What Symnetics does

Symnetics is a Brazilian-headquartered strategic consulting firm founded in 1989 in Barueri, São Paulo, operating as a 'Strategy Builder Company.' It serves organizations across the private sector, cooperatives, public sector, and social organizations, with a cumulative client base of 600+ organizations across Brazil, Latin America, the Middle East, Europe, and Africa. Its core offering is the proprietary Strategy Builder framework, comprising four pillars — Insights & Future Directions, Strategy Design, Assisted Strategy Management, and Transformation Catalyst — augmented by the 'Trilha do Movimento' (Path of Movement) transformation methodology and early adoption of ARIS and Balanced Scorecard methods in Brazil.

The firm's business model is professional services-based: long-term, custom-priced consulting engagements delivered through a small senior team (11-50 employees, ~7-8 named partners with 15-30+ years of experience each). It monetizes through enterprise consulting fees and an educational stream (the Leading Emerging Futures leadership program). Geographic reach is enabled by the Tantum Group Consultoria Empresarial collaboration network, providing regional offices in Colombia, Ecuador, Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Guatemala, Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Germany, with no productized SaaS, self-service offerings, or external capital raised.

Named enterprise clients include Votorantim (4-year multi-company transformation engaging 400+ professionals, 2016-2019), Marcopolo (Marcopolo Next future mobility advisory), Karsten, Sicoob Central Espírito Santo, Sicredi System, TMG, Duas Rodas, Cocal, Cooperativa Castrolanda, Urbano Alimentos, Sicredi Pioneira, and Instituto Mauá de Tecnologia. Marketing and demand generation rely on content channels — Olhar Symnetics blog, Podcast Symnetics, YouTube, LinkedIn, and the BIG (Business Insights Group) event series — rather than paid acquisition.

Name

Symnetics

Legal name

Tantum Group Consultoria Empresarial (Symnetics)

Website

https://symnetics.com.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Strategy Consulting Services

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services (541611), Other Management Consulting Services (541618)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Management Services (8741)

akta.pro primary industry

Program & Project Management (PMO) Consulting (BPAHACAL)

Keywords

• Strategy consulting services
• Business transformation advisory
• Strategic planning consulting
• Organizational change management
• Leadership development programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Barueri

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices10 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Strategic Consulting Services: Professional services revenue derived from long-term strategic consulting engagements with organizations across private sector, cooperatives, public sector, and social sector. Engagements include strategic planning, transformation programs, and strategy execution support.
2. Education and Training Programs: Leading Emerging Futures program - leadership development and change management training courses for corporate clients. Capacitation programs for developing strategic skills in organizations.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Symnetics is a strategy consulting firm that helps organizations design and execute long-term strategies through its proprietary Strategy Builder framework spanning insights, strategy design, assisted strategy management, and transformation catalysis. The firm also delivers leadership development and change management training through its Leading Emerging Futures program, supported by thought-leadership content (podcast, blog, book archive) and executive events. Engagements are delivered as long-term B2B consulting partnerships with enterprise clients, cooperatives, public sector bodies, and social organizations.

Product overview

Symnetics is a global strategy consulting firm operating as a 'Strategy Builder Company' since 1989, offering strategic advisory services through its proprietary Strategy Builder framework. The core offering consists of four interconnected pillars: Insights & Future Directions, Strategy Design, Assisted Strategy Management, and Transformation Catalyst. These pillars work together as a learning journey to help organizations design and execute strategies for long-term sustainability. The company also provides supplementary educational content through its podcast (Symnetics Podcast), blog (Olhar Symnetics), and book archive (SYMN Archive), as well as leadership programs like Leading Emerging Futures. The company serves clients across Brazil, Latin America, Africa, and globally, focusing on private sector, cooperatives, public sector, and social organizations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Strategy Builder Symnetics' core strategic consulting framework consisting of four pillars (Insights & Future Directions, Strategy Design, Assisted Strategy Management, and Transformation Catalyst) designed to help organizations build and execute long-term strategies in volatile, uncertain environments.
• Leading Emerging Futures Leadership development and training program focused on skills for managing change processes in organizations, covering expanding perception, trends and futures, scenario creation, roadmaps, and leading transformation.
• BIG (Business Insights Group) Executive event series organized by Symnetics bringing together industry leaders to discuss strategic topics such as Impact Strategies 2030 and emerging business trends.

Quantifiable outcome

• 800+ cooperative members directly involved in strategic planning process (Castrolanda)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Tantum GroupcoreOthersSymnetics is part of Tantum Group Consultoria Empresarial. The collaboration network includes offices in Colombia, Ecuador, Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Guatemala, Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Germany operating under the Tantum Group umbrella.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Bain & Company: Top-tier global strategy consulting firm with deep practice in Brazil and LATAM, including financial institutions and consumer/industrial sectors that overlap with Symnetics' portfolio (e.g., Sicoob/Sicredi, Votorantim-style diversified groups).
• EY-Parthenon: Strategy consulting arm of EY active across LATAM, frequently advising conglomerates and financial institutions on strategy and transformation - mirroring Symnetics' financial sector (cooperatives/credit unions) focus.
• Strategy& (PwC): Strategy consulting arm of PwC that provides the same kind of CEO-level strategy and transformation advisory Symnetics delivers, including to LATAM cooperatives, public sector clients, and diversified industrial groups.
• Deloitte Consulting: Big 4 consulting practice with significant LATAM presence offering strategy, transformation and human capital advisory to enterprises and public sector - directly overlapping Symnetics' addressable verticals including cooperatives.
• Accenture Strategy: Global consulting giant with a dedicated Strategy practice covering LATAM and serving enterprise, financial services, and public sector clients on transformation programs comparable to Symnetics' Strategy Builder framework.
• Boston Consulting Group: Global strategy consulting incumbent with a strong LATAM presence and proprietary frameworks (e.g., Growth-Share Matrix) competing for the same strategic planning, transformation, and cooperative/clients Symnetics serves.
• McKinsey & Company: Global strategy consulting leader with active Latin America practice serving the same enterprise and public-sector buyers Symnetics targets. Operates broadly across industries and geographies, dwarfing Symnetics in headcount and reach.

Direct peers

• Kearney: Global management consulting firm similar in size and ownership structure to Symnetics, focused on strategic operations and transformation across industries including consumer goods and industrial - segments Symnetics addresses for clients like Votorantim.
• Roland Berger: European-headquartered global strategy consulting firm of comparable scale and ownership structure (founder-led, partnership model). Competes for the same kind of strategy design and transformation engagements including in LATAM where Symnetics also operates.
• Falconi Consultores: Brazil-headquartered management and strategy consulting firm of comparable scale, with similar focus on results-based strategy execution and operational transformation in Brazil and LATAM. Symnetics and Falconi operate in the same niche serving Brazilian enterprise and cooperative clients.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/SymneticsInnovation
• Facebookfacebook.com/symnetics
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/symnetics
• Instagraminstagram.com/symnetics

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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