kommunion

What kommunion does

Kommunion AS is a Norwegian privately held product development company founded in 2006, headquartered in Askim with additional offices in Trondheim, Norway, and Kyiv, Ukraine. The company develops and operates cloud-based platforms, with Cornerstone as its flagship product: a SaaS CRM platform launched in 2008 specifically designed for nonprofit, volunteer, and religious organizations, delivering fundraising, membership management, communication, payment processing, accounting integration, and workflow automation. The platform is hosted on AWS EMEA infrastructure (data stored in Stockholm, Sweden) and is built on a modern web stack including PHP, MySQL, Vue.js, Go, RabbitMQ, Docker, and GraphQL, with encrypted handling of personally identifiable information.

Kommunion's customer base consists of hundreds of Norwegian religious congregations and volunteer/nonprofit organizations, served through a national network of dealers and consultants (nettverk av forhandlere og konsulenter) supplemented by direct sales via the company website and LinkedIn. Cornerstone integrates deeply with Norwegian and Nordic payment infrastructure — including DNB, Vipps, Mastercard, Stripe, Strex SMS payments, eFaktura, Avtalegiro, EHF, OCR-Giro, Swish, and Bankgirot — and handles identity verification through Verified AS and Facebook. The company reports that approximately 2 billion NOK in customer transactions flow through Cornerstone annually.

The company is founder-led (CEO Anders Torvill Bjorvand, CTO Dmitry Gerasimov, CMO Jonathan Bigler), employs roughly 26 named team members across its three offices, and operates without external disclosed funding. Revenue is generated through SaaS subscriptions and adjacent professional services (implementation, training, customer support). In June 2023, Kommunion achieved Miljøfyrtårn certification and made Cornerstone CRM 100% climate-neutral through a multi-year partnership with Trefadder, an ESG positioning that is particularly relevant for nonprofit buyers. The company's articles of association contain a "Hauge paragraph" referencing the values of Norwegian lay preacher Hans Nielsen Hauge, reflecting a mission-driven, values-based orientation.

Name

kommunion

Legal name

Kommunion AS

Website

https://kommunion.no

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Kommunion AS is a Norwegian software company that develops and operates the Cornerstone cloud-based CRM platform for nonprofit, volunteer, and religious organizations, offering fundraising, membership, communication, and payment processing tools distributed through a network of dealers and consultants.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Nonprofit CRM Software

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Capacity Building & Nonprofit Infrastructure Funders (BPAGAKAO)

Keywords

• Cloud CRM software
• Nonprofit CRM platform
• Volunteer organization software
• Fundraising management software
• Church management software

Headquarters

HQ city

Askim

HQ country

Norway

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. SaaS Subscription (Cornerstone Platform): Cloud-based CRM platform provided as a subscription service to nonprofit organizations, religious congregations, and other customers. Revenue generated from platform usage fees for fundraising, membership management, communication, and payment solutions.
2. Professional Services: Customer support, training, and implementation services offered alongside the platform. Company employs customer support specialists and mentions need for key account managers and consultants.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Kommunion develops and operates Cornerstone, a cloud-based CRM platform for nonprofit and volunteer organizations. The platform provides fundraising management, membership tracking, communication tools, payment processing (including Vipps, Stripe, DNB, eFaktura, OCR-Giro, and Avtalegiro), and workflow automation. Cornerstone has been operational since 2008 and is used by hundreds of Norwegian organizations, processing nearly 2 billion NOK annually in transactions.

Product overview

Kommunion AS is a Norwegian product development company that creates and operates cloud-based web applications. The company operates two cloud-based platforms with Cornerstone being the primary product. Cornerstone is a cloud-based CRM platform specifically designed for nonprofit and volunteer organizations, offering solutions for fundraising, membership management, communication, payment processing, and workflow automation. The company also maintains learncornerstone.com as a training resource and cornerstoneplatform.com as the underlying technology platform. Through their network of dealers and consultants, they deliver various products and solutions based on their platforms.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Cornerstone: Cloud-based CRM platform for volunteer organizations providing solutions for fundraising, membership, communication, payment solutions, accounting integration, and automation. Launched in 2008.

Products and services

• Cornerstone Platform A cloud-based CRM platform for volunteering, nonprofit, and religious organizations in Norway. Provides integrated fundraising, membership management, communication, payment processing, accounting integration, and workflow automation. Hosted on AWS with encrypted data and EU data residency. Includes comprehensive Norwegian payment integration (Vipps, Stripe, DNB, eFaktura, Avtalegiro, OCR-Giro, Strex, Mastercard).

Named customers2 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

Integration20 records

AI capability2 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Amazon Web Services EMEA SARLcoreTechnology or IntegrationPrimary cloud infrastructure provider hosting the Cornerstone Platform. Data storage located in Stockholm, Sweden. All personally identifiable information stored and communicated encrypted.
• Vipps AScoreTechnology or IntegrationNorwegian mobile payment integration enabling Vipps payments for Cornerstone Platform customers.
• Stripe Payments Europe LimitedcoreTechnology or IntegrationCredit card payment processing for Cornerstone Platform.
• DNB Bank ASAcoreTechnology or IntegrationProvides DNB Innbetaling Plus, EHF, and OCR-Giro payment services.
• TrefaddercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMulti-year partnership making Cornerstone CRM 100% climate neutral across all operations. Certified climate neutrality since 2023.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• CiviCRM: Open-source constituent relationship management platform used by nonprofits and civic organizations for fundraising, membership, events, and contact management. Comparable functionality with a community/open-source distribution model versus Cornerstone's commercial SaaS.

Direct peers

• Pushpay: Church engagement and giving platform focused on faith-based organizations, offering mobile giving, donor management, and church operations software. Closely overlaps with Cornerstone's religious congregation use cases.
• Subsplash: All-in-one church engagement platform offering apps, giving, messaging, and media tools for religious organizations. Comparable vertical focus on churches with integrated payment and communication workflows.
• Tithe.ly: Church giving, member management, and engagement platform serving religious congregations with mobile-first donation and communication tools. Direct overlap with Cornerstone's membership and payment integration capabilities.
• NeonCRM: Cloud CRM purpose-built for nonprofit organizations, covering fundraising, membership, events, and volunteer management. Closely comparable in serving the broader nonprofit customer segment Cornerstone addresses.
• DonorPerfect: Nonprofit fundraising and donor management software used by charities for gift processing, campaigns, and donor communications. Overlaps with Cornerstone's fundraising, membership, and payment modules.
• Bloomerang: Donor management and nonprofit CRM platform with fundraising, retention analytics, and email marketing. Comparable in providing CRM and donor engagement tooling for nonprofit organizations.
• Planning Center: US-based church management software platform providing membership, giving, communications, and volunteer coordination for religious congregations. Most directly comparable peer in terms of vertical specialization in religious/faith-based CRM and engagement.

Broad incumbents

• Salesforce Nonprofit Cloud: Enterprise CRM with dedicated nonprofit/NGO vertical solution (via Salesforce.org) covering program management, fundraising, and beneficiary tracking. Significantly larger, general-purpose incumbent that addresses similar nonprofit customers with broader capabilities.

Regional players

• ChurchTools: German-based church management software widely used across German-speaking Europe for membership, groups, events, and communication. Comparable vertical focus on religious congregations, but primarily serves DACH region rather than Kommunion's Nordic markets.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/in/torvill

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

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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