Digi3

What Digi3 does

Digi3 GmbH & Co. KG is a German digital agency and bespoke software developer headquartered in Essen, operating under the legal form of a GmbH & Co. KG with Pierre Naëls as sole managing director and shareholder. Founded around 2006, the firm has accumulated nearly 20 years of experience and reports a core staff of approximately 15 permanent employees supplemented by an external network. Over its operating history Digi3 states more than 392 delivered projects and more than 372 clients served, with a pronounced vertical concentration in the German energy sector (E.ON and its regional utilities — Avacon, Bayernwerk, E.DIS, HanseWerk — plus Open Grid Europe, PreussenElektra, Uniper/M5BAT, NetConnect Germany, Vier Gas Transport, PLEdoc), alongside secondary work in education (FOM, eufom), nonprofit (Stiftung Ehrenamt Essen, HPZ Krefeld), and technology (PLEdoc, STAFFXPERTS).

The company's offering is a two-layer stack. The first layer is classical digital agency services — web design, corporate design, programming, intranet/extranet portals, 3D/VR/AR, SEO, and social media — delivered as project-based work across a broad CMS portfolio (OpenText, WordPress/Divi, DNN/Evoq, Sitecore, FirstSpirit, Drupal, Adobe CQ5) on a Microsoft/.NET back end with MS SQL, MySQL, and Apache Solr for faceted search. The second layer is a proprietary product portfolio targeted at grid operators: 1ANAB (a smart digital check-in/check-out and facility logbook with GPS site recognition and telephony/SMS dialog), 1ANV (digital workflow application for work and switching approvals per ANV standards), and 1SHOUT (a tiered crisis-communication SaaS). These are supported by a modular intranet tooling suite — News Management System (NMS), Maintenance Management Center (MMC), SSO via SAML/Ping, secure download tool, survey tool, PDF presenter — that integrates with SAP-HR, Twilio, and federated Solr search across CMS, NMS, SAP, and Documentum.

Digi3 monetizes primarily through project-based professional services engagements with enterprise and mid-market clients in the DACH region, with quoted, custom pricing and no public rate card. Deal sizes range from one-off brand or website builds to multi-site platform programs (e.g., the ~30-website migration executed for E.ON regional subsidiaries), and a growing share of revenue is being layered in from branded SaaS sub-products (1ANAB, 1ANV, 1SHOUT). Go-to-market is sales-led, anchored by direct client relationships, an event-driven presence (Energy Update series, E-world energy & water, CONSULECTRA Symposium Netzleittechnik), and content marketing across a German-language website and standard social channels (LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, X, YouTube, Xing). The company is 100% founder-owned and controlled, with no institutional capital raised to date.

Name

Digi3

Legal name

digi3 GmbH & Co. KG

Website

https://digi3.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Digi3 is a German boutique digital agency and bespoke SaaS developer headquartered in Essen, delivering web/intranet solutions and proprietary grid-operations software (1ANAB, 1ANV, 1SHOUT) primarily to enterprise energy-sector clients across the DACH region.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Essen

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Digital Agency Services: Digi3 generates revenue through digital agency services including web design, programming, applications, 3D, Virtual and Augmented Reality, SEO, and Social Media services. Services are project-based and involve collaborative work with clients across conception, creation, and development.
2. Custom Software Development: Development of custom applications and software solutions including intranets, portals, and specialized tools for the energy sector. Implementation of CMS solutions and platform administration.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels12 records

Core offering

Digi3 is a German digital agency that delivers web design, corporate design, programming, custom applications, 3D/VR/AR, SEO, and social media services to enterprise clients. The firm also develops and sells proprietary SaaS products for the energy sector, including 1ANAB (smart check-in/out for grid operation sites), 1ANV (digital work and switching approvals), and 1SHOUT (crisis communication), deployed at major utilities such as E.ON, Open Grid Europe, and HanseWerk.

