akirolabs is an award-winning AI-powered platform designed to elevate procurement from a tactical function to a strategic business partner orchestrating value chains. Our cutting-edge solution enables the self-sufficient development of procurement strategies, providing a ready-to-use framework that organizations can adapt to their unique needs and contexts. Our comprehensive category strategy management solution brings traditional category management to new heights by leveraging AI, fostering extended collaboration, and utilizing data from multiple sources and extending it beyond category taxonomy. With a purpose-driven focus, akirolabs emphasizes purpose and meaning, addressing the numerous ESG-related challenges organizations face and helping procurement earn recognition as more than just a cost killer. Having won many prestigious awards and recognitions, akirolabs is a recognized leader in AI-driven procurement technology landscape. Some of our accolades include being shortlisted for the prestigious World Procurement Awards 2023 in the Procurement Technology Provider category, being named as one of the top 10 procure tech startups in the Digital Procurement world in 2022, and receiving the title of Gartner Cool Vendor 2022™ in Sourcing and Procurement Technology.
Location: Germany, Berlin
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $5M
Founded date: 2021
Founders name: Michael Pleuger; Tim Ergenzinger; Christoph Flöthmann; Detlef Schultz
Investors 3
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | Serpentine... | serpentine... |
| - | D11Z.Ventu... | d11z.com |
| 30.01.2024 | High-Tech ... | htgf.de |
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 29.01.2024 | Seed | $5M | - |
Persons 7
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Mentions in press and media 11
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| 22.04.2024 | 14 aufstrebende Startups, die mehr Menschen kennen sollten | Auch in der derzeitigen Krisensituation sammeln noch immer etliche Startups, Scaleups und Grownups zweistellige oder gar dreistellige Millionensummen ein. Gleichzeitig gelingt es aber auch vielen jüngeren Firmen erste mittlere siebenstellig... |
| 27.02.2024 | akirolabs begrüßt Jens Rassloff als Vorsitzenden des Beirats | Jens Rassloff - Chairman of Advisory Board, akirolabs akirolabs Logo akirolabs bereitet sich mit Jens Rassloff als neuem Beiratsvorsitzenden auf eine rasche Expansion vor, nachdem das Unternehmen 5 Mio. $ erhalten hat. Jens' unternehmerisch... |
| 27.02.2024 | akirolabs welcomes Jens Rassloff as Chairman of its Advisory Board | Jens Rassloff - Chairman of Advisory Board, akirolabs akirolabs Logo akirolabs gears up for rapid expansion with Jens Rassloff as new Advisory Board Chair after securing $5M. Jens’ entrepreneurial spirit, business acumen and vast internatio... |
| 29.01.2024 | akirolabs Raises $5M in Seed Funding to Revolutionize Strategic Procurement | Founded in 2021, Berlin-based akirolabs empowers procurement organisations to unlock 4-5x higher sustainable business value beyond traditional cost savings. The funding round was led by HTGF, OTB Ventures and D11Z. Ventures and strengthened... |
| 29.01.2024 | Procuretech startup akirolabs raises $5M Seed funding | Today akirolabs, a Berlin-based procuretech startup, announced that it has raised $5 million in its recent Seed funding round. The company offers an AI-powered strategic procurement SaaS solution, enabling its customers to unlock and achiev... |
| 29.01.2024 | CarbonPool sammelt 12 Millionen ein – akirolabs bekommt 5 Millionen – 42Cap investiert in Unnbound | Im #DealMonitor für den 29. Januar werfen wir einen Blick auf die wichtigsten, spannendsten und interessantesten Investments und Exits des Tages in der DACH-Region. Alle Deals der Vortage gibt es im großen und übersichtlichen #DealMonitor-A... |
| 29.01.2024 | Berlin-based akirolabs secures €4.6M to elevate its AI-powered procurement platform | Read this article in: Berlin-based akirolabs, a SaaS platform for collaborative strategic procurement, announced that it has raised $5M (approximately €4.61M) in a seed round of funding. The funds will be directed towards advancing akirolab... |
| 29.01.2024 | akirolabs Raises $5M in Seed Funding | akirolabs, a Berlin, Germany-based ProcureTech startup for strategic procurement processes, raised $5M in Seed funding. The round was led by HTGF, OTB Ventures and D11Z, with participation from Fredrick Spalcke, Heiko Schwarz, Markus Ehrle,... |
| 28.09.2023 | 7 neue Startups: akirolabs, Beyond Emotion, SafeStreets, Sereact, Composite Vision, studeez, Legitary | deutsche-startups.de präsentiert heute wieder einmal einige junge Startups, die zuletzt, also in den vergangenen Wochen und Monaten, an den Start gegangen sind, sowie Firmen, die vor Kurzem aus dem Stealth-Mode erwacht sind. Übrigens: Noch ... |
| - | akirolabs: Procurement Technology Company Raises $5 Million | akirolabs – a Berlin-based ProcureTech startup enabling enterprises worldwide to augment strategic procurement processes – announced that it has raised $5 million in its recent seed funding round. The investors in this round included HTGF, ... |
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