Formpipe introduces Grant Management System in Sweden in partnership with Alkemit AB

For many years Formpipe has been the market leader in grant management solutions for public organizations in Denmark. Formpipe is now pursuing its ambition to internationalize grant management and has expanded its collaboration with Alkemit AB in order to introduce these solutions into the Swedish public sector.

For more than 20 years Formpipe has contributed to the hand out of grants in Denmark, ensuring the process has remained efficient, secure and flexibly managed. With this work, Formpipe has established itself as the market leader in grant management solutions for the state and, during recent years, has expanded its customer portfolio into private foundations, as well as municipalities and regions. Regardless of the customer segment, the need for streamlined and secure disbursement of grants has remained universal. Therefore, the introduction of Formpipe’s successful Grant Management business solutions into Sweden is the natural next-step to further their ambitious growth.

Many Swedish organizations that currently handle grants are working with outdated management solutions, which are often custom-built, making them inflexible, unnecessarily complex and expensive, both to use and to develop. At the same time, many of these solutions have difficulty living up to accessibility requirements and are unable to handle all parts of the grant management process from application to disbursement and follow-up.

Formpipe’s grant management solution provides a flexible system that has been developed over many years to handle all aspects of grant management; ranging from applications via an integrated web portal, to case-processing, disbursements and project follow-up. The system is built on a modern and future-proof platform, making it easy to adapt and maintain, so that it suits each individual organizations’ needs perfectly. This combination of features and functionality brings huge benefits for both applicants and other stakeholders without increasing the internal workload.

Alkemit will provide the full-service customer experience, handling the implementation and subsequent support, whilst Formpipe will focus on developing the software and the localizations for the Swedish market.

Stig Riemer, Director of Grant Management at Formpipe in Denmark, was keen to point out that: “With Alkemit, we get a partner who knows Swedish government customers thoroughly, and that our Swedish colleagues already know well, through a great business relationship built around Formpipe’s other products: Platina and W3D3. We are diving wholeheartedly into the Swedish market and understand that it is crucial for our long-term success, to ensure that our partners are able to deliver the full customer experience. In this way, customers get the best of both worlds: business consultants with deep customer knowledge and presence, and standardized software developed for a broad customer base with strong development resources. Even during this “work-from-anywhere” time, we strongly believe in local knowledge and presence to effectively introduce our solutions into such a specialized area as Grants. We know that we have a strong and flexible standard system for grant management, and look forward to introducing it to Swedish organizations in collaboration with Alkemit.”

Michael Lauridsen, Director of Alkemit AB was equally positive in stating that: “We have worked with Formpipe in Sweden for many years and it feels natural to expand our partnership by introducing the great products that Formpipe in Denmark has to offer when it comes to Grant Management. For a long time, our customers have looked for a complete solution for grant management; a standard “plug and play” setup that will improve their main processes “out-of-the-box”. After a thorough investigation of the system and several demonstrations for Swedish customers, we believe that this solution is exactly what our customers are looking for and we are really looking forward to a long and exciting partnership.”