hengi srl

What hengi srl does

hengi srl is a Brescia-based digital strategic consulting firm founded in 2011 that serves Italian small and medium enterprises (PMI) seeking to transform complex organizations into governable, measurable, and scalable systems. The company operates on a high-touch enterprise field-sales motion: engagements begin with strategic dialogue meetings with entrepreneurs and CEOs, then progress into tailored programs spanning organizational transformation, governance design, leadership development, change management, generational transitions, commercial systems, and performance management. Pricing is bespoke and quote-based, typically structured as multi-year consulting contracts rather than transactional product sales.

The company's technical core is Best People 1st®, a proprietary SaaS platform (also operating under the brand "Power con Intelligenza Artificiale") that administers 110-question quarterly surveys to employee populations, then applies AI-driven sentiment analysis, anomaly detection, and pattern recognition to generate objective reports on organizational culture, engagement, leadership effectiveness, and process health. The platform is registered as a trademark and is bundled with a consulting methodology rather than sold as a standalone product. Around this technology, hengi has built the Best People 1st® Leaders Community — a peer network of certified client companies (Simem, Borsoi, Amica Chips, Generali, Unival, Loxam, Enolgas Bonomi, Truzzi, and others) that convenes four times annually at exclusive venues, reinforcing client retention and referral generation.

Commercially, hengi monetizes through professional-services engagements rather than software licensing; no revenue, ARR, or licensing figures are disclosed. The firm holds ISO 9001:2015 and Innovation Manager certifications, markets through content, social media, and community events, and is led by founder-CEO Luis H. Ferrari Blanco with Partner & CCO Paola Perini. Geography remains overwhelmingly Italian, with Croatia representing the only documented international extension via the Unival engagement in 2023.

Name

hengi srl

Legal name

hengi srl

Website

https://hengi.eu

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

hengi srl is a Brescia, Italy-based digital strategic consulting firm that serves Italian SMEs with organizational transformation, governance, and leadership development services, delivered alongside its proprietary AI-powered Best People 1st® employee sentiment and engagement platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Strategic Management Consulting

NAICS

Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services (541611), Other Management Consulting Services (541618), Human Resources Consulting Services (541612)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Data, Analytics & AI Consulting (BPAHAEAF)

Keywords

• Strategic consulting
• Organizational transformation
• AI sentiment analysis
• Leadership development
• Change management

Headquarters

HQ city

Brescia

HQ country

Italy

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. Strategic Business Consulting: High-level strategic consulting services for Italian PMI enterprises, including organizational transformation, governance improvement, and leadership development programs. Revenue generated through customized consulting engagements, training programs, and ongoing advisory relationships.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

hengi srl provides strategic digital consulting for Italian SMEs, combining high-level advisory services with proprietary AI-powered organizational analysis software (Best People 1st®). The firm delivers customized consulting engagements covering organizational transformation, governance improvement, leadership development, change management, temporary management, and generational transition support, using employee sentiment data as the analytical foundation.

Product overview

hengi srl is a strategic digital consulting firm for Italian SMEs that combines a proprietary AI-powered software platform — Best People 1st® — with a structured consulting methodology. The core platform collects and analyzes employee sentiment data, which then feeds into consulting engagements across eight thematic paths: Leadership, Company Culture, Strategic Organization, Business Strategy & Tactics, Managerial Training, Risk Management, Integrated Commercial Systems, and Business Processes. The software and consulting services are interdependent — the Best People 1st® platform provides the data-driven foundation, while the human consulting team translates insights into organizational transformation programs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Best People 1st: Proprietary methodology and software platform that uses AI to analyze organizational sentiment, measure employee engagement, and drive human-centric business transformation. Includes certification program for client companies.
• Power con Intelligenza Artificiale

Products and services

• Best People 1st® Software

Quantifiable outcome

• 81% of Italian SMEs evaluate performance only on accounting indicators, missing strategic insights - hengi's method addresses this gap
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability4 records

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Best People 1st® CommunitycoreOthers · 1 January 2023hengi maintains an active community of companies certified Best People 1st®, including Simem, Amica Chips, Borsoi, Truzzi, Generali, MIS, Unival, Loxam, Enolgas, and DAV Coil. The community serves as a peer network for leaders to share experiences, participate in events, and demonstrate commitment to human-centric organizational practices.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Qualtrics: Qualtrics is a large-scale experience management platform covering employee, customer, and brand experience with advanced analytics. It competes indirectly with Best People 1st® on employee experience analytics but operates as a broad platform rather than an SME-focused, consulting-integrated solution.
• Accenture: Accenture is a global management and technology consulting firm with a large organizational and HR transformation practice. It competes for the same Italian enterprise transformation budgets but as a broad incumbent rather than an SME-focused boutique.
• Bain & Company: Bain is a top-tier global management consulting firm with strategy, organization, and performance practices. It overlaps with hengi on the strategic transformation and organizational effectiveness offering, but serves large multinational clients rather than Italian SMEs.

Regional players

• Bip (Business Integration Partners): Bip is an Italy-headquartered international consulting firm offering management, technology, and transformation services. It is a regional peer with comparable client base and consulting methodologies in the Italian SME and enterprise segments, though it is significantly larger and broader in scope than hengi.
• Praxi (Praxi Group): Praxi is a long-established Italian management consulting firm focused on SMEs and family businesses, covering strategy, organization, and governance. It is one of the closest regional peers to hengi on target customer (Italian SMEs) and consulting scope, though without hengi's AI-driven proprietary platform.

Emerging players

• 15Five: 15Five provides continuous performance management and employee feedback tools aimed at SMB and mid-market. It overlaps with Best People 1st® on the feedback-collection layer but does not bundle strategic consulting or community/network features that hengi monetizes.
• Lattice: Lattice is a people management platform combining performance reviews, engagement surveys, and OKRs. It partially overlaps with hengi on the engagement analytics dimension, but Lattice is centered on HR workflows while hengi integrates analytics with strategic consulting delivery.

Direct peers

• Culture Amp: Culture Amp is an employee engagement and people analytics SaaS platform that collects survey feedback and uses analytics to benchmark organizational health. It is directly comparable to hengi's Best People 1st® platform in the employee-sentiment analytics layer, although Culture Amp is a pure SaaS product without hengi's bespoke consulting wrap.
• Officevibe (Workvivo): Officevibe, now part of Workvivo, offers a lightweight employee feedback and engagement platform focused on SMEs. It overlaps directly with Best People 1st®'s survey-based sentiment analytics, though at a simpler, fully self-serve level compared to hengi's consulting-integrated methodology.
• Peakon (Workday): Peakon, owned by Workday, is an enterprise employee listening platform that uses analytics and AI to interpret employee feedback and recommend manager actions. Comparable to Best People 1st® on the sentiment analytics and AI capabilities, but serves large enterprise rather than SME markets.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCIuo42S-J9brTPbGdVhtVvA
• Facebookfacebook.com/hengisrl
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hengi-srl
• Instagraminstagram.com/hengi_official
• TikTokyoutube.com/channel/UCIuo42S-J9brTPbGdVhtVvA

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 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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