Singapore startup XpertiseNow launches network-based advisory platform

Singapore-based XpertiseNow has launched a network-based AI platform that connects companies to expert advisers and specialist consultancies.

XpertiseNow co-founders (from left) Sundi Balu and Fraser Ross / Photo credit: XpertiseNow

The platform provides users with a suite of software tools to scale their business, equipping them with smart products, specialist consultancies, and technology solutions.

“The traditional big players are weighed down by hierarchical and unproductive structures; top consultants are trapped in the administrative tasks rather than advising clients directly and are driven by the need to keep armies of juniors busy to survive,” XpertiseNow co-founder and CEO Fraser Ross said.

The technology-focused startup said it will expand its services into Indonesia and Australia and also has laid out plans for growth across Southeast Asia and the UK in 2021. ​

XpertiseNow is looking to disrupt the nearly US$300 billion global consulting industry.

The Asia-Pacific market is valued at US$44 billion, growing at 6% to 7% annually, according to a report by procurement intelligence firm Beroe Inc.

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In the management consulting space across Southeast Asia, XpertiseNow competes with McKinsey & Company, Boston Consulting Group, and Bain & Company, among others.