4 SaaS Startups in Hamburg

January 24, 2023

SaaS startups have become the darling of Venture Capital investors, especially in Hamburg. Over the past decade, software has proverbially “eaten the world” and SaaS companies have scaled to become unicorn corporations in staggering amounts of time.

In this article, we are examining 4 VC funded SaaS startups in Hamburg .

airfocus

Founded in 2018, airfocus offers a modern and modular product management platform that helps teams manage and communicate their strategy, prioritize their work, build roadmaps and connect feedback to solve the right problems.  Thousands of companies worldwide, including Shopify, IBM, The Washington Post, and more, now use the cloud-based software to make more informed product decisions and build lean roadmaps to easily align teams with company goals. airfocus is backed by pan-European VCs Nauta Capital and XAnge. The company is headquartered in Hamburg with employees distributed across the world. Learn more at airfocus.com.

Company details:
Founders:
Christian Hoffmeister, Malte Scholz, Valentin Firak
Founded:
2017
Based in:
Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Website:
airfocus
Industries:
Internet, Product Management, SaaS, Software
Latest funding:
$5,000,000
Series A
7 June 2021
Total funding:
$7,387,436
Investors
XAnge, Nauta Capital, Picea Capital

Loxonet

headquartered in Hamburg, Germany, is a social intranet SaaS company. Listed among the Top 100 Fastest-Growing Startups in Germany by Business Insider. AiF FTK and Deutsche Telekom's official product.

Company details:
Founders:
Benedikt Weitz, Hermann Eul, Michael Merz
Founded:
2018
Based in:
Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Website:
Loxonet
Industries:
Cloud Computing, Consumer Software, Professional Networking, SaaS, Social Network, Software, Software Engineering
Latest funding:
$901,496
Seed
1 May 2021
Total funding:
$1,744,931
Investors
Companisto, Benedikt Weitz, Frank Lüders, Ronald Herkert, Hermann Eul

receeve GmbH

receeve is a fully customisable all-in-one platform for collections & recovery. We simplify the growing complexity of data and systems and empower in-house teams to easily automate processes, engage customers and apply 360° insights to maximise recovery and minimise risk across every stage of credit management - from pre-delinquency to portfolio assignment or sale. One platform. A perfect balance of ease-of-use and power, receeve’s cloud-native, no-code platform is fast to deploy, simple to manage and easy to customise and expand. Bring together intelligence, strategy and operations in one place. Hear from our CTO Michael Backes https://youtu.be/MK-Tmm9KMxo

Company details:
Founders:
Michael Backes, Paul Jozefak
Founded:
2019
Based in:
Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Website:
receeve GmbH
Industries:
Banking, Debt Collections, Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology, SaaS, Software
Latest funding:
$4,509,201
Seed
7 December 2021
Total funding:
$23,603,713
Investors
Speedinvest, Seedcamp, Seaya Ventures, Mangrove Capital Partners, 14W

UNOWN

UNOWN brings the circular economy to fashion retail. We integrate rental, resale and test-to-buy as SaaS right on the product page of any shop. (1) For our clients, we are the software and operational layer for their circular business model. (2) For end consumers, our access-over-ownership model bring conscious consumption, flexibility and affordable access. (3) For the planet, we cut people's fashion purchases by over 50% and increase product lifetime 10x, thereby saving CO2, water and textile waste. SDGs: 9, 12, 13

Company details:
Founders:
Linda Ahrens, Tina Spießmacher
Founded:
2019
Based in:
Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Website:
UNOWN
Industries:
Fashion, Internet, Leasing, Rental, SaaS, Sharing Economy, Social Impact, Subscription Service
Latest funding:
$2,102,388
Seed
11 May 2022
Total funding:
$3,166,420
Investors
APX, Übermorgen Ventures, Vealo Ventures, Loïc Brunschwig, Nicolas Brunschwig

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