Product overview

Digi3 is a digital agency (digi3 GmbH & Co. KG) based in Essen, Germany, with nearly 20 years of experience and approximately 15 permanent staff plus a network. Its product portfolio centers on two core SaaS applications for the energy/utility sector — 1ANAB (smart digital check-in/check-out for grid operation sites) and 1ANV (digital work and switching clearance workflow) — both deployed at major German energy companies. Supporting these core products is a suite of modular tools including a crisis communication app (1SHOUT), a News Management System (NMS), disturbance communication tools, download/file exchange tools, a Maintenance Management Center (MMC), PDF Presenter, Survey Tool, and SSO application. Digi3 also delivers web design, corporate design, programming, applications, 3D, virtual and augmented reality, SEO, and social media services to a wide range of clients in the energy, public, and education sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• 1SHOUT: SaaS crisis communication platform for managing emergency notifications and public messaging during crises.
• 1ANAB
• 1ANV

Products and services

• 1ANAB

Quantifiable outcome

• Successfully deployed at major energy corporations including E.ON, Open Grid Europe, and regional utilities
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers17 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration14 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• ADACORcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerADACOR serves as the hosting partner for Digi3's internet and intranet infrastructure. They provide 24/7 hosting services for Digi3's client platforms, enabling fast and flexible responses with full access to virtual systems.
• OpenTextcoreTechnology or IntegrationDigi3 has extensive expertise with OpenText CMS, implementing it for multiple enterprise clients including Open Grid Europe and E.ON Business Service platforms.
• DNN/EvoqcoreTechnology or IntegrationDigi3 is a DNN Partner and brought Evoq CMS to Germany as the first DNN Partner. They develop using the DNN platform with Evoq skins.
• MicrosoftcoreTechnology or IntegrationDigi3 utilizes Microsoft technologies including ASP.NET, MS SQL Server, Azure cloud platform, and .NET Core for application development and hosting infrastructure.
• RheinEnergie AGminorGTM or Marketing PartnerRheinEnergie AG hosts the Digi3 Energy Update event on July 15, 2026 in Cologne as a venue partner for the expert workshop.
• enercity AGminorGTM or Marketing Partnerenercity AG hosts the Digi3 Energy Update event on August 25, 2026 in Hannover as a venue partner for the expert workshop.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• adesso: Publicly listed German IT services company with sizeable digital-experience and enterprise platform practices; broader portfolio but routinely competes for the same kinds of digital mandates as Digi3.
• SinnerSchrader (Accenture Song): Pioneer German digital agency now operating inside Accenture Song; competes for the same enterprise digital-transformation budgets but at materially larger scale and breadth than Digi3.
• Allgeier: Publicly listed German IT group with significant digital agency and enterprise solutions operations; competes in the same enterprise digital-services market but at considerably greater scale.
• msg: Large German IT/solutions provider with industry-specific digital practices. Relevant incumbent peer competing for enterprise digital-transformation budgets, especially with utilities and regulated industries.

Direct peers

• dotSource: Jena-based German digital agency with deep CMS, e-commerce, and platform integration capabilities serving mid-market and enterprise clients — comparable service mix and vertical reach.
• PRODYNA: German digital/IT consultancy with comparable web, integration, and enterprise platform work; competes for the same kinds of intranet/extranet and CMS projects Digi3 delivers.
• dmcgroup: Cologne-based digital agency focusing on corporate communications, intranets, and CMS-driven platforms for German enterprises. Comparable headcount tier and similar service portfolio as Digi3.
• UDG United Digital Group: Major German digital agency group delivering web platforms, CMS implementations, and digital transformation for large enterprise clients — comparable offering across the same core service lines.
• nexum: Cologne-based, mid-sized German digital agency with comparable full-service web/CMS/intranet capabilities and an enterprise client base. Closest structural analogue to Digi3 in size, geography, and service portfolio.
• diva-e (formerly TWT): Stuttgart-based German digital agency delivering enterprise web platforms, content systems, and digital experiences — comparable core offering and similar enterprise client profile.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/digi3_agentur
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/digi3Agentur
• Facebookfacebook.com/digi3.agentur
• LinkedInde.linkedin.com/company/digi3
• Instagraminstagram.com/digi3.agentur

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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