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Netguru is a Polish software development and software consultancy company founded in 2008. Headquarters in Poznań, Poland, it is a globally operating business, with local offices including Warsaw, Kraków, Wrocław, Gdańsk and Białystok. It provides software design and product design, both for early-stage Startup company and .
Since 2013, Netguru declares yearly Economic growth of nearly 100 percent. It landed three times in Deloitte's Technology Fast 50 Central Europe ranking, and twice on the "FT 1000," the Financial Times' list of fastest-growing companies in Europe. In 2016, Netguru reached PLN 28.2M () of income, and PLN 5.1M () net profit, closed 2017 with Revenue of PLN 40M (), and in 2018, doubled it at around PLN 80M (). In 2021, Netguru reached zł230 million (US$57.2) income.
On May 8, 2008, Schmidt, Filipowski and Zygadlewicz registered their software development business, as Netguru. Their first contracts were a Web 2.0 travel portal Kolumber.pl, for the media publishing corp Agora SA, and an employer relations portal for Bank Zachodni WBK. Netguru developed also their own microblogging social platform, a charity service, and a recruitment support tool HumanWay, awarded at startup competitions Seedcamp Warsaw and Aulery. Beside functional development and community management, the company was specializing in consulting and market analysis. Since September 2007, the Netguru has been documenting its Career portfolio and web development industry on an official blog.
In September 2010, Zygadlewicz announced a first coworking space for startups and freelance developers in Warsaw. In July 2011, Filipowski, along with entrepreneurs Borys Musielak and Anna Walkowska, moved their businesses together into a mansion in Żoliborz, establishing the Reaktor, which evolved into the first networking hub in Poland, and the venue for the Warsaw startup scene. Filipowski and Schmidt contributed the famed article on the internet website Antyweb, "There Will Be No More 'Polish Equivalents'", about Allegro, Gadu-Gadu, and Nasza Klasa, as local copycats of EBay, ICQ, and Classmates.com, respectively. The article’s punch line: "Let's get to work, get rid of complexes, and create models with a global or at least pan-European potential".
In 2014, Netguru became a partner for Spree Commerce. At the time, its portfolio included a market research provider GlobalWebIndex, and a language-learning platform Babbel. In 2015, Netguru implemented a mobile app for a media marketplace Transterra Media, which allows News media to manage and publish Digital video. Netguru formed a team of product designers working with IKEA and Volkswagen. The team also created a personal assistant system for a domestic robot.
In 2016, Netguru recorded an increase in revenues and growth, with no investment support – over PLN 30M (60% year-over-year growth); in 2017, about PLN 40M (), and in 2018, around PLN 80M (). In 2013, the company had about 50 employees; in 2016, over 300, and in 2018, 500 employees around Poland. Between 2016–2018, Netguru reached an EBITDA margin of 15%. In 2022 900 employees were reached, but in the beginning of 2023 150 of them were laid off.
Since 2017, Netguru has been developing its business consulting expertise, Prototype products, and building marketing strategies. It has helped large organisations to adopt business agility practices, and with software robots.
On June 3, 2019, Netguru's chief operating officer Marek Talarczyk was named the new CEO, with Schmidt including the position of Chairperson, and Małgorzata Madalińska-Piętka joining the board as chief financial officer. In May 2023, Talarczyk stepped down, with Filipowski taking over as CEO.
Since 2017, Netguru has conducted workshops based on design thinking sprints developed by Google, which are aimed to answer critical business questions through design, prototyping, and Software testing ideas with customers, to reduce the risk of bringing a new product, service, or feature to the market.
In March 2022, Netguru acquired a minority stake in Pilot44, a San Francisco-based innovation studio. In July 2022, Netguru acquired majority stake in an e-commerce UX agency Mohi.to, as well as an ecommerce agency WeCanFly, both based in Wrocław.
Netguru collaborated with a survey-building service Typeform on State of Stack (2016), a report of the latest trends in web development, based on a developer community study. In 2016, Netguru published the London Startup Guide, a guide on tech business events, meetups, business incubators and communities of London.
Between 2013–2015, Netguru have coached Ruby on Rails around Poland, at free practical workshops aimed at PHP, Java, and .NET developers. Since 2015, Netguru have hosted weekend hackathons in its Poznan headquarters, and regular Ruby on Rails student workshops at the Katowice Institute of Information Technologies.
Since 2015, Netguru managers have organized regular free project management workshops. Since 2017, Netguru has hosted regular designers events Dribbble Meetup, along with Swift Poznan and PTAQ meetings. Netguru has also cooperated with universities, involved in academic life, and during monthly webinars for technology enthusiasts.
Netguru landed twice on the "FT 1000", the list of Europe's fastest-growing companies in Europe according to Financial Times, in 2017 (ranked 188), and in 2018 (ranked 466). In 2016, the company was introduced by Forbes into the list of "Diamonds", the list of the most promising companies in Poland.
In 2014, Netguru was named Top Ruby on Rails Developers, by the American market analysis firm Clutch, in the report on Market Leaders, based on in-depth interviews with clients. Then again in August 2017, Clutch named Netguru as one of the best outsourcing companies in the industry. In 2018, Schmidt and Filipowski were among Polish finalists of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award competition.
In 2011, Netguru won the Aulery award, as one of the best tech companies with global potential. While Schmidt and Filipowski have been both placed twice on Brief magazine's list of The Most Creative in Business: in 2014, ranked 38, and in 2016, ranked 13.
In November 2017, Netguru, joined by the software house CashCape, received two awards in the Bankathon Berlin, for an application explaining the impact of the Payments Services Directive and other regulations.
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