Pergamino storytelling

What Pergamino storytelling does

Pergamino storytelling (Pergamino B.V.) is a Belgian strategic communication and storytelling consultancy founded in 2010 by Hilde De Wachter and headquartered in Zichem, Flemish Brabant, Belgium. The firm provides end-to-end storytelling services to organizations, including communication strategy development, content production (written, video, photo, podcast, and music), public relations, marketing planning, website content development, and storytelling training. Its core customer base is concentrated in the Flemish region among companies operating in cleantech, agriculture and food, circular economy, and sustainable entrepreneurship, with additional work in facility management, equestrian retail, printing, and government-related communications such as environmental permit processes.

The company operates as a boutique consultancy with three core team members (founder Hilde De Wachter as storytelling strategist, Jo De Wachter as marketing analyst, and Filip Leemans handling IT and support) supplemented by a bench of freelance storytellers. Pergamino differentiates through multidisciplinary team backgrounds (including physics, history, and high-tech marketing), domain specialization in sustainability and agriculture, and the breadth of its content production capabilities. It also owns and publishes ecoTips, a magazine, newsletter, and online community focused on sustainable entrepreneurship in Belgium, and maintains a strategic partnership and board-level involvement with Maakbaar Leuven, a Flemish circular-economy movement.

The business model is professional services: clients engage Pergamino through direct website inquiries and referrals, receive a project-based quotation, and are billed either hourly at €90-€120 or on a fixed-project basis. Additional revenue streams include interim management/detachment placement of consultants and structured training programs (for example, a storytelling course for Belfa facility managers in 2020). There is no proprietary technology platform, no SaaS product, and no disclosed revenue. The company is founder-owned, has not raised external funding, and operates with a regional scope focused on Flanders and Belgium.

Name

Pergamino storytelling

Legal name

Pergamino B.V.

Website

https://pergamino.be

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Pergamino storytelling is a Belgian strategic communication consultancy founded in 2010, offering end-to-end storytelling, content production, PR, and training services primarily to cleantech, agriculture, and circular economy clients in the Flemish region.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Zichem, Flemish Region

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Consulting and storytelling services: Pergamino generates revenue by providing consulting services in storytelling, communication strategy, marketing strategy, and related areas. Services are priced on an hourly basis (€90–€120/hour) or project quotation basis. The company also provides interim management/detachment services where consultants are placed with clients for defined periods.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Pergamino storytelling is a Belgian communications consultancy providing end-to-end storytelling services for organizations. The core offering spans story discovery, communication and marketing strategy development, content production (written articles, customer stories, video, photography, original music and podcasts), public relations, website content creation, and storytelling training. Services are delivered on a project or hourly basis, with additional interim/detachment placement of communication consultants into client teams.

Product overview

Pergamino storytelling is a Belgian communications consultancy offering a comprehensive suite of storytelling and strategic communication services. The core offering centers on storytelling consulting, which encompasses story discovery within organizations, strategy development, and narrative execution across multiple channels. The company provides integrated services including communication strategy advisory, public relations, marketing strategy and planning, website content development, and professional storytelling training programs. Additional specialized offerings include podcast and audio production, customer case study development, brochure and marketing material design, environmental permit communication support, and magazine editorial management. The company also offers interim management services for organizations needing temporary communication department support. Pergamino serves clients primarily in cleantech, agriculture, food, circular economy, and sustainable business sectors, and operates ecoTips, a sub-brand sustainable entrepreneurship platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ecoTips: A magazine, newsletter and community around sustainable entrepreneurship. The medium brings professionals together around sustainable entrepreneurship, climate & environment, circular economy and CSR in Belgium. ecoTips publishes a magazine 4 times per year, online reports and articles for subscribers, and ecoTips Bizzclub events.

