Cando

What Cando does

Cando Image GmbH is a privately held Swiss digital agency headquartered in Winterthur with additional offices in Zürich and Eastbourne/Wellington (New Zealand). The firm delivers end-to-end digital transformation for large Swiss and international enterprises, operating across three interconnected practices: innovation consulting and co-creation workshops, AI-native application development, and UX-led bespoke software engineering. Core technical capabilities span headless/decoupled architecture (Pimcore, Drupal), cloud-native infrastructure on Google Kubernetes Engine and Microsoft Azure, agile delivery (Scrum/SAFe), and applied AI/ML including autonomous agents, RAG systems, predictive analytics, and personalization engines.

The business operates a hybrid revenue model. The majority of revenue comes from bespoke professional services engagements, typically scoped as multi-month projects initiated through co-creation workshops or design sprints that expand into full development work. Recurring revenue is generated by mokojam, a wholly owned subscription Co-Creation Toolbox launched in 2023 and integrated with Miro, Jira, Microsoft Teams, and Mural, sold exclusively to enterprise innovation teams. Additional productized offerings include Retail Central CX, a modular headless B2B commerce platform (PIM, DAM, CMS, e-Commerce) deployed on GKE with 99.9%+ SLA, and the Management Seismograph acquired via the 2024 purchase of ecmt AG.

Cando is go-to-market is enterprise field sales driven by consultative selling, with managing partners (Chris Bochsler, Luzius Bochsler) directly involved in key accounts. The firm's brand is anchored by 10+ consecutive years of award recognition, most prominently the BOSW 2026 Master Title plus 6x Edelmetall. Customer roster includes Swissgrid, Swiss Life, CBRE, Zurich Insurance, PostAuto, Vespa/Piaggio, HelloFresh, Competec Group, Fuchs-Movesa (2,300+ retailers), DOBI-Inter AG, ETH Library, S-GE, Leicom, Koster AG, allsafe, and Vaillant, spanning insurance, energy, real estate, mobility, retail/distribution, government, and education sectors. Strategic technology partnerships include Pimcore (Gold Partner), Microsoft, Salesforce, Qlik, and Google.

Name

Cando

Legal name

Cando Image GmbH

Website

https://cando-image.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Cando Image GmbH is a privately held Swiss digital agency delivering end-to-end digital transformation — innovation consulting, AI-native development, and UX-led bespoke engineering — for large enterprises in the DACH region. It supplements professional services with two productized offerings: the mokojam Co-Creation Toolbox (subscription) and the Retail Central CX headless B2B commerce platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Winterthur

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Services & Project-Based Consulting: Cando generates revenue primarily through bespoke consulting and software development engagements. Services include Innovation Consulting, Digital Strategy, UX Research & Design, Agile Software Development (Scrum/SAFe), DevOps/MLOps, and AI/Data Science consulting. Projects are typically multi-month, scoped engagements for enterprise clients, often initiated through co-creation workshops and design sprints that lead into larger development engagements.
2. SaaS Product (mokojam): mokojam, a Cando venture, is a digital Co-Creation Toolbox offered exclusively to enterprise customers with innovation consulting and facilitation training. The product is enterprise-licensed with company-specific customization and includes a starter set of 36 methods, recipes, and interactive tools. Multi-language support (English, German).

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Cando is a Swiss digital agency that delivers end-to-end digital transformation through innovation consulting, UX research and design, custom agile software development (Scrum/SAFe), and AI/ML integration for enterprise and mid-market clients. Its core sellable offerings include bespoke B2B and B2C e-commerce and customer experience platforms built on headless architecture (Pimcore, Drupal) and proprietary products — Retail Central CX (a headless B2B commerce platform) and mokojam (an enterprise Co-Creation Toolbox). Services span strategy, design, development, DevOps/MLOps, mobile, IoT, AR, and real-time data visualization.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• mokojam: An interactive, digital and scalable Co-Creation Toolbox for innovators in enterprises, allowing all stakeholders to be actively involved in the development process through collaborative methods. Available exclusively for enterprises with innovation consulting and facilitation training.

Products and services

• Retail Central CX

Quantifiable outcome

• Swiss Life myLife Light: 234,500+ business cases processed in under 10 months, 4.8/5 customer rating from 300+ reviews, >1.2 million CHF efficiency gains for KMU clients and >595k CHF for Swiss Life within 10 months, 98.5% of registered customers use it as standard portal.
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers16 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration15 records

AI capability14 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• PimcorecoreTechnology or IntegrationCando is a Gold Partner of Pimcore, specializing in integrated Customer Experience Platforms combining PIM, DAM, CMS, and E-Commerce. As an active contributor to the Pimcore open-source community, Cando shapes platform roadmaps and implements complex enterprise solutions. Cando has delivered multiple award-winning Pimcore implementations including DOBI-Inter AG, Competec Group, and Fuchs-Movesa.
• MicrosoftcoreTechnology or IntegrationCando is a Microsoft Partner with expertise in Microsoft Azure, AI (including Azure AI Foundry), and Dynamics. Cando has implemented Microsoft Azure and Databricks for real-time data visualization (Swissgrid 24/7) and is experienced with Microsoft Dynamics for ERP and CRM integrations in B2B commerce contexts.
• SalesforcesupportingTechnology or IntegrationCando has delivered complex CRM and BI solutions using Salesforce, notably for Zurich Insurance Group. Salesforce is used as part of integrated customer experience platforms combining CRM data with customer portals and business intelligence.
• QliksupportingTechnology or IntegrationCando implements Qlik Sense for business intelligence and analytics within customer experience platforms. Used in projects such as the MyZurich self-service portal for real-time reporting and data visualization.
• MirosupportingTechnology or Integrationmokojam integrates with Miro for collaborative whiteboarding and workshop facilitation. The platform creates personalized templates directly in Miro based on workshop and method sets, offering interactive tools that extend beyond static Miro templates.
• JirasupportingTechnology or Integrationmokojam integrates with Jira for agile workflow management. The Important Difficulty Matrix tool within mokojam supports online estimation, automatic sorting, and roadmap/user story mapping directly to Jira.
• Microsoft TeamssupportingTechnology or Integrationmokojam offers Microsoft Teams integration as part of its collaboration ecosystem, enabling seamless workshop and co-creation session workflows within the Teams environment.
• Google (Google Kubernetes Engine)coreTechnology or IntegrationRetail Central CX platform is deployed on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) for highly scalable, fault-tolerant managed cloud infrastructure. Provides 99.9%+ SLA for business-critical B2B commerce deployments.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Market position

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/candoswiss
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cando-image-gmbh

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Subsidiaries2 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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