The Tech Executive's right-hand person for competitive intelligence and market research.

Stop wasting time & money on static benchmark reports from consultants and research firms, the first ever digital platform to tackle competitive intelligence for IT.

Built by Fortune 500 Enterprise CTOs to solve their largest problems.

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Our Company

We are a VC-backed technology company devoting our lives to benchmarking accurately and efficiently. 

7,000 companies use Varos today to benchmark.

Founders and Investors include: 

  • Team member
    Gil Shaked
    Co-founder, Former CTO of Dun & Bradstreet

    Gil has 30 years experience in the industry. He has been the CTO of Dun & Bradstreet and before then a divisional CIO at Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse and Citadel

  • Team member
    Steve Lieblich
    Operating Advisor/Investor, Former CIO of Morgan Stanley

    Former CIO of Morgan Stanley and former CIO of Citadel

  • Team member
    Y Combinator
    Investor

    One of the most successful and respected venture capital investors in history

  • Team member
    Yarden Shaked
    Co-founder, former private equity investor

    Former Investor at Apax and Investment Banker at Rothschild

  • Team member
    Andy Brown
    Operating Advisor/Investor, Former Divisional CIO of Credit Suisse

    Former Divisional CIO of Credit Suisse

    Runs a Boutique Consulting firm focused on Tech Executives

Varos gets its data from proprietary sources, publicly available data and a give-to-get model. To start using Varos, no data sharing is required.

Our Features

  • Competitors’ initiatives and gap analyses

    Analyze what your competitors are working on that you’re not and find where you can get ahead of the curve. 

  • Tech Organizational Efficiency Dashboard

    Analysis of your Tech organizational efficiency, based on proprietary methodology analyzing the ratios of three dimensions - roles, seniority and location. By quantifying deviations from the optimal structure, you can identify specific areas where adjustments may be needed to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and enhance overall organizational performance. 

  • Expert Analysis

    Findings are presented via our experts, including Gil Shaked (former CTO of Dun & Bradstreet)

  • Tech Employee Attrition Dashboard

    Insights on your employee attrition compared to peers, broken down by department, seniority, and location. We’ll also show where employees are leaving to, how dynamic the data is, and potential poaching alerts.

  • Tech Workforce Strategy Dashboard

    Views helping with location strategy re hiring for specific roles and which companies are best to hire from. 

  • AI-Powered free-text search on Varos’ data

    Will help answer important questions such as 'what new initiatives/teams are my competitors building?' and 'who in my peer group has implemented a center of excellence?'

  • IT Spend Benchmark Dashboard

     IT Spend comparisons broken down by dimensions such as departments (i.e., % data center, % cyber, etc.) and strategy (run vs. grow). Use this data to set budgets and spend efficiently 

Streamlined Data Collection

Our data collection process is streamlined for efficiency.
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Interactive Dashboard

Findings are presented in an easy-to-understand dashboard.
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Recurring Benchmarks

Get recurring benchmarks to stay updated.
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All the relevant IT Spend Metrics

Including by function spend (i.e., Cyber, Infrastructure, etc.), breakdowns of distribution across strategies (i.e., Lights-on vs. growth, cloud vs. on-prem, etc.)

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Consultative Analysis from the former CTO of Dun & Bradstreet

In addition to the software platform, each client gets quarterly analyses in presentation form, put together and presented by Gil Shaked

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