Stronger united: Lunar and Codana merge into one brand
Lunar and Codana join hands and from today will continue together under the Codana brand name. This merger creates a digital product studio with more than 30 experts and a clear ambition: to become a leading player in the Belgian and European market.
Lunar and Codana join hands and from today will continue together under the Codana brand name. This merger creates a digital product studio with more than 30 experts and a clear ambition: to become a leading player in the Belgian and European market.
Why take this step?
Founded ten years ago within the &Koo group, Lunar grew from a tech/marketing agency into a specialist in customized web and mobile platforms, with a strong focus on the HR sector. Over the years, Lunar guided multiple start-ups to successful product launches, including Payroller, Uworx, Hypervault and Montisoro.
Codana was established by The Digitals group about seven years ago and focuses on developing custom Web and mobile applications, with a focus on education and government.
“We make this decision because we are convinced that Lunar and Codana share the same DNA. We look at projects in the same way and what is the best way to tackle them. End users are central to us. Warm collaborations too, with customers as well as colleagues.“
Goals
Through this joining of forces, we bring together our areas of expertise to form an even stronger digital product studio, with a focus on:
- Strategy: user interviews, user journey mapping, functional and technical analysis.
- Development: custom development within PHP and Javascript frameworks, as well as mobile apps, API integrations, automation of business flows, AI,...
- Aftercare: sustainable growth based on substantiated metrics and user feedback.
The renewed Codana team is fully committed to relevant trends and growth areas in product development, such as human-centered design, co-creation and sustainable UX/development. We are also exploring new technologies such as AI, always with a view to creating value for our customers.
“Codana and Lunar are both heading in the same direction, with the same challenges and opportunities, by working together, we can achieve our goals faster and more efficiently“
The numbers
The entire Lunar team, consisting of UX designers, analysts and developers joins Codana, with Lunar management continuing to play a key role in managing the existing customer portfolio and helping to set the strategic direction of the renewed Codana.
With this expansion, Codana also gains an additional office location in Antwerp, so that we now have a physical presence in Antwerp, Kontich, Leuven and Ghent.
This merger represents an important step forward. We now manage a combined client portfolio of more than 100 clients, a team of +30 Codana experts, within a complementary group of more than 135 colleagues at The Digitals, with a consolidated turnover of more than EUR 11 million and a geographical spread of expert teams all over the country. With this clout, our clients are assured of nearby, seamless end-to-end relief for all possible digital issues of today and tomorrow.
