultant (external CTO) in a single monthly price with no long-term contracts.
• Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) Service that optimizes brands to be cited by AI-powered answer engines (ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Perplexity, Claude, Microsoft Copilot). Includes AI presence audits with Share of Answer measurement, structured content creation for LLMs (Schema.org markup), authority signal building in reference sources, and monthly reporting dashboards.
• Drupal Development & Professional Services Custom Drupal design, development, and implementation engagements for enterprise and government clients. Projects include portal redesigns, migrations to Drupal 10, headless implementations, multi-site governance setups, and complex integrations with SAP, CRM, payment gateways, and telecom cores.
• Support, Maintenance & SLA Contracts Ongoing technical support, security updates, automated backups, 24/7 monitoring, and SLA-guaranteed maintenance for Drupal platforms. Generates recurring revenue from retainer-style contracts.

Quantifiable outcome

• Grupo Éxito corporate portal: 200% increase in web traffic, 85% improvement in navigation, 60% reduction in bounce rate
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

AI capability6 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• Drupal AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSeed EM is a Supporting Partner and Diamond Certified Partner of Drupal Association. Active contributor to Drupal core code, audited projects, and global community. Founders of Drupal Colombia community. Also Drupal AI Gold Sponsor. The partnership is foundational to Seed EM's identity and technical credibility in the Drupal ecosystem.
• AWS (Amazon Web Services)coreTechnology or IntegrationSeed EM's proprietary SeedCloud hosting infrastructure is built on AWS. AWS partner status enables robust, scalable, and reliable Drupal platforms for enterprise clients with enterprise-grade cloud infrastructure.
• AcquiacoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerSeed EM has Acquia-certified developers and implements, migrates, optimizes, and supports projects on the Acquia platform. Can work on clients' existing Acquia installations. Listed in Acquia's partner directory.
• PantheoncoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerSeed EM has certified developers on Pantheon and is listed in Pantheon's agency directory (directory.pantheon.io/agencies/seed-em). Implements Drupal projects on Pantheon's WebOps platform.
• Amazee.iocoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerSeed EM has certified developers on Amazee.io and is listed as an agency partner on amazee.io/our-partners. Implements Kubernetes-based managed cloud Drupal projects.
• IbexamajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOfficial Ibexa Partner for LATAM. Seed EM implements Ibexa DXP, Headless CMS, and marketing orchestration solutions for enterprise clients. Listed as official Ibexa partner on the website with Ibexa DXP logo displayed.
• QuerrimajorTechnology or IntegrationQuerri is Seed EM's Preferred Partner for LATAM in AI Data Analytics. Querri's agentic AI platform for connecting, cleaning, and analyzing data is offered as an integrated capability within Seed EM's service ecosystem. Listed as 'Querri · AI Data Analyst' partner on the website.

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Acquia: Acquia is the largest commercial Drupal platform and a Seed EM partner that also offers implementation services. Seed EM sells SeedCloud as a regional alternative to Acquia Cloud and runs certified developers on Acquia — making them both collaborators and direct competitors in LATAM.
• Pantheon: Pantheon is a leading WebOps platform for Drupal and WordPress with a global agency partner program. Seed EM is listed in Pantheon's agency directory and runs certified developers, while also competing as an alternative infrastructure option alongside SeedCloud.
• Lullabot: Lullabot is one of the most prominent US-based Drupal agencies, providing enterprise strategy, design, and development. Both firms compete for complex Drupal engagements and share the same Drupal Diamond-tier partner positioning, making them close comparable peers.
• Chapter Three: Chapter Three is a US-based digital agency specializing in Drupal design, development, and support for publishers and enterprises. Overlapping service portfolio (enterprise Drupal builds, support retainers, hosting partnerships) makes it a direct comparable in the agency layer of the Drupal ecosystem.
• Amazee.io: Amazee.io provides Kubernetes-based managed open-source hosting (Drupal, Next.js) with a global agency partner network. Seed EM is a certified Amazee.io partner and runs projects on its platform — making them a hosting-vendor partner and infrastructure alternative to SeedCloud.
• Tag1 Consulting: Tag1 Consulting is a US-based Drupal and open-source performance firm serving enterprise clients with complex infrastructure and scaling needs. Comparable in enterprise focus, Drupal Diamond-tier credentials, and performance engineering capabilities.
• PreviousNext: PreviousNext is an Australia-based Drupal agency with strong enterprise and government credentials. Similar positioning to Seed EM as a regional Drupal specialist with managed support offerings and headless architecture capabilities.

Regional players

• CI&T: CI&T is a large Brazilian digital transformation and software engineering firm serving enterprise clients across LATAM and the US. Comparable as a regional LATAM digital agency competing for enterprise transformation deals, though broader in technology stack than Drupal-only.

Broad incumbents

• Globant: Globant is a global digital transformation consultancy with major LATAM presence. Competes for enterprise digital platform engagements against Seed EM at the high end of the deal-size spectrum, but operates at much larger scale across multiple technology stacks.

Others

• Drupal Association: The Drupal Association is the non-profit foundation supporting the Drupal project and partner program. Not a competitor, but it governs Seed EM's Diamond Partner status and generates referral flows — making it a critical ecosystem counterpart.

Market position

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/seedem

Compliance1 record

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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