Acuerdos y Soluciones

What Acuerdos y Soluciones does

Acuerdos y Soluciones, S.A. (AYSSA) is a Guatemalan strategic consulting firm founded in June 2014 that helps public and private sector actors make investment projects viable in contexts characterized by high political complexity, social conflict, and strong ethnic-cultural presence. The firm operates primarily in Guatemala, with stated international projection, and is built around three commercial brands: SACS (Sistema de Análisis de la Conflictividad Social), a subscription-based digital platform providing information, analysis, and prospective intelligence on social conflict; Diálogo, a conflict resolution platform co-developed with the Fundación Tecnológica para el Desarrollo de Guatemala; and Invenio Studios, a wholly-owned subsidiary offering audiovisual production, graphic design, and digital development services.

The core technology is the SACS platform, a GIS-enabled information system that catalogs over 180 types of social conflict generators across all 22 Guatemalan departments using more than eight years of continuous data collection originating in 2008. The platform supports quantitative and qualitative conflict analysis, produces the Social Conflict Index and the Social Conflict Cost Index (covering 2014–2018, with documented impact estimates including 411 million quetzales of social-conflict cost in 2012 and 931 million quetzales in 2015), and serves as a decision-support tool for government institutions, private companies in mining/energy/infrastructure, academia, and diplomatic missions. The firm monetizes through SACS subscriptions (annual cadence, custom pricing), one-time sales of specialized studies, custom advisory engagements on negotiation and investment facilitation, and production fees from Invenio Studios, primarily via enterprise field sales to public and private decision-makers in Guatemala.

Name

Acuerdos y Soluciones

Legal name

Acuerdos y Soluciones, S.A.

Website

https://ayssaestrategia.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Acuerdos y Soluciones is a Guatemalan strategic consulting firm operating SACS, a subscription platform providing social conflict analytics across all 22 Guatemalan departments with 8+ years of data, serving government, private investors, academia, and diplomatic clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Strategic Consulting Services

NAICS

Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services (5418), Software Publishers (513210), Environmental Consulting Services (54162)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Sustainability & ESG Consulting (BPAHACAK)

Keywords

• Social conflict analysis
• Political risk consulting
• Investment facilitation
• Conflict resolution services
• Strategic intelligence

Headquarters

HQ city

Guatemala City

HQ country

Guatemala

HQ region

Latin America

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. SACS Platform Subscriptions: Subscription-based access to the SACS digital platform providing real-time social conflict data, analysis reports, and geographic conflict mapping for decision-makers.
2. Specialized Studies and Reports: Sale of specialized studies including the Social Conflict Index and Social Conflict Cost Index reports for Guatemala 2014-2018.
3. Custom Consulting Services: Specialized advisory services on social conflict, negotiation facilitation, and investment facilitation in complex contexts for public and private sector clients.
4. Invenio Studios: Audiovisual production, graphic design, and digital development services through subsidiary brand.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Acuerdos y Soluciones provides strategic consulting and information services focused on political, social, cultural, and environmental development, helping public and private actors make investment projects viable in contexts of high political complexity and social conflict. Its flagship offering is the SACS digital platform, which delivers information, analysis, and foresight on social conflict in Guatemala to decision-makers, complemented by specialized research reports, bespoke advisory on negotiation and conflict resolution through the Diálogo methodology, and audiovisual and digital communications via Invenio Studios.

Product overview

Acuerdos y Soluciones S.A. (AYSSA) operates as a multi-product Guatemalan company focused on social conflict analysis, resolution, and investment facilitation in politically and culturally complex contexts. Its core product is SACS (Sistema de Análisis de la Conflictividad Social), a digital platform offering dynamic databases and analysis on social conflict in Guatemala for subscription-based access by public, private, and community decision-makers. Supporting the portfolio are two sub-brands: Diálogo (a conflict resolution facilitation platform built on a proprietary methodology co-developed with the Fundación Tecnológica para el Desarrollo de Guatemala) and Invenio Studios (an audiovisual, advertising, and digital communication agency). The offering is complemented by published research reports — the Índice de la Conflictividad Social and the Índice del Costo de la Conflictividad Social (covering 2014-2018) — and a podcast called Dosis de Realidad. The company also maintains a Digital Library with thematic document collections on peace agreements, indigenous rights, human rights, environment, and legislation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SACS (Sistema de Análisis de la Conflictividad Social): Information, analysis, and prospective system on social conflict in Guatemala, oriented as a tool for decision-making by public and private actors.
• Invenio Studios
• Dialogo

