- HQ
- Boston, USA
- Company size
- 501-1000
- Funding raised
- Private Equity Round
- Lead investors
- Scottish Equity Partners, Insight Partners
- Team location
- Eastern Europe
- Cooperation time
- since 2021
- Product
- AI-powered scientific R&D platform
- Notable clients
- Pfizer, Merck, Moderna, BASF Agricultural Solutions, NASA, Biogen
DOTMATICS: Team of 30 developers in 1 year
Dotmatics is a Boston-based scientific R&D software company that connects science, data, and decision-making for researchers in biopharma, chemistry, and materials science. Its platform is used by 2 million+ users across 10,000+ customers in 125 countries. Dotmatics has 800+ employees, with 65% of its workforce devoted to R&D, and has expanded through acquisitions, including SoftGenetics and M-Star.
Issue
Dotmatics had already built a global footprint – offices in the US, Ireland, and New Zealand – and the product kept growing. Expanding the engineering team was the logical next step. The question was how.
Outsourcing was off the table. Dotmatics’ platform sits at the intersection of biology, chemistry, and data science – the kind of product where engineering quality isn’t negotiable. They needed engineers working directly under their leadership, aligned to their roadmap, with no intermediary layer.
Dotmatics set its sights on Eastern Europe as the talent density was right, and the expectations were clear: speed and quality. But scaling into a new region without a legal entity or local hiring expertise meant execution risk was real. Done wrong – it could delay team growth and product development.
What Dotmatics needed was a partner who could own the entire process: source the right engineers, handle compliance without requiring a local entity, and take operational overhead off leadership entirely.
Solution:
Before a single CV was sent, Alcor defined the ideal candidate profile, refined job descriptions, and built an EVP that resonated with EE engineers.
Alcor assigned a researcher and 4 headhunters to run full-cycle recruitment across Alcor’s 325K-strong internal network, HR sources, and social channels. Every candidate was technically and culturally screened before reaching Dotmatics. Where counteroffers emerged, Alcor handled the negotiation.
With no legal entity in Eastern Europe, Dotmatics needed a compliant employment setup from day one. Alcor’s EOR package covered payroll, accounting, legal compliance, onboarding and offboarding, and benefits management – a fully operational team without the overhead of a local subsidiary.
A dedicated key account manager was one email away – no vendor layer, no coordination overhead, one point of accountability for everything.
The 30 engineers hired in a year became Dotmatics’ core Eastern European team, reporting directly to their leadership with full IP rights secured.
RESULTS:
Build Your AI Engineering Team in 30 Days
No vendor chaos. 0 compliance risk. No more recruiting delays.
Alcor Helped Build the Foundation for Everything That Followed
Alcor builds Dotmatics’ Eastern European engineering team – 30 within the first year, full EOR with compliance
Insight Partners acquires Dotmatics, naming Thomas Swalla as CEO of Dotmatics
Acquires SoftGenetics, expanding into clinical and forensic genetic analysis
Acquires M-Star Simulations, adding computational fluid dynamics capabilities
Acquired by Siemens for $5.1 billion, generating $300M+ in annual revenue at 40%+ EBITDA margin
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“The Alcor team has always been supportive and approachable whenever assistance was needed. Rather than feeling like an external resource, engineers working through Alcor are able to integrate closely with the client’s teams. This creates a more collaborative environment and allows engineers to have a greater impact.”
“My overall experience has been outstanding. Alcor’s model offered the right balance — strong operational support combined with genuine ownership and long-term collaboration. In this model, I am a core member of the team. Rather than rotating between projects, I can invest meaningfully in improving the product and establishing processes that deliver lasting value.”
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“Alcor has been a reliable partner throughout, especially in complex situations. Issues are resolved quickly — often within minutes or hours. Their ability to adapt and support us in complex situations has made a real difference for our team.”
