Icpro Gmbh

What Icpro Gmbh does

ICPRO GmbH is a Lucerne-based, founder-owned Swiss consulting firm founded in 2007 that delivers management services, accounting and advisory mandates, business development, and international networking primarily to Swiss small and medium enterprises, associations, and member organizations. The firm operates as a senior advisory boutique — approximately five named professionals including founder Andreas W. Kaelin — providing full-spectrum operational support from strategy and finance through association office management and project leadership, alongside recurring international seminars and trade fair participation on behalf of Swiss digital economy bodies such as Alliance Digital Security Switzerland (ADSS), the National Test Institute for Cybersecurity (NTC), digitalswitzerland, and ICTswitzerland.

The core offering is professional services rather than a technology product: Management Services (Geschäftsführung von A-Z), Treuhand- und Beratungsmandate, Business Development, Regional Development and Networking, plus specialized International Seminars and Trade Fair Services (including Swiss pavilion coordination at GITEX GLOBAL, Hannover Messe, and the legacy CeBIT). ICPRO has no proprietary technology platform; its disclosed software stack is limited to HubSpot for CRM, email marketing, contact forms, and reporting, hosted on a standard web infrastructure. There are no APIs, SDKs, or app products, and the firm holds no patents or trademarks. Its technology posture is conventional professional services tooling.

ICPRO's business model is fee-for-service consulting under individually negotiated written orders, with monthly invoicing on 10-day net payment terms and expenses/travel billed separately. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and no standard rate card exists; fees default to ICPRO's internal rate sheet absent a specific agreement. The go-to-market combines sales-led direct advisory relationships initiated through the website contact form with event-driven demand generated by 12+ years of international seminar and delegation programming. Revenue concentration sits with a small set of ecosystem organizations in which the founder holds concurrent board or managing director positions, supplemented by an unquantified SME long tail in Switzerland.

Name

Icpro Gmbh

Legal name

ICPRO GmbH

Website

https://icpro.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

ICPRO GmbH is a Lucerne-based Swiss consulting firm founded in 2007 that delivers management, accounting, business development, and international seminar services to Swiss SMEs, associations, and member organizations, with a five-person senior team operating as the operational backbone of several founder-led digital security ecosystem bodies.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Luzern

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Services and Consulting: ICPRO generates revenue through fee-for-service consulting mandates, including management services (association office management, project management, interim management), accounting and advisory services, business development support, and international networking facilitation. Services are agreed in individual written orders with defined scope, duration and fees. Travel time is charged as working time; expenses and travel costs are reimbursed separately. Monthly invoicing with 10-day net payment terms.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

ICPRO GmbH is a Swiss strategic consulting firm that delivers end-to-end management, accounting, business development and international networking services to SMEs, associations and member organizations. Its offering combines day-to-day association office management with strategic advisory, project and interim management, and event-based programs such as international seminars and Swiss pavilion presence at technology trade fairs.

Product overview

ICPRO GmbH is a strategic consulting firm offering a unified portfolio of services for SMEs, associations, and member organizations in Switzerland. The core offering consists of Management Services (comprehensive business management from strategy to implementation), Accounting and Advisory Services (financial management, accounting, and tax advisory), Business Development, and Regional Development/Networking. These are complemented by specialized services including International Seminars (fostering Swiss digital economy exchange with international decision-makers), Trade Fair Services (positioning Swiss companies at GITEX GLOBAL, HANNOVER MESSE, and CeBIT via the SWISS Pavilion with partner T-LINK), Association Management, Project Management, Interim Management, and IT Consulting. The firm operates as a single integrated consultancy rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Management Services (Geschäftsführung von A-Z) Full-service business management from strategy to implementation, covering operational oversight, administration, finance, marketing and IT support for Swiss SMEs, associations and member organizations.
• Accounting and Advisory Services (Treuhand- und Beratungsmandate) Financial and operational accounting management, preparation of annual financial statements, tax returns, and broader financial advisory services for SMEs and associations.
• Business Development Advisory and execution support across strategy, market expansion, innovation and transformation, including partnership development, initiative implementation and scaling for SMEs and member organizations.
• Regional Development and Networking (Standortförderung und Vernetzung) Location promotion and network strengthening initiatives designed to support regional economic development and connect Swiss stakeholders with international partners.
• International Seminars Strategically designed international seminars for Swiss digital economy stakeholders, creating platforms for dialogue, knowledge exchange and collaboration with decision-makers from business, academia and government.
• Trade Fair Services Strategic positioning of Swiss companies at leading international technology trade fairs such as GITEX GLOBAL, HANNOVER MESSE and CeBIT via SWISS Pavilion coordination with partners including T-LINK.
• Association Management Services End-to-end operation of association offices including governance support, member services, event organization and international networking for Swiss associations and member organizations.
• Interim Management Provision of temporary executive leadership for organizations that need to bridge management gaps or lead specific initiatives on an interim basis.
• Project Management Project leadership and structured management of strategic initiatives on behalf of SMEs, associations and member organizations.
• IT Consulting

