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Nortal
Company typePrivate
IndustryBusiness transformation, Government contractor, IT consulting
FoundedTartu, Estonia (incorporated 2000 (2000))
Headquarters
Tallinn
,
Estonia
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Priit Alamäe (CEO)
Revenue€ 224.2 million (2023)
Number of employees
2000+ (2025)
Websitenortal.com

Nortal is a multinational strategic change and technology company headquartered in Tallinn, Estonia, with operations in the UK, US, Canada, Mexico, Europe, the Middle East and Africa.[1][2]

Nortal provides public sector and private sector clients data-driven business transformation.[3] Most notably a large part of the digitalization of Estonia's governmental e-services has been planned and implemented by Nortal and its Estonian predecessor Webmedia.[4] Nortal is a keen promoter of good governance through e-government focusing on removing obstacles of human development, reducing hidden transaction costs in societies, increasing transparency of administration, reducing waste and increasing overall procedural efficiency.[5]

History

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Nortal was established in 2000 under the name Webmedia in Tartu, Estonia. The company began its journey focusing on web development and quickly grew in prominence within the region. By 2006, Webmedia expanded its operations to Lithuania, Romania and Serbia, doubling its workforce. In 2008, Webmedia opened a branch office in Qatar[6]and received a recognition from Deloitte & Touché, which ranked Webmedia among the 30 fastest-growing companies in Central and Eastern Europe, and among the 500 fastest-growing technology companies in the EMEA region. In 2010, Webmedia acquired the healthcare unit of Cybernetica AS, adding laboratory information system to eHealth product line. The following year in 2011, Webmedia Group AS acquired Finnish CCC Corporation Oy,[7] a systems' development partner for telecommunication, shipping and industrial companies, resulting in the largest software development company in the Baltics,[8] and they rebranded into Nortal.[9]

In 2012, Nortal helped create the electronic financial management platform GIFMIS (Government Integrated Financial Management and Information System[10]) for the federal government of Nigeria, an integral part of the Treasury Single Account (TSA) financial policy, going on to save N153 billion and uncover about 46,000 ghost workers by 2013.[11] Nortal was also the IT-partner for the first Estonian e-census in which 66% of the population participated over the internet. One of the founding members, Taavi Kotka left Nortal to become the first Chief Information Officer of the Estonian government and one of the founders of the e-Residency program.[12]

In 2016, Nortal acquired marketing automation and lead management company Element, based in Stockholm, Sweden.[13] The same year, Nortal Group shareholders bought back 50% of Group shares from Enterprise Investors and LHV Pension Funds, regaining full ownership of the company.

In 2018, Nortal opens an office in Düsseldorf, Germany and acquires U.S. Company Dev9,[14] expanding its North American footprint. In 2020, Nortal announced selling off its marketing automation division in Sweden via a management buyout.[15] The company acquired Schütze AG,[16] a leading strategic consulting and software engineering company in Germany.

In 2022, Nortal acquired Skelia [17] in Poland and Ukraine and launched the daughter company Pwrteams[18] as well as establishing operations in Canada.[19] In 2023, Nortal expanded into the UK and established a delivery center in Guadalajara, Mexico.[20] The company also acquired Questers[21] in Bulgaria, merging it with Pwrteams.

In 2024, Nortal expanded into Austria and acquired the UK cybersecurity and defense company 3DOT Solutions.

Spin-off businesses

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Over the years Nortal has been the start for several spin-off businesses, which continue to operate as separate companies, such as:

Areas of expertise

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Among some of its most noteworthy projects are also the electronic financial management platform GIFMIS for the federal government of Nigeria,[24] e-tax system for Botswana Unified Revenue Service (BURS) and Invest Easy,[25] major government e-services portal for the Sultanate of Oman. Invest Easy is widely acknowledged and awarded EODB (ease of doing business) project that has had substantial impact on local business environment and climate in Oman. Following successful launch and implementation of Invest Easy portal, Oman made an unprecedented leap in the Ease of Doing Business Ranking of World Bank's annual Doing Business 2017 report, jumping 127 places in category ’Starting a Business’ compared to previous year.[26] Invest Easy has also been awarded: H H Sheikh Salem al Ali al Sabah Informatics Award 2016 in the Government category; Al Roya Economic Award for Best Government to Business e-service; GCC e-Government Award for Best Government to Business e-service etc. UNCTAD (GER.co rating) [27] rated Invest Easy portal in Oman with a perfect score of 10/10, naming it one of the five best government-to-business (G2B) solutions in the world[needs update]

