e-fundresearch.com

What e-fundresearch.com does

e-fundresearch.com AG is an independent B2B media and data platform focused on the investment fund industry in the DACH region (Germany, Austria, Switzerland). Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Vienna (Kollergerngasse 6/13, 1060 Wien), the company is a privately held Austrian corporation with approximately 6 employees, led by board member Simon Weiler, M.A. The platform serves asset managers, institutional investors, and wealth managers with fund analysis, performance rankings, market news, manager interviews, and professional education content.

The core technology is a web-based content management and data platform comprising a fund search engine with dynamic rankings across multiple categories and time horizons (YTD, 1Y, 3Y, 5Y), a NewsCenter for sponsored content, a dedicated events platform (events.e-fundresearch.com), and an adjacent ESG.Guide tool. The content library spans over 836 pages covering equities, bonds, alternatives, money market, mixed funds, real estate, commodities, and convertible bond funds. Distribution runs through the website, a free email newsletter, and recurring webinars such as the 'Fifteen Minutes' monthly series with M&G Investments.

Monetization is driven by NewsCenter sponsored articles (a paid advertising format in which asset managers retain editorial responsibility), event and webinar hosting partnerships, and newsletter advertising. There is no disclosed subscription product, no API or SDK offering, and no publicly disclosed revenue or funding. The business operates with a vertical specialization in DACH asset management and a deliberately small organizational footprint.

Name

e-fundresearch.com

Legal name

e-fundresearch.com AG

Website

https://e-fundresearch.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

e-fundresearch.com AG is an independent Vienna-based B2B media and data platform serving the DACH asset management industry with fund rankings, sponsored NewsCenter content, manager interviews, and a webinar platform, operated by a ~6-person team since 2000.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Financial Media & Fund Research

NAICS

Web Search Portals and All Other Information Services (51929)

SIC

Services-Advertising Agencies (7311)

akta.pro primary industry

Technology & B2B PR (MPAAADAC)

Keywords

• Fund research platform
• Asset management media
• Fund performance rankings
• Investment fund data
• Financial news platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Vienna, Vienna

HQ country

Austria

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. NewsCenter Sponsored Content: Asset management companies pay for sponsored news articles and press releases published through the NewsCenter, a premium advertising format where companies retain editorial responsibility for their content.
2. Newsletter Subscription: Free newsletter with optional premium content, monetized through advertising and sponsored placements.
3. Event Platform: Webinar and virtual event hosting services for asset management companies, such as the M&G Investments monthly webcast series.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

e-fundresearch.com operates a B2B media and data platform for the DACH region's investment fund industry, providing a fund database with search and ranking tools (Fonds-Suchmaschine and Fundranking), a NewsCenter that publishes sponsored content from asset managers, a webinar and virtual event platform, free email newsletters, and an ESG guide platform. The platform serves asset managers seeking media exposure, institutional investors, and wealth managers performing fund selection and due diligence.

Product overview

e-fundresearch.com is an independent information provider for investment funds offering a B2B media platform focused on fund analysis, rankings, news, and events for the DACH fund industry. The core offering consists of a fund database with search and ranking functionality (Fonds-Suchmaschine/Fundranking), a NewsCenter for industry content from asset managers, a webinar/event platform, and specialized content sections covering ETFs, Fixed Income, Managers, Markets, and Research. The platform also offers a free newsletter, ESG guide tools, and personnel/job market services. The site functions as a media and data platform rather than a traditional SaaS product with technical integrations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• NewsCenter Centralized platform for news and articles about investment funds and asset management, featuring paid sponsored content from asset management companies as a premium advertising format where the contributing companies retain editorial responsibility for their content. Targeted at professional investors and asset managers in the DACH region.
• Fonds-Suchmaschine (Fund Search Engine) Fund search database enabling users to filter and search across fund categories, regions, sectors, styles, and performance metrics. Targeted at institutional investors and wealth managers conducting fund research.
• Fundranking (Fund Rankings) Dynamic ranking system ranking fund categories including best equity funds and best bond funds, with sortable performance comparisons across YTD, 1-year, 3-year, and 5-year time periods. Targeted at investors conducting fund selection and benchmarking.
• Webinar/Event Platform Virtual event platform hosting professional webinars and webcasts for asset managers and professional investors. Notable programming includes M&G Investments' monthly 'Fifteen Minutes' market update series presented by Ivan Domjanic, CFA.
• Newsletter Free email newsletter providing regular updates on key market and industry developments with strong focus on the DACH fund industry, with unsubscribe available at any time.
• ESG.Guide ESG guide platform operating as part of the e-fundresearch.com ecosystem for ESG-focused investment content.

