Cooper & Co

What Cooper & Co does

Cooper & Co is a Sydney-based private consulting firm operating as a Business Technology Strategy practice. Per its own materials, the firm works with business owners and executive leadership on strategic technology decisions including new market entries, digital transformations, and major strategic shifts, claiming delivery of systems with over 20 million users each across Banking, Health, and Finance. The core commercial offering is professional services spanning expertise, specialists, facilitation, mediation, architecture, design, execution, and programme management. A ventures arm supports startups from pre-seed through Series B alongside angel and fund investment activity.

Beyond consulting, Cooper & Co maintains an ecosystem of social-impact and community initiatives: award-winning volunteer mentoring across Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Thailand, Myanmar, France and Nigeria; The Start Society for startup founders and innovation enablers; iCentral subsidised coworking space (past venues in Sydney and Yangon, future venue being considered in Koh Samui, Thailand); Coco Life Records, an open-source SaaS for community clinics and lifelong personal medical records offered freemium to individuals and paid to commercial users; Burma Heritage recycled-timber furniture distributed on an open-source basis; A Yeik food bank connecting international donors to local e-commerce providers; and Kiva.org micro-lending. The legal entity is privately held with 1-10 employees, founder Pete Cooper as director, no disclosed funding history, and no listed parent company, investors, or M&A activity.

Name

Cooper & Co

Legal name

Cooper & Co

Website

https://cooper.co

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Cooper & Co is a Sydney-based private consulting firm providing Business Technology Strategy advisory, a ventures arm investing pre-seed to Series B, and ecosystem advocacy including mentoring, an open-source medical-records SaaS, and subsidised coworking across APAC and select markets.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Management Consulting

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services (5416)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Strategy & Corporate Development Consulting (BPAHACAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Corporate Development & Strategic Partnerships Advisory (JVs, Alliances, Carve-outs) (BPAHAOAG), ERP, CRM & Enterprise Applications Consulting (BPAHAEAI), Corporate Innovation & Technology Scouting Units (with investment mandate) (FSANAHAI)

Keywords

• Business technology consulting
• Technology strategy advisory
• Management consulting services
• Venture capital investment
• Startup mentoring programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Sydney

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Management Consulting: Business Technology Strategy consulting services delivered to business owners and executive leadership. Services include expertise, specialists, facilitation, mediation, architecture, design, execution, and programme management.
2. Coco Software (SaaS): Open source community clinic software offered as SaaS - free for most people in developing countries, paid tier for commercial businesses and enterprises.
3. Coworking Space (iCentral): Subsidized coworking community space for tech startup founders and enablers. Past venues in Sydney and Yangon, future venues in Thailand (Koh Samui).

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Cooper & Co delivers Business Technology Strategy consulting to business owners and executive leadership, including expertise, specialists, facilitation, mediation, architecture, design, execution, and programme management. It also operates a ventures arm providing pre-seed through Series B funding, angel and fund investments, alongside ecosystem initiatives such as mentoring, Coco Life Records open-source SaaS, The Start Society, iCentral coworking, Kiva micro-lending, Burma Heritage furniture, and A Yeik food bank.

Product overview

Cooper & Co operates as a Business Technology Strategy consulting firm offering a unified portfolio of services centered on consulting expertise and venture investment. The core consulting practice provides strategy, specialists, facilitation, mediation, architecture, design, execution, and programme management services. The ventures arm supports startups through pre-seed to series B funding, angel investment, and a venture network. Supporting initiatives include Mentoring, Coco Life Records (open source health records software), The Start Society (startup ecosystem services), iCentral Coworking (subsidized workspace), Kiva micro-lending, Burma Heritage (sustainable furniture), and A Yeik (food bank). The company works across Startups, Large Corporates, Family Groups and Governments with experience in Banking, Health, Finance sectors serving over 20 million users per system.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Coco Life Records: Open source software for community clinics and lifelong medical and personal records for families, friends and communities. Focused on developing countries but useful for everyone.
• The Start Society
• iCentral
• Burma Heritage
• A Yeik

Products and services

• Business Technology Strategy Consulting

Quantifiable outcome

• Multiple systems with over 20 million users each delivered across Banking, Health, and Finance sectors

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Coco ProjectcoreOthersThe Coco Project provides open source software for community clinics and lifelong medical and personal records for families, friends and communities. Cooper & Co supports this initiative, which is focused on developing countries but useful for everyone, especially large and mobile populations. The SaaS is free for most people and paid for commercial businesses.
• The Start SocietycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAn umbrella of services for tech startup founders and innovation enablers to create new economic and social impact. Services include mentoring, founder and enabler introductions, online library and other resources including iCentral Coworking. Cooper & Co actively supports and promotes this initiative as part of their ecosystem advocacy.
• Fi.co/InsightminorOthersFi.co/Insight is the awarding body for the Global Startup Mentor Award that Cooper & Co volunteers have won. This recognition validates their mentoring expertise and community contribution.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• IDEO: Design and innovation consultancy advising corporates on strategy, digital, and human-centered transformation — overlaps Cooper & Co's 'expertise, architecture, design, execution' consulting offering.
• Keystone Strategy: Boutique economics and strategy consultancy focused on digital, technology, and platform strategy — a closer boutique-scale analog to Cooper & Co's Business Technology Strategy niche.
• Board of Innovation: Boutique innovation and corporate venture-building consultancy that advises corporates on new venture creation — comparable to Cooper & Co's ventures arm and 'new market entries' consulting, at similar boutique scale.
• Mach49: Boutique consultancy that helps large companies build new growth ventures — directly comparable to Cooper & Co's strategy-plus-ventures hybrid model and 'organic and inorganic growth' positioning.

Broad incumbents

• Bain & Company: Top-tier strategy consulting firm advising on corporate strategy, digital, and M&A — overlaps with Cooper & Co's management consulting and ventures-adjacent advisory work across Banking, Health, and Finance sectors.
• Boston Consulting Group: Global strategy consultancy with deep technology and digital transformation practices, plus BCG Ventures and ecosystem investing — comparable to Cooper & Co on the strategy-plus-venture axis but at incumbent scale.
• Deloitte Consulting: Big Four advisory firm with broad strategy, technology, and human capital practices serving Banking, Health, and Finance — overlaps Cooper & Co's cross-sector consulting reach at significantly larger scale.
• Capgemini Invent: Digital innovation and transformation arm of Capgemini advising on strategy, technology, and venture building — competes with Cooper & Co in business technology strategy and digital transformation mandates.
• McKinsey & Company: Global management consulting incumbent serving corporates and governments on strategy, technology, and transformation — directly comparable to Cooper & Co's Business Technology Strategy positioning but operating at vastly greater scale and brand recognition.
• Accenture: Global technology and consulting services firm covering strategy, digital, and enterprise applications — overlaps with Cooper & Co's ERP/CRM/enterprise applications consulting and large-scale systems delivery focus.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/cooperdotco
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/peterjcooper

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

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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