The first screen you see is a dashboard, but the story is in the fields. They are not the dense, nested menus of legacy enterprise software, but a lean grid of inputs for sales orders, production plans, and shipping schedules. The typography is clean, the workflow linear. This is the user experience Henrique Mattos is building into the Works Enterprise Management System, a Berlin-based project that asks a simple, ambitious question: what if the software that runs a small factory felt less like a tax on operations and more like a tool for collaboration? [Mattosh, retrieved 2026]
Mattosh, founded in 2025, operates as a one-person IT consulting and software development shop with a product-sized vision. Its founder, Henrique Mattos, brings over two decades of experience, including senior development work on SAP’s event ticketing systems, to the task of building a cloud-native EMS from the ground up. [Henrique Mattos LinkedIn] The company’s stated target is the underserved middle: early-stage startups, bootstrapping founders, and small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) in manufacturing who are outgrowing spreadsheets but are priced out or overwhelmed by the complexity of monolithic enterprise suites. [LinkedIn company profile]
The Wedge Is a Single Process
Mattosh’s initial bet is not to rebuild SAP, but to master a single, critical thread. The Works EMS is designed first and foremost around the Order-to-Cash (O2C) process, the lifecycle from a customer’s purchase order to the receipt of payment. For a small manufacturer, this thread touches sales, planning, production, fulfillment, and logistics, often involving handoffs between departments and external partners. Mattosh’s platform aims to make that thread visible and collaborative in real-time for all stakeholders. [Mattosh, retrieved 2026]
The product claims are those of a modern, compliant SaaS platform: cloud-native architecture, real-time data exchange, role-based access controls, and adherence to standards like the German Supply Chain Act. [Mattosh, retrieved 2026] Its modular design suggests a pick-what-you-need approach, allowing businesses to start with core O2C functionality and add extended capabilities for integration. The stated focus on a simplified user experience is the most direct rebuttal to the software Mattos knows intimately from his past career.
A Founder-Led Build from Berlin
The entire venture currently rests on the founder’s deep, specific expertise. The available evidence points to a solo operation, with Mattos serving as the sole employee, architect, and likely primary developer. [LinkedIn company profile] His background provides a clear rationale for the attempt.
- SAP DNA. His years as a senior developer for SAP event ticketing mean he has built inside the machinery of the industry giant, understanding both its power and its points of friction for smaller operators. [Henrique Mattos LinkedIn]
- Consultant’s Lens. His parallel experience as a solutions architect and technology consultant suggests a practitioner’s view of what clients actually struggle to implement and use. [Henrique Mattos LinkedIn]
- Academic Framework. A Master’s degree in Sustainability, Entrepreneurship, and Technology hints at the integrated thinking behind an EMS meant to help build sustainable businesses, not just process transactions. [Mattosh, retrieved 2026]
This is a build informed by legacy but not beholden to it. As one connection noted on LinkedIn, Mattos went "all-in" on Mattosh Technology UG in early 2026, a signal of full-time commitment to the product vision. [Armando Faria, retrieved 2026]
The Scale-Up Challenge
The ambition is clear, but the path from a founder’s vision to a product with market traction is the uncharted territory. The public record shows no announced funding rounds, no named pilot customers, and no institutional backing. [Perplexity Sonar Pro Brief] The company is in the pre-seed stage of developing its EMS, with production noted as "ongoing" by an associate as of 2026. [Felipe Cruz, retrieved 2026]
The risks are structural. Building an enterprise-grade platform, even a simplified one, is a monumental technical and operational lift for a solo founder. Competing in the ERP/EMS space means vying for attention and trust against entrenched incumbents and a host of modern mid-market challengers. Furthermore, the target customer,the bootstrapping founder or small manufacturer,is often notoriously slow to adopt new core operational software, requiring a compelling cost-benefit argument and flawless early implementations to build case studies.
The company’s current services arm, offering IT consulting and development, could provide a crucial wedge. It allows Mattos to stay close to potential early users, fund development through client work, and refine the EMS based on real-world problems. This consulting-to-product motion is a classic, difficult bootstrap, but one that aligns the founder’s existing skills with the long-term product goal.
What Success Looks Like
For Mattosh, the next twelve months are about moving from concept to concrete validation. The milestones to watch are not vanity metrics but proof of the core hypothesis: that a lean, modern EMS built around collaboration can win a foothold in a niche. Success would look like a announced first paid pilot with a small manufacturing firm, a detailed case study showing time saved in the O2C cycle, or a pre-seed funding round that brings on a technical co-founder to accelerate development.
The cultural question Mattosh is implicitly answering is one of software dignity. It asks whether the tools that orchestrate the physical world,the making and moving of things,must always feel like a complex, punitive system to be learned, or if they can feel like a clear, collaborative layer that gets out of the way. It is a bet on simplicity as a competitive advantage in one of the oldest and most complex arenas of business software. The dashboard with the clean fields is just the opening argument.
Sources
- [Mattosh, retrieved 2026] Welcome to Mattosh | https://www.mattosh.com/
- [LinkedIn company profile] Mattosh company profile | https://www.linkedin.com/company/mattosh
- [Henrique Mattos LinkedIn] Henrique Mattos profile | https://www.linkedin.com/in/henriquemattos
- [Armando Faria, retrieved 2026] LinkedIn post | https://www.linkedin.com/in/armando-faria-71a07141/
- [Felipe Cruz, retrieved 2026] LinkedIn post | https://www.linkedin.com/in/felipe-cruz-48b4a171/
- [Gustavo Freitas, retrieved 2026] LinkedIn post | https://www.linkedin.com/in/freitasgustavo/
- [MAURICIO ARIAS, retrieved 2026] LinkedIn post | https://www.linkedin.com/in/mauricio-arias-610b3269/
- [Perplexity Sonar Pro Brief] Mattosh research summary | (Source summary based on cited public evidence)