Named customers12 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability4 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• AXA Investment ManagersminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAXA Investment Managers supports e-fundresearch.com on their path to climate neutrality, as indicated on the website footer. This is a sustainability partnership where AXA IM backs the platform's environmental initiatives.
• BB-JobportalminorGTM or Marketing PartnerWeekly collaboration presenting 5 new career opportunities from the asset management industry. The partnership provides job market content and recruitment advertising for asset management professionals.
• M&G InvestmentsminorGTM or Marketing PartnerM&G Investments hosts the monthly 'Fifteen Minutes - Was die Märkte bewegt' webinar series on the events platform, targeting professional investors with monthly market updates presented by Ivan Domjanic, CFA.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• moneycab: Swiss financial news platform covering asset management, funds, and financial markets. Comparable to e-fundresearch.com in providing B2B financial media for the DACH fund industry, with Swiss-market focus and similar coverage of fund launches, manager interviews, and market commentary.
• DasInvestment: German-language B2B financial media platform covering investment funds and asset management. Directly comparable to e-fundresearch.com with news, analysis, and fund coverage, focused specifically on the German-speaking market with a similar publisher-advertiser business model.
• fundinfo: European fund data platform (Switzerland-based) providing fund data, documentation, and regulatory information services to asset managers and distributors. Highly comparable to e-fundresearch.com's fund search engine and ranking system, with deeper regulatory document management focus and broader European reach.
• Citywire: UK-based B2B financial media platform serving wealth managers and asset managers with news, research, and sponsored content. Operates a similar model to e-fundresearch.com with asset manager advertising and event monetization, but with a UK/European rather than DACH focus and substantially larger scale.
• Value Relations: German financial communications agency specializing in PR and media services for asset management clients. Overlaps with e-fundresearch.com's NewsCenter sponsored content offering, as both serve asset managers seeking media exposure in the German-speaking market, though Value Relations operates more as a PR agency.
• EXTRA-Magazin: German-language investment magazine covering funds, asset management, and financial markets for retail and professional investors. Comparable to e-fundresearch.com in editorial coverage of the DACH fund industry, though delivered in magazine format with retail-skewed distribution.

Regional players

• finanzen.net: Major German financial portal providing market data, news, fund information, and investor tools. Operates at much larger scale than e-fundresearch.com with broader retail-investor focus, but covers overlapping topics including fund search and asset management news in the same DACH market.
• Börse Express: Austrian financial news platform covering markets, funds, and asset management. Directly comparable in regional focus as it serves the Austrian and broader German-speaking market, providing overlapping content on investment funds and capital markets similar to e-fundresearch.com.

Broad incumbents

• Lipper (LSEG): Fund performance data and analytics provider, now part of London Stock Exchange Group (Refinitiv). Provides Lipper Leader ratings, fund classifications, and performance data similar to e-fundresearch.com's ranking system, but at institutional scale serving the global asset management industry.
• Morningstar: Global leader in fund research, ratings, and data with extensive coverage of European asset management. Overlaps with e-fundresearch.com's fund search and ranking functionality but operates at vastly greater scale with a broader portfolio including investment software, data feeds, and direct investor tools.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/e-fundresearch-com

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

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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