Kaden and Partner

What Kaden and Partner does

Kaden + Partner AG is a privately held Swiss consulting and custom software firm headquartered in Frauenfeld, Canton Thurgau. The company operates three integrated divisions: ecological consulting (Ökologie), custom software development (Informatik), and professional drone photography (Luftbilder). It serves exclusively Swiss cantonal and federal government clients as well as a small number of foundations and private landowners, with no private-sector SaaS offering or external capital backing. The ecological division delivers environmental impact assessments (UVB), habitat and species monitoring (amphibians, butterflies, dragonflies, grasshoppers), river revitalization, and wildlife-traffic mitigation work, and holds long-standing institutional mandates including KARCH regional representation for Cantons Thurgau (since 1992) and Schaffhausen (since 2020), plus operation of the Stiftung Seebachtal Nature Office (since 2002). The IT division builds bespoke web, GIS, and mobile applications using open-source stacks (VueJS, ExtJS, Cordova, PostgreSQL/PostGIS, MapServer/GeoServer, PHP/Laravel); flagship products include BISO career-counseling case management (deployed in 11 cantons, ~8,000 advisory cases annually), the ThurGIS cantonal geoinformation platform, the Sabretooth mobile GIS framework, AMO4 (federal surveying administration for swisstopo), and energy-subsidy platforms Zeus and Apollon. The firm is owned by four co-owners who lead the company: Joggi Rieder (CEO), Andi Hafner (ecology), Alexander Schenkel (IT), and Lorenz Breu (IT). It employs 15-20 staff and generates revenue through project-based consulting, multi-year software development and maintenance contracts, and unit-priced drone photography engagements (e.g., CHF 525 + VAT for a 3.5-hour building overview). The company does not publish pricing for its software products and markets solely via direct relationships, its website (kadenpartner.ch), product sites, and a Flickr gallery of aerial municipality photography.

Name

Kaden and Partner

Legal name

Kaden + Partner AG

Website

https://kadenpartner.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Kaden + Partner AG is a privately held Swiss firm in Frauenfeld offering ecological consulting, custom web/GIS software development, and drone photography exclusively to Swiss cantonal and federal government agencies, with its flagship BISO case-management platform deployed across 11 cantons.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Environmental Consulting and Custom Software Development

NAICS

Environmental Consulting Services (54162), Environmental Consulting Services (541620), Software Publishers (51321)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Computer Programming Services (7371), Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

akta.pro primary industry

Ecological/Habitat & Land-Use Change Modeling (Biodiversity, Conservation Planning) (EUAHAKAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Location Intelligence, Analytics & Geospatial BI (BPAMANAE), Environmental Reporting, Dashboards & Regulatory Submittals (Automated Reports, e-Reporting) (EUAHAKAL), Enterprise Application Reporting, BI & Analytics Enablement (BPAEAGAK)

Keywords

• Ecological consulting
• Environmental impact assessment
• GIS application development
• Case management software
• Aerial drone photography

Headquarters

HQ city

Frauenfeld

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Ecological Consulting Services: Ecological expert consulting for Bund, Kanton, municipalities, private companies, and landowners. Services include environmental impact assessments (UVB), habitat mapping, biodiversity monitoring, wildlife-traffic planning, river revitalization, and landscape planning.
2. Custom Software Development: Development of bespoke web, GIS, and mobile applications for cantonal and federal government clients. Long-term project engagement with ongoing maintenance and evolution of delivered solutions.
3. Drone Photography Services: Professional aerial photography using drone technology. Pricing based on time spent on-site, image processing requirements, and project scope. Prices quoted per project (e.g., building overview at Fr. 525 + VAT for 3.5 hours).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Kaden + Partner AG operates three integrated divisions: (1) Ecological consulting providing environmental impact assessments, habitat mapping, biodiversity monitoring, and river revitalization for Swiss cantonal and federal government clients; (2) Custom software development building bespoke web, GIS, and mobile applications (including BISO career counseling platform, ThurGIS, Sabretooth framework) on open-source technologies; (3) Professional drone photography services using DJI Mavic Pro for landscape, building, and municipal documentation.

Product overview

Kaden and Partner AG operates three divisions: Ecology consulting (Ökologie), Software Development (Informatik), and Drone Photography (Luftbilder). The software division develops custom web-based solutions including BISO (the flagship case management platform for career counseling), GIS applications (ThurGIS, Sabretooth framework), energy subsidy management systems (Zeus, Apollon), and various administrative applications for Swiss cantonal and federal agencies. Products are built on open standards (HTML/CSS/JavaScript/TypeScript, VueJS, PHP, PostgreSQL, PostGIS) with a focus on platform independence and minimal commercial dependencies.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• BISO: BISO (Berufs-Informations-System Online) is a comprehensive case management system for cantonal career counseling offices in Switzerland, managing consultation cases from scheduling to reporting.

