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We are cplace

Where AI Meets Project and Portfolio Management: We Are cplace

Using AI and an adaptive platform, we are revolutionizing project and portfolio management. We empower market leaders to manage complex projects and design tailored solutions for digital transformation and product development.

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What Sets Us Apart?

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Our Platform: Flexible, Adaptable, and AI-Driven

cplace addresses the individual needs and challenges of our customers – and leverages AI to make decisions faster, more informed, and data-driven.

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Our Technology: A Game Changer

cplace empowers teams to work in a modern, project-oriented way—self-directed, decentralized, and with a hybrid mix of methodologies. cplace AI brings intelligence right where it matters most: into your project and portfolio processes.

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Our Community: Strong and Experienced

Our growing network of partners and customers maximizes the availability of top expertise, facilitating knowledge transfer and collaboration at eye level.

cplace Is the Solution Toolkit for Next-Generation Project and Portfolio Management

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Flexibility and mixed methods

Whether classical, agile, or hybrid, cplace can merge any mix of project management methods in one single, common planning system.

Modular solution toolkit

Mix and match cplace apps to create the work environment you need – individualized and custom-tailored.

Rapid customization

Respond quickly to changes of your business environment by creating new apps using No-Code and Low-Code.

Scalable and simple

cplace integrates seamlessly with your existing IT environment, replacing many stand-alone specialist tools.

About Us

More than 25 years of PPM experience

Our founder Dr Rupert Stuffer developed the methodology underlying our Collaborative Project Management approach, establishing it as a standard in the automotive industry. His personal mission: to close the innovation gap in the project and portfolio management field using cplace and its Next-Generation Project and Portfolio Management philosophy.

More than 25 years of PPM experience

From start-up to scale-up

As winners of the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Award, we are one of Germany’s fastest-growing hi-tech companies. But speed alone isn’t enough for us – we want to grow sustainably, too. Our approach has made a strong impression: more and more customers put their trust in us.

From start-up to scale-up

Fast, customer-focused, cost-efficient

Our innovative approach to solution-building allows business applications to be custom-tailored precisely to your needs. Not only that – we even enable business users to create their own solutions. The result: lower software costs and faster time to market. Our own agile working method lets us respond quickly to market trends to make the latest technologies and features available to you in record time.

Fast, customer-focused, cost-efficient and agile

cplace catches on

In its short history, our young company has already received many awards. For example, we placed among the top three finalists of the “Deutscher Gründerpreis” (German startup awards). In 2026, the employer review platform kununu honored us with the “Top Company Award” for the fifth consecutive year.

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Our Management Team

Meet the leaders at the helm of our company.

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Our Corporate History

January 2014

Articles of incorporation of “collaboration Factory“

The start of our journey, introducing our product ‘collaboration place’.

June 2014

Moving to our first office

Moving in with our partner 4Soft.

March 2015

First new customer on board

We win our very first new customer.

September 2015

First investor on board

Retis Holding GmbH agrees to join as an investor.

November 2015

Debut of cplace Day

We organize our first-ever cplace Day – originally under the banner of “Automotive Day”. Today our PPM conference regularly draws more than 1,000 participants.

December 2015

First major automotive OEM customer on board

We win our first major automotive OEM customer.

June 2016

Moving to new cplace headquarters in Munich

We dedicate our first exclusive company office in Munich’s Hopfenpost building.

May 2017

Second office location opens

We open our Hanover office, followed by our Ludwigsburg site three months later.

July 2019

Finalist at German Founders’ Award

We are among the top three finalists for the German Founders’ Award.

November 2019

Deloitte Fast 50 Award

We make the top 10 list for the Deloitte Fast 50 Award.

April 2020

Great Place to Work Award

We are counted among Germany’s best employers for 2020.

January 2020

First pharmaceutical company on board

We win our first customer in the pharmaceuticals industry.

April 2021

The company keeps growing

We hire our 100th staff member.

January 2023

Top Company Award

The employer assessment platform kununu chooses us for the “Top Company Award 2023”.

March 2024

Happy Birthday, cplace!

There is reason to celebrate: 10 years ago, Dr. Rupert Stuffer founded the collaboration Factory – the beginning of a success story!

January 2025

Strategic growth investment

A new chapter opens: Level Equity joins us as a strategic partner! The aim is to accelerate our expansion strategy and growth.

May 2025

Change in Leadership

Doug Surrett succeeds our long-time CEO and founder, Dr. Rupert Stuffer. 

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