Private company

metaphacts

Logo: Peter Haase, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons2

Metaphacts is a German software company based in Walldorf, founded in 2014.1 It was founded by Peter Haase.1 Its chief executive is Sebastian Schmidt (since 2020).1 It is part of Digital Science.1

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

2014Founded1

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Corporate structure

metaphacts is part of a group headed by Holtzbrinck Publishing Group. 98 entities, 14 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Holtzbrinck Publishing Group Stuttgart, Germany
    • Digital Science London
      • metaphacts Walldorf, Germany
        • Wikidata metaphacts Owned
      • Altmetric Subsidiary · United Kingdom
      • Ontopic Subsidiary
      • Dimensions Owned
      • Figshare Owned
      • GRID Owned · United Kingdom
    • GvH Vermögensverwaltungsgesellschaft XXXIII mbH Stuttgart, Germany
    • Macmillan Publishers Basingstoke, United Kingdom
      • Palgrave Macmillan Subsidiary · Basingstoke
      • St. Martin's Press Subsidiary · New York City
        • St. Martin's Griffin Subsidiary
        • Thomas Dunne Books Subsidiary · United States
      • Tor Publishing Group Subsidiary · Equitable Building, United States
        • Forge Books Subsidiary
        • Tor Books Subsidiary · Equitable Building
        • Nightfire Subsidiary
        • Orb Books Subsidiary
        • Tor Essentials Subsidiary · New York City, United States
        • Tor Fantasy Subsidiary · New York City, United States
        • Tordotcom Publishing Subsidiary
      • PAN MACMILLAN PUBLISHING INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED Subsidiary · 99.99% · New Delhi, India
      • Feiwel and Friends Subsidiary
      • Flatiron Books Subsidiary · United States
      • Kingfisher Books Subsidiary
      • Macmillan Audio Subsidiary · United States
      • Macmillan London Subsidiary
      • Macmillan Nig. Publishers Ltd. Subsidiary · Lagos, Nigeria
      • Mantle Subsidiary
      • Red Globe Press Subsidiary
      • Square Fish Subsidiary
      • St. Martin's Publishing Group Subsidiary
      • Tor UK Subsidiary
    • Springer Nature Subsidiary · 53% · Berlin, Germany
      • Apress Subsidiary · New York City
      • BioMed Central Subsidiary · London
      • J.B. Metzler Subsidiary · Stuttgart, Germany
      • Macmillan Education Subsidiary · London
      • Nature Portfolio Subsidiary · London
      • Prensa Científica Subsidiary
      • Springer Medizin Subsidiary · Berlin, Germany
      • Springer Nature (Netherlands) Subsidiary · Dordrecht, Netherlands
      • Springer Nature America Subsidiary · New York City
      • Springer Science+Business Media Subsidiary · Luxembourg
      • Springer VS Subsidiary · Wiesbaden
      • SPRINGER NATURE CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTER GMBH Subsidiary · 100% · Heidelberg, Germany
      • ASA Press Subsidiary · Switzerland
      • Scientific American Subsidiary
      • Springer Healthcare Subsidiary · United Kingdom
      • Springer Nature (China) Subsidiary · China
      • Springer Nature Limited Subsidiary · London, United Kingdom
      • Springer Nature Switzerland AG Subsidiary · Switzerland
      • SPRINGER NATURE TWO GMBH Subsidiary · Berlin, Germany
        • SPRINGER NATURE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH Subsidiary · 100% · Berlin, Germany
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      • Springer Vienna Subsidiary
      • SPRINGER-VERLAG GMBH Subsidiary · Vienna, Austria
      • SPRINGER-VERLAG GMBH Subsidiary · Berlin, Germany
      • SpringerOpen Subsidiary · Switzerland
      • STAMPDEW LIMITED Subsidiary · London, United Kingdom
    • Argon Verlag Subsidiary · Berlin, Germany
    • Droemer Knaur Subsidiary · Munich
    • Farrar, Straus and Giroux Subsidiary · New York City
      • North Point Press Subsidiary · San Francisco
      • MCD | Farrar, Straus and Giroux Subsidiary
      • Sarah Crichton Books Subsidiary
    • Henry Holt and Company Subsidiary · New York City
      • Metropolitan Books Subsidiary · United States
    • Kiepenheuer & Witsch Subsidiary · Cologne
    • Macmillan Learning Subsidiary · New York City
    • NetDoktor Subsidiary · Munich, Germany
    • Picador Subsidiary · London
    • Prognos AG Subsidiary · Basel
    • Rowohlt Verlag Subsidiary · Hamburg
    • S. Fischer Verlag Subsidiary · Frankfurt am Main
    • ZEIT Sprachen Subsidiary · Planegg, Germany
    • Zeitverlag Subsidiary · Hamburg, Germany
    • DIGITAL SCIENCE UK LIMITED Subsidiary · 88% · London, United Kingdom
    • Die Zeit Subsidiary · Germany
    • Holtzbrinck Publishing Group (United States) Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • Neobooks Subsidiary · Germany

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What metaphacts reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

  • Wikidata metaphacts

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

The story

Founded by Peter Haase in 2014.1

Leadership

Who has led metaphacts, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Chief executive

  1. Peter Haase2014–2021
  2. Sebastian Schmidt2020–now
201520202025

Products and brands

  • metaphactory

Listed on Wikidata.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Also owns

  • Wikidata metaphacts

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. Jun 25, 2020New chief executive Sebastian Schmidt becomes CEO1
  2. Oct 2, 2014New chief executive Peter Haase becomes CEO1
  3. 2014Founded Founded1

Sources

The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.

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