Among other examples, in Germany the company launched an award-winning pilot to manage digital prescriptions, paired with medical video consultations in the federal state of Hessen, together with Optica and other partners.[citation needed]

Operations

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Since the founding of the company in 2000, Nortal's solutions have been implemented in 60 countries across three continents. Nortal has 15 home markets – Estonia, Finland, Lithuania, Oman, UAE, Germany, United States,Serbia, Mexico, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Canada, the United Kingdom and Austria.[28]

People

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The company has been owned entirely by employees since 2016.[3] The chairman of the board of Nortal is Priit Alamäe. The management board members include Andre Krull, and Neringa Narbutiene.

References

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  1. ^ "Estonian IT company ranked 2nd on the Baltic marketplace". Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Majandus- ja äriuudised Eestist ja välismaalt". www.aripaev.ee. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Enterprise Investors in €12.3m Nortal exit". www.unquote.com. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  4. ^ "Nortal chief's new world order". bqlive.co.uk. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  5. ^ "Ease of Doing Business - Nortal". Nortal. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  6. ^ "ManBetx万博全站APP最新版-ManBetx万博全站". www.tigerprises.com. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  7. ^ "Webmedia of Estonia Purchases Finnish Software Developer CCC". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  8. ^ Webmedia and CCC to merge, creating software development leader Archived 2012-03-22 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ "Webmedia Group and CCC Corporation to adopt a common name and image". Archived from the original on 28 August 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  10. ^ "Welcome to GIFMIS - Government Integrated Financial Management Information System". gifmis.gov.ng. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  11. ^ "Nigeria saves N153bn from ghost workers, other fiscal measures- Okonjo-Iweala - Premium Times Nigeria". Premium Times Nigeria. 23 July 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  12. ^ "Taavi Kotka: Hüvasti, Webmedia!". Ajakiri Director. 15 October 2012.
  13. ^ "Swedish marketing automation firm Element to merge with Estonian software developer Nortal". Sport. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  14. ^ "Nortal acquires cloud modernization startup Dev9, will expand Seattle-area footprint". GeekWire. 2 October 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  15. ^ курс, The Baltic Course-Балтийский. "Estonia's Nortal divesting Swedish marketing automation division in MBO". The Baltic Course | Baltic States news & analytics. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  16. ^ "Nortal to acquire Schütze, a recognized digitalization company in Germany". Nortal. 10 September 2020. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  17. ^ ERR (25 May 2022). "Nortal ostis rahvusvahelise ettevõtte Skelia". ERR (in Estonian). Retrieved 1 April 2025.
  18. ^ AS, Nortal (2 December 2022). "Nortal unveils new service brand "pwrteams" for building multi-site technology teams". GlobeNewswire News Room. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
  19. ^ "Major Estonian Company Sets Up Shop in Canada". Eesti Elu (in Estonian). Retrieved 1 April 2025.
  20. ^ "Nortal continues global expansion with new delivery center in Mexico". nortal.com. 15 December 2023. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
  21. ^ Nortal. "Nortal acquires Questers, an international distributed software development company from TPXimpact". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
  22. ^ "Nortal müüs osa ärist ekstöötajaile - IT uudised". Archived from the original on 24 October 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  23. ^ "Nortal m??b ?he Eesti ?risuuna t??tajatele - ?rip?ev". Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  24. ^ GIFMIS oagf.gov.ng
  25. ^ "Nortal's Invest Easy Portal helps businesses - Oman - Muscat Daily". Archived from the original on 6 August 2015.
  26. ^ "Invest Easy portal by Nortal propels Oman 127 places up in World Bank ranking". The Baltic Course | Baltic States News & Analytics.
  27. ^ GER website
  28. ^ "We are Nortal". nortal.com. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
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