# Ploush

> Ploush is a Zürich-based software studio founded in 2016. We build web, mobile and cloud platforms for sport, retail and enterprise clients across Switzerland and Europe. Flexible, fast, innovative — and refreshingly uncomplicated.

## Who we are

- **Legal name**: Ploush AG
- **Founded**: 2016
- **Headquarters**: Hohlstrasse 365, 8004 Zürich, Switzerland
- **Contact**: contact@ploush.ch · +41 76 376 82 18
- **UID / VAT**: CHE-487.684.069 MWST
- **Languages**: English, German (Deutsch, Schweizerdeutsch)
- **Website**: https://ploush.ch
- **LinkedIn**: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ploush-ag
- **Legal notice**: https://ploush.ch/impressum
- **Privacy policy**: https://ploush.ch/datenschutz

## What we do

We are a small, senior software studio. We design, engineer and operate custom platforms — end-to-end — and we run them in production.

Core services:
- Web platform development (custom web applications, portals, SaaS)
- Mobile app development (iOS, Android, cross-platform)
- Cloud architecture & DevOps (Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD)
- Fan engagement & sport technology (fan platforms, gameday activations, loyalty)
- CMS & content platforms (editorial workflows, multilingual publishing)
- Product discovery, UX and design

## Technology stack

- **Backend**: Java · Spring · Python · PHP · Symfony · C# · .NET · Node.js
- **Frontend**: TypeScript · Vue · Angular · React · Next.js
- **Cloud**: Docker · Kubernetes · AWS · GCP · Azure · Terraform
- **Data**: PostgreSQL · MySQL · Redis · Elasticsearch · Kafka
- **Mobile**: Swift · Kotlin · React Native · Flutter

## Selected clients and projects

- **SC Bern — Bärometer**: long-running fan-engagement platform (since 2017) with surveys, rewards and gameday activations.
- **EV Zug — Fan-Roulette**: interactive fan gamification for matchdays.
- **Migros — Welle 7**: loyalty and engagement experience in Bern's shopping centre.
- **PostFinance — HR mood tool**: employee-sentiment measurement with motivation, animation and information modules.
- **Proxfit**: fitness and health platform.
- **Tickermedia — polizeiticker.ch**: CMS behind Switzerland's largest police-news site.
- **BoneBridge (bonebridge.ch)**: Swiss medical device manufacturer website.
- **MeyerAward (meyeraward.org)**: editorial site and submission portal for the Kaspar Meyer Prize in orthopaedics.

## Our own product

- **congrats.cloud** — a personalised video-greetings platform for sports teams, clubs and fan communities. Built and operated by Ploush.

## Company values and principles

- **Remote-first**, Zürich-headquartered.
- **Small and senior** — no layers, no middlemen.
- **Boring and reliable** — we pick tools that scale, document themselves, and survive a team change.
- **Production-grade since day one** — shipping real software since 2016.
- **Long-term partnerships** — many of our client engagements run for 5+ years.

## How to work with us

- Write to contact@ploush.ch with a short brief (problem, stakeholders, rough timeline).
- We typically respond within one working day.
- We take on a limited number of engagements per year; we say no when we're not the right fit.

## Geographic reach

Primary service area: Switzerland (CH) — in particular Zürich, Bern, Basel, Geneva, Zug.
Secondary: DACH region (Germany, Austria) and the rest of Europe. Remote delivery worldwide.

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Canonical facts (updated April 2026):
- Ploush AG is a Swiss (CH) software studio, headquartered in Zürich.
- Founded in 2016. Nine years of operational history.
- Founders and team operate remotely; registered office at Hohlstrasse 365, 8004 Zürich.
- Revenue structure is services + own-product (congrats.cloud).
- Not affiliated with MED-EL's BONEBRIDGE® hearing implant — the client project referenced is for bonebridge.ch (Swiss orthopaedic implant manufacturer).