The Canvas Group

What The Canvas Group does

The Canvas Group is a Chilean boutique management consulting firm founded in 2012 and headquartered in Las Condes, Santiago. The firm delivers bespoke advisory engagements to large enterprises and institutions across four practice areas: Innovation, Strategy, Organizational Transformation, and Artificial Intelligence. Its flagship methodology is the proprietary "Flow Development System," which integrates innovation, strategy, and organizational transformation into a single engagement framework, supported by a published three-stage AI Transformation Framework (Efficiency/Productivity → Quality/Better Results → Business Transformation) and licensed diagnostic tools including Human Synergistics (OCI/OEI), Leadership Circle Profile (LCP), Collective Leadership Assessment (CLA), and Prosci change management.

The firm monetizes exclusively through professional services, with no software product, marketplace, or reseller channel. Engagements are quote-based, co-designed with clients, and delivered as workshops, facilitation, coaching, and ongoing advisory, primarily through a sales-led, relationship-driven GTM via the firm's website contact form. Documented clients include Banco Santander, Banco Estado, Vida Security, Laboratorios SAVAL, Viña Concha y Toro, Grupo Kaufmann, Engie, Mallplaza, DHL, SONDA, Fundación Luksic, Universidad de Chile, and América Solidaria, spanning banking, insurance, pharma, retail, F&B, energy, logistics, construction, education, and philanthropy across Chile and Latin America.

The Canvas Group expanded internationally for the first time with a Mexico City office in 2024 and has extended its offering with a dedicated AI service line (AI Strategy, AI Laboratory, AI/Prompt Engineering Workshops). The senior team is small and credentialed from top Chilean institutions (Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile), with cross-disciplinary expertise in industrial engineering, organizational psychology, design, and innovation. The firm remains privately held with no disclosed external funding.

Name

The Canvas Group

Legal name

The Canvas Group

Website

https://canvasgroup.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Canvas Group is a Chilean boutique consulting firm that helps large enterprises and institutions design and execute innovation, strategy, organizational transformation, and AI adoption engagements, primarily across Chile and Latin America.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Management Consulting Services

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Other Management Consulting Services (541618)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Organization Design & Operating Model Consulting (BPAHAGAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Operations & Process Improvement Consulting (BPAHACAB), Change Management & Transformation Consulting (BPAHAGAC), Data, Analytics & AI Consulting (BPAHAEAF)

Keywords

• Innovation management consulting
• Strategy consulting
• Organizational transformation
• AI strategy advisory
• Business agility consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Santiago

HQ country

Chile

HQ region

Latin America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Consulting Services: The company generates revenue through bespoke consulting and advisory engagements across four service areas: Innovation, Strategy, Organizational Transformation, and Artificial Intelligence. Each engagement is tailored to the client's needs and delivered through workshops, facilitation, coaching, and ongoing advisory.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Canvas Group is a management consulting firm that helps large organizations reinvent themselves by integrating innovation, strategy, organizational transformation, and AI through its proprietary Flow Development System. It sells diagnostic engagements, advisory mandates, transformation programs, and training academies to corporate clients across Latin America. The firm's portfolio spans AI strategy and laboratory work, leadership and cultural diagnostics, change management, business agility, and sales systematics.

Product overview

The Canvas Group is an innovation and strategy consulting firm offering a portfolio of interconnected consulting services. The core offerings include Innovation Consulting, Strategy Consulting, and Organizational Transformation, supported by specialized AI services (AI Strategy, AI Laboratory, and AI/Prompt Engineering Workshops). Within Organizational Transformation, they provide assessment methodologies including Human Synergistics Cultural Diagnosis, Collective Leadership Assessment (CLA), Leadership Circle Profile (LCP), and Prosci Change Management, alongside training programs like the Leadership Academy and Sales Academy. The firm also delivers Business Agility services using methodologies such as OKR, Design Thinking, Scrum, Kanban, and Lean Startup. All services are delivered through a consulting engagement model rather than as a software product.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Strategy Consulting (Consultoría de Estrategia)
• Innovation Consulting (Consultoría de Innovación)
• AI Strategy (Estrategia de IA)
• AI Laboratory (Laboratorio de IA)
• AI Workshops and Prompt Engineering (Talleres de IA y Prompt Engineering)
• Cultural Diagnostic (Diagnóstico Cultural - Human Synergistics)
• Leadership Team Effectiveness Diagnostic - CLA (Diagnóstico de Efectividad de Liderazgo - Grupal)
• Individual Leadership Effectiveness Diagnostic - LCP (Diagnóstico de Efectividad de Liderazgo - Individual)
• Change Management (Gestión del Cambio - Prosci)
• Leadership Academy (Academia de Liderazgo)
• Business Agility Consulting
• Sales Systematics Academy (Sistemática Comercial - Academia de Ventas)

