The company behind the market signals.
Gopf helps manufacturers seize opportunities and avoid risks before they reach their order book – with prioritized signals, delivered into the tools their teams already use.
Founded in Lucerne in 2023 by three co-founders, Gopf maps each customer's ecosystem – customers, competitors, suppliers and markets – and uses AI to read external sources and internal data against it. What comes out are signals with what they mean for the business, delivered into Microsoft Teams, SharePoint and SAP.
- 2023Founded · Lucerne, CH
- 30+Manufacturers served · CH / DE / AT
- 16Opportunity maps in 2026 · avg. 10 business days
- ISO 27001Certified · data hosted in Zurich
What Gopf does for you
Four things, all serving one outcome: your teams notice the market changes that matter earlier – and act on them with confidence.
Ecosystem mapping
We build a living map of the companies and markets around you: customers, competitors, suppliers and markets – built from our research and your input, refined with your teams – and, if you like, sharpened by your SAP data.
The map is what makes relevance possible. It keeps changing as your business does.
Outcome: Gopf knows what matters to youPrioritized market signals
Our own scraping infrastructure sends thousands of niche keywords to multiple search engines twice a day, scores every source for credibility and archives a full copy. AI reads every change against your map and ranks it by relevance and urgency.
Each signal says what happened, what it means for your business and who should look at it – with numbered sources.
Outcome: signals, not noiseDelivery into your tools
Signals go to the Teams channels of the teams that own them; briefings and the signal archive are filed in SharePoint; email digests and the Gopf platform cover everyone else. As an SAP partner, Gopf reads your suppliers and open orders from SAP and shows which orders a change affects.
Details are on the integrations page.
Outcome: the right team hears it firstGrowth decisions
The same engine answers the big questions: where to grow next, which M&A targets fit your thesis, which partners to work with. Every candidate market is scored on size, growth, competition and available funding on one opportunity map.
And because signals keep flowing, the decision stays current after it is made.
Outcome: decisions you can defendWhat makes Gopf different
Six things we do differently from strategy consultancies, market research reports, competitive intelligence tools and general AI chat – with the numbers attached.
Days to first signals, not months
You see first signals on your own ecosystem within days, and a full proof of value takes two to three weeks. Strategy consultancies and classic market research studies typically take weeks or months to deliver a first answer – and it arrives as a static deck.
Roughly a tenth of the cost, flat and predictable
A comparable strategy project runs CHF 80,000–200,000+ per engagement. Gopf starts with a small proof of value, then an initial project and a flat yearly subscription with unlimited users and no surprise invoices. Off-the-shelf reports from providers like Statista cost less but are generic and static – they were not written about your markets.
Every number traceable to an archived source
We keep a full archived copy of every source we collect, so years later you can still open the original page even if the website has disappeared. Document-search tools show you what a filing says; ChatGPT or Copilot give you a different plausible paragraph each time you ask. Gopf gives you the same reproducible, sourced number every time.
Ranked against your ecosystem, not a keyword list
News alerts and many competitive intelligence tools filter by keyword or focus on competitors' messaging for sales battlecards. Gopf weighs every change against your own customers, competitors, suppliers and markets – so a supplier's restructuring is ranked by how much of your volume depends on it.
Swiss-hosted, isolated per customer, ISO 27001
All data lives in a Google Cloud data center in Zurich. Every customer runs on their own isolated instance, AI models process data with zero retention, and Gopf is ISO 27001 certified and GDPR compliant. That is a different posture from a general AI chat or a multi-tenant SaaS tool hosted outside Switzerland.
A tool and a team that stay
A consultant's insight leaves the day the project ends. With Gopf the signals keep flowing into your teams' tools, the ecosystem map stays current and the founders stay reachable. We deliberately do not do strategic consulting: we give you decision support, and the strategy call stays yours.
Who uses Gopf
The teams that have to act on market changes at manufacturing and industrial companies, from owner-led SMEs to listed industrial groups.
- ManagementCEOs, COOs, CFOs and Managing Directors of manufacturing and industrial companies who need the few signals that matter for the business – with what they mean and who is on it.
- StrategyHeads of Strategy, Corporate Development and Market Intelligence who own the picture of the market and the evidence behind growth plans, from new markets to M&A.
- Sales & Business DevelopmentHeads of Sales, Key Account Management and Business Development who want to hear about customer expansions, tenders and competitor moves before the request for quotation.
