What Madisoft does

Madisoft S.p.A. is an Italian education-technology software house founded in 2013 by brothers Diego and Matteo Moretti, headquartered in Pollenza (Macerata province) with a fully remote engineering team distributed across Italy. The company builds and operates Nuvola, a multi-tenant SaaS platform that digitalizes the full operational scope of Italian public K-12 schools: electronic registers, teaching workflows, student and personnel administration, document management, attendance tracking, school-family communications, fiscal area, electronic payments, and edu.it website hosting. Nuvola is MIUR-certified and automatically synchronizes with the SIDI portal, and the company also holds AGID SaaS qualification plus ISO 9001, 27001, 27017, and 27018 certifications, satisfying the compliance bar required to sell to Italian public schools.

Under the hood, Nuvola runs on PHP with the Symfony framework, React.js on the front end, and AWS cloud infrastructure (EC2, RDS, Lambda, S3, Route53, API Gateway) orchestrated via CDK and Docker. The proprietary multi-tenant architecture uses database sharding by tenant and is reported to handle more than 1,000 databases, 500 million stored attachments, and over 1 billion queries per day, serving 1,200+ schools and over 2 million daily users. The AWS Partner Network has featured Nuvola as a success case in the Education and Research category.

Madisoft monetizes Nuvola through annual SaaS subscriptions sold via a nationwide Italian partner network on a quote-based model, with unlimited support included. Pricing is not publicly disclosed. Since February 2022 the company has operated as a subsidiary of Gruppo Buffetti S.p.A., itself part of the Dylog S.p.A. group, which also includes Cartiere Paolo Pigna and other Italian education-software assets, providing group-level distribution synergies while Madisoft continues to run as an independent engineering-led organization.

Name

Madisoft

Legal name

Madisoft S.p.A.

Website

https://madisoft.it

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Madisoft S.p.A. is an Italian ed-tech SaaS company that builds Nuvola, a multi-tenant cloud platform used by 1,200+ Italian public schools for electronic registers, administration, attendance, and school-family communications. It operates as a subsidiary of Gruppo Buffetti (Dylog group) since February 2022.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Education Technology / School Management Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Student Information Systems (SIS) & School Administration Platforms (EDAJAMAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

K–12 SIS & District Administration Platforms (EDAFAEAA), HR, Payroll, Time & Attendance for Education (EDAFAEAD), Attendance, Scheduling, Timetabling & Calendar Management (EDAFAEAF), Parent/Student Portals, Communications & Consent Management (EDAFAEAK)

Keywords

• School management software
• Educational technology
• Electronic register software
• School administration platform
• Edtech SaaS

Headquarters

HQ city

Marche

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Nuvola SaaS Subscription: Software as a service subscription model providing comprehensive school management software with continuous updates and unlimited support

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Madisoft designs and develops Nuvola, a comprehensive cloud-based SaaS platform for the digital transformation of Italian public schools. The platform covers teaching activities, electronic registers, attendance tracking, student and personnel management, document management, digital administration, fiscal areas, school-family communication, and edu.it website hosting, and is delivered through a partner network spanning all of Italy.

Product overview

Madisoft offers a single unified product platform called Nuvola, which is a comprehensive SaaS ecosystem for the digital transformation of Italian schools. The platform consists of the main Nuvola electronic register and school management system, supplemented by Labs Madisoft (the engineering team's technical blog and developer portal) and Nuvola Support (customer support resources). Nuvola covers the full spectrum of school operations including student management and teaching (Registro Elettronico), administrative/fiscal management, staff management, attendance tracking, document management, school-family communication, and website hosting (siti web edu.it). The company also provides unlimited technical support via chat, phone, email, and interactive video training integrated directly within the software.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Labs Madisoft: Digital space of the engineering and development team that creates Nuvola, featuring technical articles and open positions.
• Supporto Nuvola

Products and services

• Nuvola A comprehensive SaaS ecosystem for the complete digital transformation of school processes at Italian public schools. Nuvola covers teaching activities, electronic registers, attendance tracking, student and personnel management, document management, digital administration, fiscal area management, school-family communication, edu.it website hosting, and distance learning capabilities. It is used by over 1200 Italian public schools and millions of daily users including teachers, ATA staff, students, and parents.

Quantifiable outcome

• 1200+ schools served daily
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and minor.

• AWS (Amazon Web Services)coreTechnology or IntegrationAWS Partner Network member. AWS features as a success case in the Education and Research category. Uses AWS infrastructure including EC2, RDS, Lambda, S3, Route53 for Nuvola platform.
• Gruppo Buffetti S.p.A.flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcquired by Gruppo Buffetti in February 2022, which is part of Dylog S.p.A. Group. Buffetti and Dylog are established references in the Italian school market including Cartiere Paolo Pigna Spa.
• GrUSPminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSponsors the GrUSP conference organization which runs Sfday and other PHP/Symfony events in Italy.
• Accessibility DaysminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSilver sponsor of Accessibility Days conference, demonstrating commitment to accessibility in education technology.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• ManageBac: International schools-focused SIS and curriculum platform from Faria Education Group. Partial overlap with Nuvola's school administration capabilities, focused on IB/international schools rather than the Italian public school market.

Direct peers

• Gruppo Spaggiari Parma: One of Italy's largest providers of school management software and electronic registers (ClasseViva). Directly competes with Madisoft's Nuvola in the Italian K-12 public school segment with similar SaaS-based school administration offerings.
• Axios Italia: Italian EdTech vendor serving schools with management software, electronic registers, and administrative platforms. Direct competitor in the Italian public school market with comparable product surface and customer base.
• Argo Software: Italian software house providing school management software, electronic registers, and administrative tools to Italian schools. Competes head-to-head with Nuvola in the K-12 segment, also targeting public schools with similar modules.
• Editrice Minerva: Italian publisher and software provider for schools offering administrative and didactic software solutions. Competes with Nuvola in the Italian K-12 market with school management and electronic register products.
• Data Management (Sebina): Italian software company providing Sebina school management and library automation systems to public schools and libraries. Overlaps with Madisoft in school administration and competes for similar Italian public-sector customers.

Others

• Gruppo Buffetti: Italian administrative software and services group that acquired Madisoft in 2022. Parent and strategic partner providing distribution synergies in the Italian school and SMB market, plus access to Buffetti's existing customer relationships.
• Dylog: Italian software conglomerate that owns Madisoft through Gruppo Buffetti, with multiple other school-focused software houses. Sibling relationship: serves overlapping customers and shapes Madisoft's strategic and distribution environment.

Broad incumbents

• Blackboard: Global EdTech incumbent providing learning management, classroom, and student information systems for K-12 and higher education. Overlaps with Nuvola's communication, learning, and administration modules as part of a much wider portfolio.
• PowerSchool: Large US-based K-12 education technology platform offering SIS, learning management, and analytics. Represents a broader global incumbent whose product scope overlaps with Nuvola's full school administration suite, though focused on North American districts.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• GitHubgithub.com/madisoft
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/oromico

Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

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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