What minds + matches does

minds + matches is a founder-owned professional services consultancy registered in Mainz, Germany and operationally led from Bielefeld by Juliane Seyhan. Established in 2021, the firm helps knowledge-based organizations navigate change processes and connects experts from academia and practice with audiences that can apply their knowledge. Its offerings center on program and project leadership, the development and management of knowledge and publication formats, science-to-practice transfer, stakeholder and network management, and interdisciplinary team leadership.

The company's core product is its founder's expertise rather than a software platform or proprietary technology. Juliane Seyhan brings more than twenty years at the science-practice interface, including nine years as Program Director at Springer Nature, where she led a seven-person team producing roughly 170 specialist and teaching publications per year. minds + matches monetizes this expertise through direct consulting engagements with universities, scientific institutions, foundations, and similar knowledge-based organizations; no pricing is publicly disclosed. Distribution is primarily direct sales supported by Seyhan's personal-brand presence on LinkedIn, podcasts, and interview circuits, and the firm maintains no disclosed partnerships, funding, or M&A activity.

Name

minds + matches

Legal name

minds + matches

Website

https://mindsandmatches.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

minds + matches is a founder-owned German consultancy that helps universities, scientific institutions, and foundations run change processes and transfer knowledge between science and practice. Services include program leadership, knowledge-format development, and stakeholder network management, led by founder Juliane Seyhan.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Management Consulting

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Organization Design & Change Management Consulting (BPAHACAD)

Keywords

• Knowledge transfer consulting
• Change management services
• Science practice mediation
• Knowledge format development
• Program leadership consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Bielefeld

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

minds + matches is a consulting firm that supports organizations, particularly knowledge-based ones, in managing change processes and transferring knowledge between scientific research and practical application. The firm connects experts from science and practice with audiences and provides program/project leadership along with the development of tailored knowledge formats for its clients.

Product overview

minds + matches is a single professional services offering focused on knowledge transfer between science and practice. The company provides consulting for organizational change processes, connecting experts from academia and industry with relevant audiences. Rather than a software platform with modules, it operates as a service-based consultancy led by founder Juliane Seyhan, who brings 20+ years of experience in scientific publishing and program management.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Knowledge Transfer Consulting Consulting service that bridges scientific research and practical application by connecting experts from science and practice with client audiences, helping organizations translate knowledge into actionable outcomes.
• Change Management Consulting Advisory support that helps organizations navigate change processes, drawing on the firm's expertise at the science-practice interface and its network of subject-matter experts.
• Program and Project Leadership Provides experienced leadership for client programs and projects, managing delivery and stakeholder coordination across knowledge-transfer and change initiatives.
• Knowledge Format Development Designs tailored knowledge formats that make scientific and practical expertise accessible to target audiences, customized to each client's change process and communication needs.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Broad incumbents

• McKinsey & Company: Global management consulting firm with a large Organization Practice covering change management, leadership, and capability building. Competes with minds + matches at the upper end of change-management engagements, especially with large academic and research clients.
• Bain & Company: Global management consulting firm with strong organizational and change management capabilities. Comparable to minds + matches on the type of transformation work delivered, but competes at a different scale and brand tier.
• Porsche Consulting: German management consulting subsidiary of Porsche AG, covering strategy, operations, and organizational transformation. Comparable in being a German-headquartered consultancy serving enterprise and institutional clients with change and operating-model work, but at far greater scale.
• Roland Berger: Major German-origin global management consulting firm with a dedicated organizational and change practice. Competes with minds + matches for transformation mandates but at much larger scale and broader portfolio, particularly in Germany and continental Europe.
• Boston Consulting Group (BCG): Global management consulting firm with a People & Organization Practice focused on transformation and change. Overlaps with minds + matches in transformation advisory for institutions, but at significantly larger scale and broader capability set.

Direct peers

• ROI-EFESO: German management consultancy focused on operational excellence and transformation. Worth listing as a peer because it competes for the same German mid-market transformation and change-management engagements and is similar in scale, culture, and delivery model.
• hkp/// group: German HR and organizational consulting firm advising on compensation, governance, leadership, and organizational change. Comparable to minds + matches in combining people-and-organization advisory with engagement-level implementation for German enterprises and institutions.
• Kienbaum Consultants International: German management consulting firm with a strong organizational transformation, HR, and leadership practice. Highly comparable to minds + matches due to its German base, focus on org and change work, and practitioner-led model that blends advisory with implementation.
• Staufen AG: German boutique consultancy specializing in operational excellence and change management. Relevant as a German-headquartered mid-sized transformation consultancy that wins on focused expertise rather than breadth, similar to minds + matches' positioning.

Emerging players

• North Highland: Global management consulting firm known for change management and transformation work. Comparable to minds + matches in being a practitioner-led consultancy where change management is a core offering rather than a peripheral service line.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/mindsandmatches

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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