- Procurement & Supply ChainCPOs and supply chain leaders who need supplier restructurings, sanctions and disruptions early – weighed against how much of their volume is at stake.
- Private EquityPartners, Investment Directors and Operating Partners monitoring the ecosystems of their portfolio companies and screening targets and bolt-ons against a thesis.
- Precision Manufacturing
- Industrial Automation
- Capital Equipment
- Automotive Supply Chain
- Medical Devices
- Aerospace Components
- Tool & Die
- Metalworking
- Plastics & Composites
- Electronics Manufacturing
30+ manufacturers work with Gopf today, including 3M, Beckhoff Automation, Blaser Swisslube, Datwyler, Franke, Georg Fischer, Hilti, KONE, KraussMaffei, Landis+Gyr, Oerlikon, Sandoz, Schindler, Steelco Belimed, Sulzer and 3A Composites.
The team behind Gopf
Origin. Gopf was founded in Lucerne in 2023 by Kevin Kuhn, Dr. Marc Bravin and Prof. Dr. Donnacha Daly after watching how much growth gets lost between data overload and decision deadlines: the signals that matter are public long before they reach the order book, but they rarely reach the right person in time. Gopf is built to close that gap – a living map of each customer's ecosystem, AI that reads every change against it, and delivery into the tools teams already use.
Team. Three co-founders plus a small engineering and analyst team in Lucerne. All three founders still work directly with customers; there is no account-manager layer between you and the people who built the system.
Kevin Kuhn
Third-time founder and CEO. Brings a decade of B2B go-to-market and sales leadership across technology and industrial markets, and started Gopf after watching how much growth gets lost between data overload and decision deadlines.
Dr. Marc Bravin
PhD in machine learning and market research. Started his career as a software developer in aviation, then built the engine that reads thousands of sources against each customer's ecosystem – from source monitoring and credibility scoring to the prioritization behind every signal.
Prof. Dr. Donnacha Daly
Thirty years across technology entrepreneurship, business innovation and M&A, with a background in semiconductors and the energy-metering business. The instinct behind how we judge what a change means for a business, and the voice on strategic positioning and fundraising.
How working with Gopf works
From a first conversation to signals arriving in your teams' tools – and what you can expect from us along the way.
- Day 1
A 30-minute conversation
You talk to Kevin, not a sales development rep. We look at the market changes your teams need to catch and tell you honestly whether Gopf will help. No slide deck – we bring examples from your market.
Book online · reply within one business day - Day 3
Go for a proof of value
You decide to test Gopf on your own ecosystem. We map your customers, competitors, suppliers and markets with you – no IT work, no commitment beyond the proof of value.
Small, fixed scope - Day 10
Demo call: what we found
We walk you through the first signals from your own market – what changed, what it means for you, and every source behind it.
Real signals from your market - Day 21
Decision to go
You decide whether to continue. If yes, the yearly subscription starts: signals keep flowing into your teams' tools, platform included, unlimited users.
Flat yearly · no surprise invoices
Key facts at a glance
- Company name
- Gopf AG
- Type
- Market & competitive intelligence – B2B software plus a team (not a consultancy)Prioritized market signals for manufacturers, delivered into Microsoft Teams, SharePoint and SAP
- Founded
- 2023, Lucerne, Switzerland
- Founders
- Kevin Kuhn (Co-Founder & CEO)
- Dr. Marc Bravin (Co-Founder & CTO)
- Prof. Dr. Donnacha Daly (Co-Founder & Strategy)
- Headquarters
- Wilhelmshöhe 1, 6003 Lucerne, Switzerland
- Website
- gopf.com (English) · gopf.com/de (German)
- Core offering
- A living map of each customer's ecosystem – customers, competitors, suppliers and markets – against which AI reads external sources and internal data, delivering prioritized signals with their business implications into Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, SAP and email.
- Pricing
- Proof of value first, then an initial project, then a flat yearly subscription – platform included, unlimited users. Typically around a tenth of a comparable strategy consulting engagement (CHF 80,000–200,000+).
- Contract terms
- Yearly subscription after the proof of value. Flat fee, no per-seat pricing, no surprise invoices.
- Services
- Ecosystem mapping · prioritized market, competitor, supplier and customer signals · integrations with SAP (as an SAP partner), Microsoft Teams and SharePoint · opportunity mapping and market entry analysis · M&A target long lists · partner and distributor shortlists
- Not offered
- Strategic consulting, tracking of competitors' ads or social media, price monitoring, consumer market research
- Communication
- Email (info@gopf.com), video call, online booking; direct access to the founders. Reply within one business day, CET. English and German.
