Nearsure, a Nortal company

Nortal (formerly Nearsure) is a digital transformation consultancy with over 25 years of experience serving governments, healthcare systems, and enterprises. The company was acquired from its U.S. headquarters and now operates 30 offices across Europe, North America, Latin America, and the GCC region. It has 650+ professionals distributed across these markets. Nortal has delivered 40% of Estonia's e-government systems and completed more than 100 transformation projects globally. The firm serves 25+ Fortune 500 companies in telecommunications and media, alongside government clients and healthcare institutions.

Services and capabilities

Nortal structures its work around eight industry verticals: Public Sector (digital identity, interoperability frameworks, parliamentary voting systems, government one-stop shops), Healthcare (digital strategies for healthcare management), Aerospace and Defence, Industry (data-driven efficiency and sustainability), Energy and Resources, Retail, Telecommunications and Media, and Financial Services/Insurance.

The company emphasizes AI-driven legacy modernization with what it calls "end-to-end legacy modernization guided by human oversight and accelerated by AI-first delivery." It offers a product called Nortal AI Hack—described as a way to turn business challenges into working AI solutions within 48 hours. It is a recognized Microsoft partner (featured in Microsoft's Industrial AI Partner Guide) and works with Salesforce, Atlassian, and other enterprise platforms.

Specific work includes cyber resilience projects (notably for UK Ministry of Defence), digital sovereignty consulting (via X-Road interoperability frameworks), and port cyber resilience in smart port environments. The firm publishes research on government efficiency, digital resilience, and data readiness for AI deployment.

Notable work

Nortal was behind 40% of Estonia's digital government transformation—a concrete figure cited repeatedly across their materials. The company has completed case work for the UK Ministry of Defence on secure architecture and operational resilience. Other named engagements include digital identity projects, parliamentary electronic voting systems, and government interoperability frameworks. The firm has also worked on the InvestEasy solution, which won the H.H. Sheikh Salem al Ali al Sabah Informatics Award in the government category (2016).

In the private sector, the firm has executed 100+ projects for multinational companies across telecommunications, retail, banking, and healthcare, though specific client names and project outcomes beyond government work are not detailed in the source material.

How they work

Nortal operates with 30 physical locations globally, which it says enables proximity to customers while maintaining a remote-friendly culture to access global talent. The company describes its approach as combining strategic methodology with technological innovation. Its leadership emphasizes long-term thinking, transparency, direct feedback, and prioritizing value over effort. The firm explicitly states it "only takes on engagements that align with a 'why' we believe in," filtering projects through both strategic fit and impact potential. No specific pricing models, retainer structures, or engagement duration minimums are mentioned in the source.

Team and credentials

Nortal has 650+ professionals across its 30 offices. The acquisition of Nearsure added over 650 talented professionals across 18 Latin American countries to the existing Nortal organization (founded 25+ years ago in Estonia). Leadership includes a team described as bringing decades of combined experience in government, industry, and healthcare, though individual founder names are not listed in the source.

The company holds multiple recognitions: NATO approved supplier status (Basic Ordering Agreement framework), Microsoft Industrial AI Partner status, and awards including Exporter of the Year (2024), Go Global Award in Digital Transformation (2023), eGovernment Award in Consulting (2023), Best of Consulting Award by WirtschaftsWoche (2022), Kununu Top Company (2023), Germany's Company with a Future by Stern Magazine (2021), and Washington's 100 Best Companies to Work for (2021). It was also named Estonia's most active technology company in M&A (2023) and the most competitive large-scale company in Estonia (2022). Founded references date to 2008 (GITEX Cloud Award) and 2007 (World Summit Award for best ICT in public sector), anchoring the organization's long track record.