Products and services

• Ökologische Fachberatung (Ecological Consulting) Ecological consulting services including environmental impact assessments (UVB), project and construction monitoring, habitat mapping, renaturation and biotope management, monitoring and success controls, nature inventories, wildlife-traffic interface management, and landscape quality assessments for Swiss Bund, Kanton, municipalities, private companies, and landowners.
• BISO (Berufs-Informations-System Online) Comprehensive web-based case management platform for career counseling centers across Swiss cantons, handling the full advisory lifecycle from registration through case conclusion and invoicing. Supports approximately 8,000 advisory cases annually across 11+ Swiss cantons (BE, BL, GL, NW, OW, SH, SZ, TG, ZH, ZG). Features include appointment planning with calendar exports and SMS reminders, document generation with templates, role-based access control, KBSB standardized statistics, event/workshop management, and integrations with Viamia, Jaxforms, NetBiblio, WinMedio, BibSys, IncaMail, and SMS gateways.
• ThurGIS Platform Thurgau Geographic Information System platform, including public map viewer and specialized applications for editing, capturing, and managing geographic data. Built with MapServer, GeoServer, PostgreSQL/PostGIS backend. Partner company responsible for development and maintenance of public geo-services for the Amt für Geoinformation des Kanton Thurgau, managing WMS services and complex GIS applications for capturing, editing, and intersecting geometries.
• Sabretooth GIS Framework Agile GIS framework for mobile and desktop use. Enables rapid definition of data models, mobile data capture, georeferenced database storage, and data processing/visualization via WMS services. Built with Cordova for iOS/Android deployment. Used as the foundation for ThurGIS edit and GIS SHedit field data capture applications.
• AMO4 (Official Surveying Administration) Web application for managing financial data and metadata about Switzerland's official land surveying, replacing the predecessor AMO3 in 2019. Generates various consolidated statistics about different operation types. Built on a PHP/Laravel backend with PostgreSQL database for the Bundesamt für Landestopografie swisstopo.
• Minasa CMS Platform Event platform CMS for cultural offerings. Originally developed for thurgaukultur.ch, evolved into the Minasa CMS platform now serving multiple clients including saiten.ch and szenen-kultur.ch. Includes frontend, backend CMS, and hosting. Built with VueJS and Vuetify.
• Drohnenfotografie (Drone Photography) Professional drone photography services using DJI Mavic Pro. Offers high-resolution aerial photography of landscapes, buildings, and settlements with customizable angles and specifications. Includes image processing and custom delivery. Example project: building overview at Fr. 525 + VAT for a 3.5-hour engagement (150 CHF/hour). All Thurgau municipalities have been photographed from artistic perspectives with images freely available for non-commercial use via Flickr.

Quantifiable outcome

• All 88+ Thurgau municipalities have been photographed from unique aerial perspectives, freely available for non-commercial use.
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration8 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Stiftung SeebachtalcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2002Since 2002, Kaden + Partner AG has operated the Geschäftsstelle Natur (Nature Office) of Stiftung Seebachtal, responsible for implementing the foundation's conservation goals including promoting biodiversity, restoring natural habitats, and preserving the natural cultural landscape around the Seebachtal lakes (Nussbaumer-, Hüttwiler-, and Hasensee).
• KARCH (Koordinationsstelle für Amphibien- und Reptilienschutz der Schweiz)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1992Kaden + Partner AG has served as the KARCH regional representative for Canton Thurgau since 1992 and additionally for Canton Schaffhausen since 2020. The firm acts as the local contact for private individuals, companies, and authorities on amphibian and reptile protection matters, initiates conservation projects, and conducts species promotion programs in collaboration with the KARCH central office.
• Amt für Geoinformation des Kantons Thurgau (AGI)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKaden + Partner AG is a partner firm for the Thurgau Office for Geoinformation, responsible for the development and maintenance of the public ThurGIS geo-platform, cantonal MapServer and frontend GIS installations, and for creating WMS services and integrating new applications with map services.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Bedag Informatik AG: Swiss government IT services provider owned by the canton of Bern; develops and operates application platforms and digital services for Swiss cantons and municipalities. Directly comparable as a Swiss public-sector software and IT-services counterpart.
• Camptocamp SA: Swiss open-source GIS and infrastructure software firm working with PostgreSQL/PostGIS, GeoServer and MapServer on public-sector and environmental projects. Highly comparable on open-source geospatial stack and Swiss/European government client base.
• Geocom AG: Swiss GIS specialist and Esri partner focused on geoinformation solutions for utilities, government, and industry. Closely comparable on the GIS application and cantonal-government customer axis.
• Hintermann & Weber AG: Swiss ecological consulting firm providing environmental impact assessments, biodiversity monitoring, and habitat surveys for cantons and federal clients. Closest peer on the ecology division, with similar methodology and customer profile.

Broad incumbents

• ti&m AG: Large Swiss IT consultancy building bespoke digital platforms for banks, insurance, and government. Comparable on the custom government-software axis but operates at much greater scale and across sectors.
• AdNovum Informatik AG: Swiss software and IT services company with significant government and regulated-industry work. Comparable as a broader incumbent offering custom enterprise and public-sector software solutions in Switzerland.
• Trivadis AG (Accenture Switzerland): Swiss-headquartered IT consultancy delivering application development, data, and cloud services with strong public-sector exposure. Comparable on bespoke application delivery for Swiss institutions, though at broader scale.

Emerging players

• Sensorpunkt GmbH: Smaller Swiss drone and geospatial services provider offering aerial mapping and GIS analytics. Comparable on the drone-photography plus geospatial data services overlap.

Regional players

• Synergo GmbH: Swiss ecological and landscape planning consultancy delivering environmental impact assessments and habitat work for cantons. Comparable peer for the ecology consulting division in the same regional market.
• Mistra Solutions GmbH: Swiss open-source GIS and environmental IT services firm with similar technology stack (GeoServer, QGIS, PostGIS) serving public-sector environmental and planning clients. Comparable on the open-source GIS services overlap.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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