Named customers3 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Alliance Digital Security Switzerland (ADSS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerICPRO provides management services for ADSS (Allianz Digitale Sicherheit Schweiz), an alliance promoting digital security in Switzerland. Founder Andreas W. Kaelin serves as Managing Director and board member of ADSS. ICPRO organizes ADSS's international seminars on cybersecurity, AI, digital innovation and quantum technologies.
• National Test Institute for Cybersecurity (NTC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerICPRO co-founded NTC (Nationales Testinstitut für Cybersicherheit / National Test Institute for Cybersecurity). Founder Andreas W. Kaelin serves as Managing Director and board member. NTC is a key reference client for ICPRO's cybersecurity management services.
• digitalswitzerlandmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerICPRO supports digitalswitzerland's location initiative through seminar organization and multi-stakeholder project delivery. Andreas W. Kaelin serves as Vice President of the Cybersecurity Committee. Pascal Schöni previously led Finance and Operations at digitalswitzerland.
• AGORA SecureWare SAminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAndreas W. Kaelin serves as a board member of AGORA SecureWare SA, a cybersecurity company. This represents a board-level connection rather than a formal service partnership.
• T-LINKmajorGTM or Marketing PartnerICPRO partners with T-LINK to position Swiss companies strategically at leading international technology trade fairs. T-LINK serves as a co-organizer for Swiss pavilion appearances at events such as GITEX GLOBAL.
• ICTswitzerlandmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerICPRO organized parliamentary seminars on behalf of ICTswitzerland (now part of digitalswitzerland) over multiple years, including visits to Israel (2018), San Francisco (2017) and Shenzhen (2014), strengthening the ICT industry body's international reach.
• PULSUSminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPULSUS is referenced as a client under ICPRO management services. The nature of the mandate is not fully specified but appears to involve organizational management.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• ELCA Informatique SA: Swiss IT services and consulting firm headquartered in Lausanne. Comparable because both provide business and technology consulting to Swiss enterprises and public-sector clients, with deep Swiss market presence and a mid-sized professional services structure.
• ti&m AG: Swiss digital transformation and IT consulting boutique headquartered in Zurich. Comparable because both firms serve Swiss SMEs and mid-market clients with end-to-end business, technology, and management consulting, with an emphasis on digitalization.

Broad incumbents

• Sopra Steria Switzerland: European IT and management consulting group with Swiss operations. Comparable because both deliver consulting services across business transformation, IT, and digitalization to Swiss enterprise and public-sector clients.
• Roland Berger Switzerland: European-origin strategy consulting firm with a Zurich office. Comparable because both provide management and strategy consulting in Switzerland, with Roland Berger serving as a broader incumbent player in the same professional services space.
• BearingPoint Switzerland: European management and technology consultancy with a Swiss practice. Comparable because both advise clients on management, transformation, and technology-enabled operating models, with BearingPoint as a wider incumbent offering.
• KPMG Switzerland: Big 4 professional services firm with a major Swiss practice covering management consulting, advisory, and audit. Comparable because both advise Swiss SMEs, associations, and member organizations on management, finance, and strategic issues, but at very different scales.
• McKinsey & Company Switzerland: Global management consulting leader with a substantial Zurich and Geneva presence. Comparable because both serve Swiss enterprises and institutions on strategy and organizational issues, though McKinsey operates at enterprise scale and ICPRO at the SME and association level.

Regional players

• goetzpartners (Switzerland): European-origin strategy and management consulting firm with DACH operations including Switzerland. Comparable because both provide strategy and management advisory in the German-speaking market, though goetzpartners focuses on larger transactions and corporate restructurings.
• Camelot Management Consultants AG: German management and IT consulting firm with DACH operations. Comparable because both serve the German-speaking SME and mid-market consulting segment, though Camelot's geographic core is Germany rather than Switzerland.
• Detecon (Schweiz) AG: German-origin digital and management consulting boutique with DACH presence. Comparable because both provide technology and digital transformation consulting, though Detecon primarily serves German-speaking clients across a wider DACH footprint rather than Switzerland specifically.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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