Products and services

• Storytelling Consulting Services End-to-end storytelling consulting covering story discovery, narrative strategy, scenario development, storysharing, and execution support for organizations in cleantech, agriculture, food, circular economy, and sustainability.
• Communication Strategy & Marketing Planning Strategic communication advisory services that analyze organizational situations from multiple angles to develop communication and marketing strategies plus implementation/action plans for B2B and public-sector clients.
• Public Relations Services Media relations and press engagement services helping organizations reach journalists and stakeholders through storytelling-based PR campaigns and editorial coordination.
• Website Content & Development Website concept, copywriting, photography, and CMS implementation using third-party CMS Smooty for client organizations.
• Storytelling Training & Education Programs Multi-session training programs teaching storytelling principles, audience targeting, and channel selection to corporate and association communication teams (e.g., the Belfa 3-part online program).
• Interim Management & Detachment Services Temporary staffing service placing experienced communication consultants within client organizations during staff absences (illness, pregnancy), rapid growth, or project-based needs.
• Podcast & Original Music Production Original music composition and podcast creation services, including sound design and audio storytelling integration with written client content (e.g., the ecoTips podcast).
• Environmental Permit Communication Support Specialized communication support for Flemish companies filing environmental permit applications, including stakeholder communication, public consultation, and narrative strategy to address community concerns during the regulatory process.
• Magazine & Editorial Management Editorial management services for trade publications, including editor-in-chief duties, publication scheduling, newsletter management, and social media content (e.g., CAP Magazine, VOMinfo, ecoTips).
• ecoTips Magazine & Community Platform A quarterly magazine, newsletter, and online community on sustainable entrepreneurship and circular economy in Belgium, published by Pergamino and serving as both a content platform and a client engagement channel.

Quantifiable outcome

• Hilde De Wachter won FRDO press awards in both 2018 and 2019, demonstrating recognized journalistic excellence in sustainability reporting.

Named customers15 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Maakbaar LeuvencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPergamino is a partner of Maakbaar Leuven, a movement and platform that brings together citizens, government, and companies around circular economy and sustainability. Founder Hilde De Wachter serves on the board of vzw Maakbaar Leuven. Pergamino participates in initiatives that promote collaboration between citizens, government, and businesses for sustainability outcomes.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Finch & Beak: Dutch sustainability strategy and communications consultancy supporting companies on ESG, circular economy and sustainable business model narratives. Overlaps with Pergamino's cleantech and circular-economy communications work.
• Brands & Values: Amsterdam-based sustainability and purpose-driven communications agency serving B2B and consumer brands. Similar positioning to Pergamino in combining strategy, storytelling and content production for sustainability clients.
• Considerati: Dutch consultancy advising companies and policymakers on sustainability strategy, circular economy and stakeholder engagement. Comparable to Pergamino's cleantech/circular-economy advisory and stakeholder communication work.
• All Colors of Communication: Belgian PR and communication agency offering media relations, content and communications consulting to SMEs and brands. Closest in-market peer to Pergamino in Belgium with overlapping storytelling/PR services.
• WeLaunch: Dutch PR and communications agency serving tech, sustainability and B2B clients with media relations and content. Regional comparable to Pergamino in scope and target verticals.
• Futerra: Sustainability-focused communications and creative agency producing campaigns, content and editorial work for purpose-driven brands and NGOs. Directly comparable to Pergamino's storytelling-plus-strategy offering for the same sustainability client base.

Broad incumbents

• Edelman: Global communications firm with a dedicated sustainability and purpose practice serving multinational brands on ESG, climate and stakeholder storytelling. A larger, broad-incumbent competitor Pergamino encounters when Belgian clients scale sustainability communications internationally.
• Weber Shandwick: Global PR network with sustainability, climate and social-impact practices serving enterprises on purpose-driven communications. Represents the broad-incumbent alternative to boutique sustainability storytellers like Pergamino.
• BCW (Burson Cohn & Wolfe): Global communications agency offering public relations, content and corporate affairs across industries including sustainability and energy. Competes for the same enterprise stakeholder-communications briefs Pergamino targets.

Emerging players

• DuurzaamBedrijfsleven: Dutch media platform covering sustainable business, circular economy and CSR for professional audiences. Functionally analogous to Pergamino's ecoTips sub-brand as a sustainability-focused editorial/community channel.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/HildeDeWachter
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCZnuInKyRghXK_kW8XhZ_Ig
• Facebookfacebook.com/Pergaminostorytelling
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/pergamino

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 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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