- Notable clients
- 3A Composites, 3M, Beckhoff Automation, Blaser Swisslube, Datwyler, Franke, Georg Fischer, Hilti, KONE, KraussMaffei, Landis+Gyr, Oerlikon, Sandoz, Schindler, Steelco Belimed, Sulzer
- Customers served
- 30+ manufacturing and industrial companies across Switzerland, Germany and Austria, plus private equity firms and strategy consultancies
- Projects delivered
- 16 opportunity maps delivered in 2026, in an average of 10 business days
- Competitors / alternatives
- Strategy consultancies and market research studies (CHF 80–200k+, months); off-the-shelf report providers such as Statista; news alerts and media monitoring (keyword-based); competitive intelligence tools focused on competitor messaging or document search; general AI chat such as ChatGPT or Copilot (non-reproducible, unsourced)
- Certifications & data
- ISO 27001 certified · GDPR compliant · data hosted on Google Cloud Zurich · one isolated instance per customer · zero-retention AI processing
- Languages
- English, German
- Social
- LinkedIn (company) · founders: Kevin Kuhn, Marc Bravin, Donnacha Daly
Frequently asked questions
About the company itself. For questions about the product, data and pricing, see the homepage FAQ; for SAP, Teams and SharePoint, the integrations page.
What is Gopf, in one sentence?
Gopf helps manufacturers seize opportunities and avoid risks before they reach their order book, by turning external and internal data into prioritized signals – interpreted against a living map of their customers, competitors, suppliers and markets, and delivered into Microsoft Teams, SharePoint and SAP.
Where is Gopf based, and when was it founded?
Gopf AG was founded in 2023 and is headquartered at Wilhelmshöhe 1, 6003 Lucerne, Switzerland. We serve manufacturers across Switzerland, Germany and Austria, plus the private equity firms that work with them, in English and German.
Who founded Gopf?
Three co-founders: Kevin Kuhn (CEO and third-time founder, with a decade of B2B go-to-market in technology and industrial markets), Dr. Marc Bravin (CTO, PhD in machine learning and market research, who built the engine behind the signals) and Prof. Dr. Donnacha Daly (Strategy, thirty years across technology entrepreneurship, innovation and M&A). All three are still hands-on with customers.
Is Gopf a consultancy, a software tool or a data provider?
A tool and a team. The software maps your ecosystem, reads thousands of sources and your internal data against it and delivers prioritized signals into your teams' tools. The team builds the map with you, connects your systems and checks that the signals are useful. We deliberately do not do strategic consulting: we give you the signals and the evidence, and you make the decision.
How is Gopf different from a strategy consultancy or a market research report?
Continuity, cost and traceability. A strategy project typically costs CHF 80,000–200,000+ and delivers a snapshot after months; an off-the-shelf report from a provider like Statista is generic and static. Gopf runs continuously, at roughly a tenth of the cost, and every signal is traceable to an archived source.
How is Gopf different from news alerts or other competitive intelligence tools?
Alerts and many competitive intelligence tools filter by keyword or focus on competitors' messaging for sales battlecards. Gopf ranks every change against your own ecosystem – customers, competitors, suppliers and markets – explains what it means for your business and routes it to the team that has to act.
Is Gopf an SAP partner?
Yes. Gopf is an SAP partner and reads your suppliers and open orders from SAP, so you see which orders a market change affects. Signals are delivered into Microsoft Teams and SharePoint as well as by email and in the Gopf platform.
Where is our data stored, and who can see it?
All data lives in Switzerland, in a Google Cloud data center in Zurich. Every customer runs on their own isolated instance, so no customer can ever see another's data. AI models process your data with zero retention, nothing is stored or reused for training. Gopf is ISO 27001 certified and GDPR compliant.
How do we get started with Gopf?
Book a 30-minute conversation with Kevin. If there is a fit, we run a small proof of value on your own ecosystem (two to three weeks), then an initial project builds your ecosystem map and connects your tools, and a flat yearly subscription keeps signals flowing, platform included, with unlimited users. Onboarding a new user takes 10–20 minutes.
What's about to change in your market?
Let's map your ecosystem and look at the signals your teams would have received this month. It starts with a 30-minute conversation.
30 minutes · No slide deck · We bring examples from your market