think-cell develops productivity software that integrates with Microsoft PowerPoint to streamline the creation of data-driven business presentations. Founded in 2002 as a spin-off from the Fraunhofer Society in Berlin, the company has built a suite of tools including think-cell Charts for generating sophisticated visualisations, think-cell Library for template and slide reuse, think-cell Core for precision layout, and think-cell Assist, an AI-powered feature for business professionals. The company acquired AskBrian in 2023 to expand its capabilities.
think-cell serves over 1.3 million users across 35,000 organisations worldwide. Its customer base spans management consulting firms - all ten of the world's largest consulting groups use the software - and large corporations, with 88% of the Fortune 100 and the entire DAX 40 among its users. The software is also adopted by the top ten US business schools.
In 2021, British private equity firm Cinven acquired a majority stake in think-cell, providing capital to support the company's growth and product development. The software addresses a core workflow for business professionals: the time-intensive process of building presentations with charts and data visualisations, automating design, labelling, and annotation tasks to accelerate slide creation.
