ITGilde

What ITGilde does

ITGilde BV is a Netherlands-based private limited company headquartered in Amstelveen that operates as a cooperative organization serving clients seeking DevOps consulting and training. The company is structured around three wholly-owned divisions: ITGilde Coöperatie, which functions as the membership organization for entrepreneurial DevOps IT professionals; ITGilde Academy, which delivers accredited IT training on location or virtually using practitioners who also work in the field; and ITGilde Consulting, which deploys intrinsically motivated professionals for migration, implementation, and management projects. The underlying technology base centers on open source DevOps tools and practices, with no proprietary software products disclosed.

The business model is professional services revenue across two streams — consulting engagements and accredited training delivery. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and is structured around tailored, quote-based engagements. The go-to-market is sales-led for consulting and training, with a community-led dimension through the cooperative membership model. Marketing relies on the company website, a LinkedIn company page, a YouTube knowledge video hub, and a published calendar of events. Distribution is regional (Netherlands) and delivered through direct enterprise engagement across all three divisions.

ITGilde holds partnerships with the Linux Foundation (as a Training Partner), CyberArk, and SUSE, and is a member of NCR Cooperatie voor ondernemen. The company has no disclosed funding rounds, no disclosed headcount, no named customer logos, no proprietary technology products, and no AI/ML capabilities referenced. Operations are concentrated in the Netherlands with services delivered on location or virtually, and the company maintains an active operating status as of the source extraction date.

Name

ITGilde

Legal name

ITGilde BV

Website

https://itgilde.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

ITGilde BV is a Netherlands-based cooperative of open source DevOps professionals operating three divisions: a membership cooperative, an accredited IT training academy, and a consulting arm deploying practitioners for migration and implementation projects across Dutch enterprise clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

IT Consulting and Training Services

NAICS

Computer Training (611420), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Professional and Management Development Training (61143)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Systems Administration & IT Operations (Windows/Linux, Monitoring, ITSM) (EDABAFAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Secure Software & DevOps Awareness (Secure Coding Basics) (EDABAGAN)

Keywords

• DevOps consulting
• IT training services
• Open source DevOps
• Professional services
• DevOps cooperative

Headquarters

HQ city

Amstelveen

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. ITGilde Consulting: Providing best intrinsically motivated professionals for migration and implementation projects, or for standard management tasks. Professionals are deployed to client organizations for consulting engagements.
2. ITGilde Academy: High-quality accredited IT trainings delivered by trainers who also work in the field. Training is always tailored to needs, on location or virtually.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

ITGilde is a Dutch cooperative that bundles the expertise of entrepreneurial open source DevOps IT professionals and makes that knowledge available to organizations through consulting and training services. ITGilde Consulting deploys intrinsically motivated professionals for migration, implementation, and management projects, while ITGilde Academy delivers accredited IT training on-site or virtually, always tailored to client needs.

Product overview

ITGilde is a cooperative organization comprising three interconnected offerings: ITGilde Cooperative serves as the core membership structure for DevOps professionals, while ITGilde Academy provides accredited IT training services delivered by working practitioners, and ITGilde Consulting deploys skilled professionals for project-based work. The three divisions operate collaboratively—the Cooperative supplies professionals who share knowledge through the Academy and are deployable via Consulting.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• ITGilde Consulting Professional services division deploying intrinsically motivated DevOps IT professionals for migration projects, implementation projects, and standard management tasks. Services are delivered directly to client organizations.
• ITGilde Academy Accredited IT training services delivered by trainers who also work in the field. Trainings are tailored to client needs and delivered on-site or virtually.
• ITGilde Cooperative Membership-based cooperative for entrepreneurial DevOps IT professionals who consider quality paramount. Members stay up-to-date and share expertise and knowledge, supporting the consulting and academy divisions.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Linux FoundationcoreTechnology or IntegrationITGilde is a Linux Foundation Training Partner, indicating collaboration in providing open source training and certification programs for DevOps professionals.
• NCR Cooperatie voor ondernemenminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerITGilde is affiliated with NCR Cooperatie voor ondernemen as a member, indicating membership in a cooperative network for entrepreneurs.

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Xebia: Dutch-headquartered IT consultancy specializing in DevOps, Agile, and cloud migration. Closest comparable to ITGilde Consulting on geography, service mix (migration/implementation), and DevOps focus, but at substantially larger scale.
• OpenValue: Netherlands-based consultancy focused on JVM, DevOps, and cloud-native engineering. Directly competes with ITGilde Consulting for Dutch enterprise migration and implementation projects in the open-source DevOps stack.
• Global Knowledge: Global IT training provider offering accredited vendor and technology courses, including Linux and DevOps curricula. Comparable to ITGilde Academy as a competing channel for enterprise IT training budgets in Europe.
• Craftworkz: Amsterdam-based DevOps, cloud, and software engineering consultancy serving Dutch enterprises. Comparable on regional focus, project-based DevOps delivery, and the kind of mid-sized implementation work ITGilde Consulting pursues.
• Pluralsight: Technology skills platform offering DevOps, cloud, and Linux training content. Competes with ITGilde Academy for the same enterprise upskilling budgets, but via asynchronous content rather than practitioner-led live delivery.

Broad incumbents

• Red Hat: Open-source enterprise software vendor (now part of IBM) covering Linux, Kubernetes, and automation — the same open-source stack ITGilde trains and consults on. Comparable as an incumbent that both enables and competes with independent DevOps service providers.
• SUSE: Enterprise open-source Linux and Kubernetes vendor that is both a stated ITGilde partner and an adjacent provider of certified training and consulting on the same stack ITGilde Academy and Consulting deliver.
• Devoteam: European technology consultancy with strong DevOps, cloud, and platform-engineering practices across multiple countries. Comparable as a broader incumbent that competes for the same enterprise migration budgets ITGilde targets, but at pan-European scale.
• Capgemini: Global IT services firm with dedicated cloud and DevOps delivery practices serving European enterprises. Represents the large incumbent benchmark that ITGilde competes against on enterprise migration and managed-services RFPs.

Others

• Linux Foundation: Open-source foundation that issues the certifications and curricula ITGilde Academy delivers as a Training Partner. Relevant as the ecosystem gatekeeper that sets training standards and partner economics for ITGilde's certification-driven revenue.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/c/ITGILDEACADEMYDEVOPSKNOWLEDGEVIDEOHUBITG
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/itgilde
• Facebookfacebook.com/ITGilde

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries3 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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