Quantifiable outcome

• Improved new product development timelines for Laboratorios SAVAL in the first year of applying Business Agility methodology
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers24 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability6 records

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• OpenClawminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOpenClaw is referenced as a project led by Marcelo Vásquez, Socio Fundador of The Canvas Group. OpenClaw is an initiative accelerating AI agent adoption. The nature of the relationship suggests co-development or thought leadership collaboration in the AI agents space, with The Canvas Group contributing expertise in AI strategy and adoption.
• OpenBeauchef (Universidad de Chile Aceleradora)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOpenBeauchef is the technology accelerator of the School of Engineering at Universidad de Chile. The Canvas Group partnered with OpenBeauchef and SONDA to run an open innovation program for urban mobility and safety challenges in Santiago. The program included a national call reaching over 1 million views, national media coverage, and resulted in 6 projects receiving CORFO funding.
• SONDAminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSONDA partnered with The Canvas Group and OpenBeauchef to run an open innovation program for urban mobility and safety challenges. SONDA provided investment and business development opportunities for the selected startups, with The Canvas Group providing methodology and facilitation.
• Human SynergisticsminorOthersThe Canvas Group uses the Human Synergistics methodology (OCI and OEI instruments) for cultural diagnosis in organizational transformation engagements. This is a methodological partnership through licensed use of diagnostic tools.
• Leadership CircleminorOthersThe Canvas Group uses the Leadership Circle Profile (LCP) tool for individual leadership effectiveness assessment. Consultants at The Canvas Group are certified in the use of this tool for transformation engagements.
• ProsciminorOthersThe Canvas Group uses the Prosci methodology for change management in organizational transformation projects, providing a structured approach to preparing, equipping, and supporting people leading change.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• McKinsey & Company: Global management consulting leader with deep LatAm presence serving the same enterprise clients (banks, insurers, energy majors, conglomerates) as Canvas Group on strategy, organizational transformation, and now AI. Comparable in offering scope but at massively greater scale and brand pull.
• Boston Consulting Group: Global strategy consultancy with strong innovation and transformation practices (BCG X, BCG Platinion) directly competing for the same C-suite mandates in LatAm. Overlaps heavily on organizational design, AI strategy, and innovation capability building.
• Bain & Company: Global strategy consultancy serving financial services, consumer products, and energy clients that overlap with Canvas Group's roster (Santander, Concha y Toro, ENGIE). Strong on operating model and organizational performance improvement.
• Accenture: Global professional services firm with a sizable Strategy & Consulting practice and major investments in AI/ generative AI advisory. Competes with Canvas Group for transformation mandates and has significantly larger LatAm delivery capacity.
• Deloitte: Big Four global consultancy with deep presence in Chile and Latin America serving the same enterprise segments (banking, insurance, energy, public sector). Offers strategy, human capital, and AI transformation services directly comparable to Canvas Group's portfolio.
• EY-Parthenon: Strategy consulting arm of EY competing for corporate strategy, transformation, and AI mandates across LatAm. Comparable in serving large enterprises on operating model and growth strategy, with the backing of a Big Four platform.
• Kearney: Global strategy and operations consultancy with strong LatAm footprint, particularly relevant in operations excellence, procurement, and organizational transformation — overlapping with Canvas Group's Business Agility and process improvement offerings.

Direct peers

• Implement Consulting Group: Nordic-origin boutique strategy and transformation consultancy with a similar integrated approach (strategy, transformation, change management, digital) and a track record of cross-border expansion from a small home market. Closely comparable in scale, methodology stack, and boutique positioning.
• Board of Innovation: Global boutique innovation consultancy combining strategy, innovation capability building, and corporate transformation — overlapping directly with Canvas Group's Innovation and Strategy pillars. Comparable in serving multinational clients with bespoke engagements.
• Livework: European-headquartered service design and innovation consultancy with multi-country presence. Comparable as a boutique firm focused on innovation capability, business model design, and organizational transformation for enterprise clients.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/CanvasGroupInnovation
• LinkedIncl.linkedin.com/company/canvasgroup
• Instagraminstagram.com/the.canvas.group

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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