What Sinolytics does

Sinolytics is a Berlin-headquartered boutique consulting firm founded in 2017 that advises Western multinational corporations, institutional investors, industry associations, and public-sector bodies on China-related regulatory compliance, geopolitical risk, and market intelligence. The firm operates from offices in Berlin and Beijing and reports more than 100 multinational clients, including DAX-listed corporates and Fortune 500 names, served by a leadership team largely recruited from MERICS, Harvard Kennedy School, the World Bank, BCG, and Oxford Policy Management.

The company's core offering combines traditional strategy consulting, policy monitoring, executive briefings, and regulatory risk assessment with a productized intelligence layer under the Geolytics sub-brand. Productized assets include the China Semiconductor Product Scanner, China Fab Observer, China Semi Equipment Tracker, the Geolytics.Hub platform, the Geopolitical Risk Score (GRS), a Political Calendar, a China Economic Dashboard, Sinolytics.Radar, and a Media Hub. These products layer NLP-driven policy document monitoring, predictive analytics for trend detection, and chatbot-assisted interfaces on top of proprietary datasets curated by the firm's China specialists.

Sinolytics monetizes through a mix of project-based advisory engagements and recurring subscription access to its dashboards and trackers. The Geolytics sub-brand extends the original China-centric mandate into broader EU, US, India, and ASEAN geopolitical coverage, while dedicated semiconductor, AI, and supply-chain intelligence verticals target export-control and de-risking use cases for Western corporates and investors. The firm is privately held with no disclosed external funding rounds.

Name

Sinolytics

Legal name

Sinolytics GmbH

Website

https://sinolytics.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Sinolytics is a Berlin- and Beijing-based boutique consultancy advising Western multinationals, investors, and public institutions on China regulatory, geopolitical, and market intelligence via advisory services and the Geolytics.Hub data platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Strategy Consulting and Geopolitical Risk Advisory

NAICS

Other Management Consulting Services (541618), Process, Physical Distribution, and Logistics Consulting Services (541614)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Global Trade & Customs / Trade Compliance (BPAHAHAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Public Sector & Policy Consulting (BPAHACAN), Risk, Compliance & Internal Controls Consulting (BPAHACAJ)

Keywords

• China strategy consulting
• Geopolitical risk advisory
• Regulatory compliance consulting
• Policy monitoring services
• Market intelligence research

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlin

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Strategy Consulting Services: Project-based consulting engagements providing China strategy analysis, policy monitoring, regulatory risk assessment, executive briefings, and market intelligence to multinational corporations and institutions. Revenue derives from professional services fees structured as project retainers or engagement-based contracts.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Sinolytics is a strategy consultancy that helps multinational corporations, investors, and public institutions navigate China-related risks and opportunities through five core services: Strategy Consulting, Policy Monitoring, Executive Briefings, Regulatory Risk Assessment, and Market Intelligence & Data. Underpinning the consulting practice is the Geolytics sub-brand, which provides geopolitical intelligence tools including the Geolytics.Hub platform, Geolytics Political Calendar, and China Economic Dashboard, along with regular Sinolytics.Radar publications.

Product overview

Sinolytics is a strategy consultancy on China offering consulting services and a suite of intelligence tools. The core offering consists of five consulting services (Strategy Consulting, Policy Monitoring, Executive Briefings, Regulatory Risk Assessment, and Market Intelligence & Data) delivered by expert consultants. Underpinning the services is Geolytics, a sub-brand providing geopolitical risk analysis, which includes the Geolytics.Hub platform (24/7 access to expert analyses), Geolytics Political Calendar, and China Economic Dashboard. The company also publishes regular Sinolytics.Radar reports and maintains a Media Hub for downloadable resources. The product portfolio is service-oriented with technology-enabled intelligence tools, not a traditional software product.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Geolytics: Sub-brand dedicated to geopolitical risk and technology statecraft analysis, expanding beyond China to cover EU, US, India and ASEAN regions.
• Geolytics.Hub
• Geolytics Political Calendar
• China Economic Dashboard

Products and services

• Strategy Consulting

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability4 records

Scale indicators2 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Eurasia Group: Global political risk consultancy serving multinationals and investors. Comparable as a geopolitical risk advisory firm with a multi-region (not China-only) mandate and subscription-style intelligence products similar to Geolytics.Hub.
• China Beige Book: Independent economic intelligence firm publishing proprietary data on China's real economy. Comparable as a niche data-driven China intelligence provider with corporate and investor clients overlapping Sinolytics' segments.
• Control Risks: Specialist risk consultancy covering political, security, and integrity risks globally. Comparable as a competing geopolitical and regulatory risk advisory serving multinational corporate clients with similar project-based engagement models.
• GaveKal: Independent global research firm focused on China and emerging Asia economics. Comparable as a subscription-based China/Asia intelligence provider serving institutional investors and corporate decision-makers.
• Trivium China: New York-based China policy advisory firm serving multinationals, investors, and policymakers. Closely comparable as a competing specialized China-focused advisory with similar clientele and service lines including policy analysis and regulatory monitoring.
• Rhodium Group: Independent research firm with deep China and cross-border investment analytics. Comparable as a provider of China-focused economic and regulatory intelligence to corporate and institutional clients, with proprietary data products analogous to Sinolytics' semiconductor databases.
• MERICS (Mercator Institute for China Studies): Berlin-based leading European think tank on China. Closely comparable because Sinolytics was founded by former MERICS leadership and the two organizations compete for the same DAX/multinational policy advisory mandates.

Broad incumbents

• McKinsey Greater China: Global strategy consultancy with a major Greater China practice. Comparable as a broad incumbent increasingly offering geopolitical and regulatory advisory competing directly with Sinolytics at the C-suite briefing level.
• CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies): US-based bipartisan policy research organization with significant China and technology policy programs. Comparable as a broader policy institution whose work on China economic and technology policy overlaps with Sinolytics' regulatory and geopolitical advisory themes.
• KPMG China Practice: Global Big Four advisory with substantial China and cross-border regulatory advisory teams. Comparable as a broad incumbent competing for the same multinational China strategy and regulatory risk mandates, with deeper resources but less specialized branding.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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