Products and services

• SACS (Sistema de Análisis de la Conflictividad Social) Subscription-based digital information, analysis, and foresight platform providing real-time and historical intelligence on social conflict in Guatemala. It offers dynamic databases on conflict generators, actors, geography, types of social conflict actions, and affected sectors, with GIS and statistical analysis tools for decision-making by public and private actors.
• Diálogo Conflict resolution service that uses a proprietary methodology co-developed with the Fundación Tecnológica para el Desarrollo de Guatemala, with AYSSA serving as promoters, moderators, and coordinators of dialogue processes in complex social and political contexts.
• Invenio Studios Audiovisual production, advertising, and communication services delivered through three practice areas: audiovisual development, graphic and editorial design, and digital design and development. Operates as a communication agency with a human-centered approach for clients in Guatemala.
• Índice de la Conflictividad Social 2014-2018 Published research study quantifying trends in social conflict intensity and patterns across Guatemala during 2014-2018, distributed as a PDF report upon request.
• Índice del Costo de la Conflictividad Social 2014-2018 Published research study quantifying the economic cost of social conflict in Guatemala for 2014-2018, including state tax sacrifice and broader economic impact on citizens and economic sectors, distributed as a PDF report.
• Dosis de Realidad Podcast series delivering analysis and commentary on social conflict, electoral conflictivity, and political developments in Guatemala, distributed via SoundCloud.
• Strategic Consulting and Investment Facilitation Bespoke advisory and consulting services for public and private sector clients on social conflict, negotiation facilitation, and investment project viability in politically and ethnically complex Guatemalan contexts.

Quantifiable outcome

• 411 million quetzales (0.1% of GDP) estimated cost of social conflict in 2012
• +4 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• United Nations Global CompactflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2023Acuerdos y Soluciones S.A. officially joined the UN Global Compact, demonstrating commitment to sustainability, social responsibility, and universal principles of human rights, labor, environmental and anti-corruption standards. This membership aligns the company with a global network of businesses working to promote a more just, equitable and sustainable world.
• ConnectAmericas (IDB)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerVerified partner on the Inter-American Development Bank's ConnectAmericas platform, showcasing company credibility and international visibility.
• Asociación Guatemalteca de Geología (AGG)minorOthersMember of the Guatemalan Association of Geology, indicating industry connections in the mining and extractive sector.
• Fundación Tecnológica para el Desarrollo de GuatemalacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-developer of the Dialogo product for conflict resolution services. AYSSA and this foundation collaborated as promoters, moderators and coordinators using a proprietary methodology based on years of experience, learning, systematization and practice-grounded theorization.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Control Risks: Global political and security risk consultancy delivering country risk intelligence and incident monitoring to corporate and government clients. Closely comparable to AYSSA's SACS subscription model and bespoke political/social-conflict advisory for investors operating in complex jurisdictions.
• Verisk Maplecroft: Provider of country risk indices, political risk analytics, and human rights datasets used by multinational corporates for ESG and operational risk decisions. Directly comparable to AYSSA's Social Conflict Index and Social Conflict Cost Index publications and SACS subscription data feeds.
• Eurasia Group: Political risk advisory firm publishing country and thematic risk analysis for institutional investors and corporate strategy teams. Comparable to AYSSA's combination of subscription-based political/social intelligence plus high-touch advisory for public and private decision-makers.

Others

• International Crisis Group: International think tank producing in-depth conflict analysis and policy reports across fragile states. Comparable in producing systematic, geography-specific conflict intelligence consumed by governments and diplomats, though operates as a nonprofit rather than a subscription commercial platform.

Emerging players

• InSight Crime: Specialist in organized crime and conflict analysis across Latin America, with structured country-level datasets and investigative reporting. Comparable to AYSSA's focus on social conflict in a specific LATAM geography and its hybrid model of subscription intelligence plus public-facing editorial content.

Regional players

• Fundar Centro de Análisis e Investigación: Mexican policy analysis and accountability organization producing data-driven reports on governance, conflict, and resource politics. Comparable in combining systematic country-level conflict/governance analysis with advocacy and advisory work, though focused on Mexico rather than Guatemala.

Broad incumbents

• S&P Global Market Intelligence: Large-scale provider of country risk, sovereign, and ESG data feeds as part of a broader portfolio of financial and commodities intelligence. Comparable in offering standardized indices and country-level risk data, though at a global scale and as part of a much wider data business than AYSSA's Guatemala-only focus.
• Deloitte (Climate & Sustainability / ESG Advisory): Big Four advisory practice covering ESG, social risk, and stakeholder engagement for multinational clients. Overlaps with AYSSA's investor-facing social-conflict and stakeholder-due-diligence work, but as part of a broad consulting portfolio rather than a focused conflict-data platform.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ayssagt
• Facebookfacebook.com/AYSSAGT
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ayssagt

Compliance1 record

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

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