Digital Matters

What Digital Matters does

Digital Matters is a privately held software development company headquartered in Évora, Portugal, founded in 2022 and operating with a remote-first workforce of 1-10 employees. The firm delivers end-to-end digital transformation services organized around six offerings: Digital Transformation consulting, Website Design, Software Development, Mobile App Development, E-commerce, and IT Strategy & Consulting. Target clients are businesses seeking to modernize legacy processes or build new digital products, with stated vertical exposure to Energy, Agriculture, Healthcare, and Fintech.

The company's technical foundation is conventional full-stack web and mobile development built on PHP frameworks (Laravel, Symfony), JavaScript (Vue.js), cloud-native deployment on AWS, and Agile/SCRUM delivery with weekly sprints. Mobile work covers both hybrid and native approaches. AI and machine learning appear only as advisory items within IT Strategy & Consulting, with no evidence of proprietary models or AI-native infrastructure.

Revenue is generated through project-based professional services engagements acquired via a structured sales process (discovery call, NDA, custom proposal) targeting enterprise buyers on a regional scope. The company operates with no disclosed funding, no public pricing, no named customer logos, and no leadership team disclosure. Marketing is limited to a corporate website and presence on LinkedIn and Instagram. The "Digital Matters – Smart Technologies" mark is a registered Portuguese trademark (no. 682736).

Name

Digital Matters

Legal name

Digital Matters – Smart Technologies

Website

https://digitalmattershq.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Digital Matters is a small Portuguese software development consultancy founded in 2022, offering digital transformation, web and mobile development, e-commerce, and IT consulting to business clients across Energy, Agriculture, Healthcare, and Fintech verticals using mainstream Laravel, Vue.js, and AWS stacks.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Custom Software Development Services

NAICS

Custom Computer Programming Services (541511), Other Computer Related Services (541519)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAHAEAA

Digital Strategy & Transformation

Business & Public Services/Professional Services (Legal, Accounting, Consulting)/Technology & Digital Consulting

SECONDARYBPAEAAAD

Business Process & Digital Transformation Consulting

Business & Public Services/IT & Digital Services (Managed Services, Systems Integration)/IT Consulting & Systems Integration

SECONDARYBPAHAEAL

Emerging Tech (IoT, Blockchain, AR/VR, Edge) Consulting

Business & Public Services/Professional Services (Legal, Accounting, Consulting)/Technology & Digital Consulting

Keywords

• Custom software development
• Web application development
• Mobile app development
• Digital transformation consulting
• E-commerce development

Headquarters

HQ city

Lisboa

HQ country

Portugal

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations

Revenue model

1. Custom Software Development: Project-based custom software development services including planning, design, development, testing, and deployment. They offer dedicated project managers and dedicated agile teams for client projects.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Digital Matters provides custom software development, website design, mobile application development, e-commerce platform development, and IT strategy consulting services to business clients. The firm operates remotely and delivers end-to-end digital transformation projects using modern web technologies and cloud infrastructure.

Product overview

Digital Matters is a software development company offering a portfolio of six interconnected services focused on digital transformation. Their core offerings include Digital Transformation (strategic consulting), Website Design, Software Development (custom solutions and MVPs), Mobile App Development (native and hybrid), E-commerce solutions, and IT Strategy & Consulting. These services work together as an end-to-end digital transformation offering—from initial strategy through website/app development to ongoing consulting—enabling clients to modernize their business processes and technology stack.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Digital Transformation
• Website Design
• Software Development
• Mobile App Development
• E-commerce Development
• IT Strategy & Consulting

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability2 records

Feature3 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Emerging players

• OutSystems: OutSystems is a Portuguese-founded low-code application platform serving enterprise digital transformation and custom application development. It shares Digital Matters' Iberian roots and overlap in mobile/web application delivery but competes via a platform/product model rather than pure services.

Broad incumbents

• Thoughtworks: Thoughtworks is a global technology consultancy providing custom software development, digital transformation, and cloud-native engineering. It overlaps with Digital Matters across nearly every service line but operates at vastly larger scale with established enterprise clients.
• Globant: Globant is a global digital transformation and software development firm offering strategy, design, engineering, and cloud services. It competes with Digital Matters for the same enterprise digital-transformation mandates but at global scale with deep vertical specializations.
• Deloitte Digital: Deloitte Digital is the digital transformation arm of Deloitte, offering strategy, design, and technology implementation services. It is a broad incumbent comparable in service scope to Digital Matters' full-stack DX offering but operating globally with massive enterprise rosters.
• Accenture: Accenture is a global professional services giant with a large digital transformation, cloud, and custom software practice. It competes for the same enterprise IT consulting and transformation RFPs that Digital Matters targets and represents the upper-bound incumbent.

Direct peers

• Iflexion: Iflexion is a custom software development company delivering web, mobile, and enterprise application development with Agile methodologies and dedicated teams. It is directly comparable to Digital Matters' core custom-development offering and dedicated-team delivery model.
• BairesDev: BairesDev is a large-scale custom software development and IT staff augmentation provider. It is comparable to Digital Matters in offering dedicated agile teams and custom web/mobile delivery, but operates from a nearshore cost-arbitrage model rather than a boutique DX positioning.
• Itransition: Itransition is a custom software development and IT consulting company offering full-cycle web, mobile, and cloud application development. It is directly comparable to Digital Matters in service breadth (custom dev, mobile, cloud, IT consulting) and target mid-market enterprise buyers, though at much larger scale.
• Pixelmatters: Pixelmatters is a Portuguese digital product studio offering product design, web, and mobile development. It is a like-for-like regional competitor sharing Digital Matters' Iberian base, end-to-end digital product delivery focus, and boutique positioning.
• ScienceSoft: ScienceSoft provides custom software development, mobile app development, IT consulting, and cloud services across verticals including healthcare, fintech, and energy. It mirrors Digital Matters' cross-vertical full-stack delivery model and project-based professional services revenue.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/digitalmattershq
• Instagraminstagram.com/digitalmattershq

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

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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